Robert Louis Stevenson told us it's better to travel hopefully than to arrive, though increasingly, because of the expense, hassle and guilt about our carbon footprints, many have decided it's better ...

Over the years, Alain de Botton has published 11 nonfiction books that dispense accessible philosophies and insights that can be easily applied to modern life. From “How Proust Can Change Your Life” ...

This sophisticated gazebo of a book is the latest dispatch from the Swiss-born, London-based author of the influential handbook How Proust Can Change Your Life: Not a Novel (1997). Promising to teach ...

Everyone, regardless of temperament, has a voice of self-doubt and pessimism waiting for a chance to take control of their internal conversation. When that voice is in control, you're experiencing ...

One of the best books I have ever read, fiction or non-fiction, is Alain de Botton’s The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (Penguin, 2009). Brilliantly insightful, gorgeously written, and laugh-out-loud ...

In posting this angry message, Mr. de Botton joined the novelist Alice Hoffman in the unhappy ranks of authors who have lately given into the temptation of lashing out at critics publicly over a bad ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. In 2008, de Botton started The School ...

‘The baby has been thrown out with the bathwater. That’s the gist of British writer Alain de Botton’s latest book, “Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer’s Guide to the Uses of Religion” (Pantheon, ...

Online travel company Airbnb has collaborated with philosopher Alain de Botton to relaunch his book The Art of Travel-- now titled The New Art of Travel. The book features a new chapter by de Botton ...

The philosopher, author and School Of Life founder explained how our past traumas can hold us back from accessing our true selves in the latest episode of our podcast, Stylist Live Sessions. Alain de ...