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This book is a must-read if you live in the industrialized world and ever buy or eat anything. I love this book! I want to stay home from work today and just read it--except that I'm among those lucky people who find meaning in our work. With its many photographs, experience-based narrative, and astute observations, it reminds me of my other favorite book: John Berger's "A Seventh Man." Fortunately, de Botton has written other books too!
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The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain De Botton
Myra L, January 25, 2011
This book is a must-read if you live in the industrialized world and ever buy or eat anything. I love this book! I want to stay home from work today and just read it--except that I'm among those lucky people who find meaning in our work. With its many photographs, experience-based narrative, and astute observations, it reminds me of my other favorite book: John Berger's "A Seventh Man." Fortunately, de Botton has written other books too!(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)