On Beauty is neither a history of art nor a history of aesthetics but Umberto Eco draws on both these disciplines to define the ideas of beauty that have informed us from the classical world to modern times In terms of form & style On Beauty has been conceived for a vast & diverse readership Packed with examples from painting sculpture architecture film photography the decorative arts & literature it offers a rich & intelligent panorama of this huge subject In On Beauty Eco is at his most captivating & eclectic we read not only of Botticelli & Michelangelo but of how much the fashion of the 1960s owes to ancient Egyptian dress & how ancient Roman & eighteenth-century hairstyles have much in common It makes the familiar new & sheds a brilliant light on the unfamiliar On Beauty is illustrated in full colour throughout & produced to the highest standards ...

Zadie Smith's On Beauty is a funny powerful & moving story about love & family Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautifulset in New England mainly & London partly On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families
- the Belseys & the Kipps
- & a clutch of doomed affairs It puts low morals among high ideals & asks some searching questions about what life does to love For the Belseys & the Kipps the confusions
- both personal & political
- of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home right to the heart of family' The novel I didn't want to finish I was enjoying it so much' John Sutherland Evening Standard' Thrums with intellectual sass & know-how' Literary Review' Delightfully entertaining filled with humour generosity & contemporary sparkle' Alex Clark Daily Telegraph ' My novel of the year Delicious' Liz Jones Evening Standard' Satirical wise & sexy' Washington Post' Heartstopping' The Times Literary Supplement'A triumph Smith's comedy shines' Daily Mail' Ambitious hugely impressive beautifully observed' Guardian



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In this book one of America's most distinguished psychologists describes his experiences in helping people to discover the path to personal growth through an understanding of their own limitations & potential What is personal growth? Under what conditions is it possible? How can one person help another? What is creativity & how can it be fostered? These are some of the issues raised which challenge many concepts of traditional psychology Contemporary psychology derives largely from the experimental laboratory or from Freudian theory It is preoccupied with minute aspects of animal & human behaviour or with the mentally ill But there are rebels of whom the author counts himself as one along with Gordon Allport Abraham Maslow & Rollo May who feel that psychology & psychiatry should be aiming higher & be more concerned with growth & potentiality in man The interest of such a psychology is in the production of harmoniously mature individuals given that we all have qualities & possibilities infinitely capable of development Successful development makes us more flexible in relationships more creative & less open to suggestion & control This book philosophical & provocative summarizes Dr Rogers' experience Non-technical in its language it is not only for psychologists & psychiatrists but for teachers & counsellors religious & social workers labour-management specialists & anyone interested in 'becoming' ...

Arianna Huffington uses stories from her own life from contemporary women she admires & from women in history & literature to show how to be bold how to make yourself bulletproof & how to act without dreading the reactions of others As a mother politician & businesswoman Huffington discusses how to be strong be your best self & stop looking over your shoulder for approval In chapters such as Fearlessness at Work Fearlessness in Relationships Fearlessness in Parenting & Fearlessness in Aging she delivers instructive & much-needed lessons about how to flourish as a fearless woman in today's world ...

Learn from master therapists & bring your skills to the next level Bringing a breath of fresh air to the therapy profession this compelling & thoughtful resource urges readers to move from competency to full mastery in the mental health field Combining the findings of hundreds of previous studies interviews with a wide range of master therapists own unique experiences & perspectives Jeffery A Kottler & Jon Carlson have devised a guide that takes therapists out of their comfort zones Professionals in the fields of psychology counseling social work & human services as well as graduate students studying for these professions will find a level of honesty & candor in this resource which tackles a range of essential topics in a frank personal tone & closes with a meaningful discussion about the challenges of striving for mastery Master therapists & authors Kottler & Carlson explore a range of hot-button topics such as Cultural misunderstandings Disliking your clients (or having clients dislike you) Receiving negative feedback from clients Injecting creativity into the therapeutic process Finding time for social justice & advocacy On Being a Master Therapist provides a much-needed look at a range of topics that aren't often given such genuine & insightful treatment with the goal of helping you attain the attributes that truly distinguish excellence in clinical practice Start on your journey toward mastery with this thoughtful resource ...

Few living artists can claim to have had the influence of Michael Craig- Martin Celebrated around the world for his distinctive work & with major retrospectives high-profile commissions & numerous honours to his name he has also helped nurture generations of younger artists among them Julian Opie Damien Hirst Sarah Lucas Liam Gillick & Gary Hume Often described as the godfather of the YBAs he taught by combining personal example & individual guidance offering students encouragement practical advice & insights gained from his own professional highs & lows This powerful combination gave them the self-knowledge confidence & motivation to flourish as some of the most successful figures in contemporary art Now Craig-Martin shares the same benefit of his experiences with yet another generation Part memoir & part instructional guide On Being An Artist is a remarkable mix of reminiscence personal philosophy anecdote self-examination & advice for the budding artist In a series of short episodes he reflects with both wit & candour on the many ideas events & people that have inspired & shaped him throughout his life from his childhood in the postwar United States through his time as an art student at Yale in the 1960s & subsequent work as a teacher to his international success in later years More than the life of one of the most creative minds of our age On Being An Artist provides lesson after valuable lesson to anyone wishing to know what it means & what it takes to be an artist today ...

Most books that want to change us seek to make us richer or thinner This book wants to help us to be nicer that is less irritable more patient readier to listen warmer less prickly Niceness may not have the immediate allure of money or fame but it is a hugely important quality nevertheless & one that we neglect at our peril This is a guidebook to the uncharted landscape of Niceness gently leading us around the key themes of this forgotten quality We learn how to be charitable how to forgive how to be natural & how to reassure We learn that niceness is compatible with strength & is no indicator of naivety Niceness deserves to be rediscovered as one of the highest of all human achievements ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Emotionally devastated by the death of his uncle Boston carpenter Jack O& Toole (Mc Intyre) writes a play inspired by the man&s wake When nobody will produce the play Jack quits his job to produce it himself imagining that this play will give a new start to the strained relationship Jack has with his father But the only stage Jack can afford is in the back room of a neighbourhood pub In this humble environment Jack pulls together a theatre company of sorts & brings his story to the stage & in the process he brings together his family & friends & helps them move beyond their loss ...

A 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit Everyone knows this Each of us contributes his share But we tend to take the situation for granted Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit & to avoid being taken in by it So the phenomenon has not aroused much deliberate concern We have no clear understanding of what bullshit is why there is so much of it or what functions it serves & we lack a conscientiously developed appreciation of what it means to us In other words as Harry Frankfurt writes we have no theory Frankfurt one of the world's most influential moral philosophers attempts to build such a theory here With his characteristic combination of philosophical acuity psychological insight & wry humor Frankfurt proceeds by exploring how bullshit & the related concept of humbug are distinct from lying He argues that bullshitters misrepresent themselves to their audience not as liars do that is by deliberately making false claims about what is true In fact bullshit need not be untrue at all Rather bullshitters seek to convey a certain impression of themselves without being concerned about whether anything at all is true They quietly change the rules governing their end of the conversation so that claims about truth & falsity are irrelevant Frankfurt concludes that although bullshit can take many innocent forms excessive indulgence in it can eventually undermine the practitioner's capacity to tell the truth in a way that lying does not Liars at least acknowledge that it matters what is true By virtue of this Frankfurt writes bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are ...

A collection of charming & celebrated writings about cats from Doris Lessing winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Doris Lessing's love affair with cats began at a young age when she became intrigued with the semi-feral creatures on the African farm where she grew up Her fascination remained undiminished by the handsome domesticated creatures who shared her flats & her life in London & grew into real love with El Magnifico the awkwardly lovable cat who in his later years suffered the great indignity of becoming a three-legged beast Consisting of Lessing's celebrated collection of stories Particularly Cats & Rufus' & the poignant though unsentimental memoir The Old Age of El Magnifico' this book is a brilliant evocation of the feline world ...