{"product_id":"the-school-of-life-an-emotional-education","title":"The School of Life: An Emotional Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe essential guide to how to live wisely and well in the twenty-first century Introduced and edited by Alain de Botton  the bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy  The Art of Travel andThe Course of Love - The School of Life is a comprehensive guide to the modern art of emotional intelligence Emotional intelligence affects every aspect of the way we live  from romantic to professional relationships  from our inner resilience to our social success. It is arguably the single most important skill for surviving the twenty-first century. But what does it really mean? One decade ago  Alain de Botton founded The School of Life  an institute dedicated to understanding and improving our emotional intelligence. Now he presents the gathered wisdom of those ten years: a wide-ranging and innovative compendium of emotional intelligence. Using the mixture of social analysis  philosophical insight and practical wisdom which has come to define the School of Lifes essential work  this book considers how we interact with each other and with ourselves  and how we can do so better.  Praise for Alain de Botton: What he has managed to do is remarkable: to help us think better so that we may live better lives Irish Times A serious and optimistic set of practical ideas that could improve and alter the way we live Jeanette Winterson  The Times Alain de Botton likes to take big  complex subjects and write about them with thoughtful and deceptive innocence Observer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948658323509,"sku":"ByrdShop_0241382319","price":91.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780241382318.jpg?v=1770053459","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-school-of-life-an-emotional-education","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}