The Art of the Journal. Examples will provide would-be diarists with a host of ideas to enhance their own journals.

The author of The Name of the Rose considers a wide range of topics, from Superman and Casablanca , Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni, Jim Jones and mass suicide, and Woody Allen, to pop festivals and football, and not least the social and personal implications of tight jeans.

For the first time, Alain de Botton gives a name to this universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions. He looks at history, philosophy, economics, art and politics and reveals the many ingenious ways that great minds have overcome their worries.

Gives an introduction to Shakespeare's greatest plays. This work reveals the power of Hamlet and Othello , the fun of As You Like It , and the drama of Pericles . It conveys all of Shakespeare's wit, wisdom and humanity.

A larger format second edition of this work of social and cultural criticism concerning the narcissism and self-interest of the Me Decade , which has a new Afterword in which the author comments on the 80s and New Age spirituality.