Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton is one of the most prominent living authors in the United Kingdom, writing best-selling books that, as he puts it, 'tackle questions of everyday life from a philosophical point of view'. He is also involved in making a number of TV documentaries accompanying his books.
'The Architecture of Happiness' amounts to a beguiling tour through philosophy and the psychology of architecture. It is also Alain de Botton's most lavishly illustrated text book. Probing questions...
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work is an exploration of the joys and perils of the modern workplace, beautifully evoking what other people get up to all day – and night – to make the frenzied...
