The News: A User's Manual
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2014.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Status
Frank Carlson Library - LARGE PRINT
LP 302.23 De Botton, Alain
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LP 302.23 De Botton, Alain
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2014.
Format
Book
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
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Description
The news is everywhere. We can't stop constantly checking it on our computes, 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, but this has a huge impact on our sense of what matters and of how we should lead our lives. Here, 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? 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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
De Botton, A. (2014). The News: A User's Manual (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)De Botton, Alain. 2014. The News: A User's Manual. Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)De Botton, Alain. The News: A User's Manual Thorndike Press, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)De Botton, Alain. The News: A User's Manual Large print edition., Thorndike Press, 2014.
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