The News
A User's Manual
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Narrated by:
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Nicholas Bell
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By:
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Alain de Botton
About this listen
The news is everywhere. We can’t stop constantly checking it on our computer screens, but what is this doing to our minds?
We are never really taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face every day, writes Alain de Botton (author of the best-selling The Architecture of Happiness), but this has a huge impact on our sense of what matters and of how we should lead our lives. In his dazzling new audiobook, de Botton takes twenty-five archetypal news stories - including an airplane crash, a murder, a celebrity interview and a political scandal - and submits them to unusually intense analysis with a view to helping us navigate our news-soaked age. He raises such questions as "Why are disaster stories often so uplifting?"; "What makes the love lives of celebrities so interesting?"; "Why do we enjoy watching politicians being brought down?"; "Why are upheavals in far-off lands often so boring?"
In The News: A User’s Manual, de Botton has written the ultimate guide for our frenzied era, certain to bring calm, understanding and a measure of sanity to our daily (perhaps even hourly) interactions with the news machine.
©2014 Copyright © Alain de Botton 2014. (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty LtdWhat listeners say about The News
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- Mark
- 15-06-2015
Very insightful
Alaina critical analysis of the news resonated with me and my own thoughts. Well worth a listen.
My only criticism is that the narrator can sometimes be hard to hear.
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- Luke
- 17-07-2016
very interesting and insightful
Nicely written; less turgid than his book on work. Idealistic, thoughtful and humorous, with advice for the media and consumers alike.
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- Chirag
- 07-04-2017
An easy read
Well structured and easy to follow with some interesting propositions and insights. The numbering of sections within chapters was a bit strange.
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