On Purpose: Ten Lessons on the Meaning of Life 0008588465, 9780008588465

Ten brief essays on how reading and meaningfully engaging with literature can help us live better, more purposeful lives

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English Pages 208 Year 2023

On Purpose: Ten Lessons on the Meaning of Life
0008588465, 9780008588465

We all want to lead a happy life. Traditionally, when in need of guidance, comfort or inspiration, many people turn to r

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What is the point of living? If we are all going to die anyway, if nothing will remain of whatever we achieve in this li

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In this new, long awaited book, we will uncover many of the mysteries of life. Information never before revealed to thos

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"There are teachers with a rare ability to enter a child's mind; it's as if their ability to get there at

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What is the point of living? If we are all going to die anyway, if nothing will remain of whatever we achieve in this li

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In this new, long awaited book, we will uncover many of the mysteries of life. Information never before revealed to thos

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The man in the painting on the front cover is my father. A quintessential people person who wasn't interested in ju

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Speech at an enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Bearing i

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Speech at an enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Bearing i

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The topics presented in this book deal with the language and conceptualization of emotions, cross-cultural variation in

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