The School of Life

  • Big Ideas from Science: How Scientific Discoveries Shape Our Lives

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    From the team that created Big Ideas For Curious Minds, an introduction to the history of science and its impact on the world today

    Science is all around us, helping to explain the ideas that matter in… [more below]

    • Series: Big Ideas #4
    • Author: School of Life, The
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 168
    • Publish Date: October 14 2025
    • ISBN10: 1916753124
    • Language: English
  • On Loneliness: How to Overcome Isolation and Enjoy Solitude

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    50 heartfelt photographs and interviews, reflecting on the universal experience of loneliness.

    It’s easy to feel that we are alone in feeling alone. Not only do we suffer, but we also destroy our self-

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    • Series: Photography #3
    • Author: School of Life, The
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 128
    • Publish Date: November 11 2025
    • ISBN10: 1916753213
    • Language: English
  • The Secrets of Successful Relationships

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    The key ingredients to contented love–quintessential advice on relationships from The School of Life, with an approachable tone

    It can sometimes seem a mystery why some couples stay together and thriv

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    • Series: Secrets #1
    • Author: Life, The School of
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: October 08 2024
    • ISBN10: 1916753019
    • Language: English
  • On Confidence

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    Confidence is a skill that anyone can learn.


    Despite the confidence we build over time in our field of work, we tend to overlook the primordial need for a more free ranging variety of confidence – one

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    • Series: Essay Books
    • Author: The School of Life
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: April 03 2018
    • ISBN10: 0995573670
    • Language: English
  • Great Thinkers: Simple Tools from Sixty Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today.

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    A collection of simple – and surprisingly relevant – tools from great thinkers throughout history.


    Focusing on important ideas from Western and Eastern philosophy, sociology, psychotherapy, art, archi

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    • Series: School of Life Library
    • Author: The School of Life
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 480
    • Publish Date: January 30 2018
    • ISBN10: 0993538703
    • Language: English
  • Getting Over Your Parents: Untangling Your Childhood

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    Our parents are a huge deal: and no matter our relationship to them, who we are today (our love stories, our attitudes, our self-esteem) is crucially connected to our relationships with our origin fam[more below]

    • Author: Life, The School of
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 232
    • Publish Date: September 10 2024
    • ISBN10: 191508752X
    • Language: English
  • Screen-Free Fun: 80 Amazing Activities from Sock Sliding to Raindrop Racing

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    A collection of 80 imaginative games and activities designed to engage and entertain without a screen.

    Whether we’re big or small, it can be hard to get away from our screens. Most children spend be

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    • Author: The School of Life
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 144
    • Publish Date: September 21 2021
    • ISBN10: 1912891573
    • Language: English
  • Big Ideas from History: A History of the World for You

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    An engaging, inclusive history of the world for children, where feelings, curiosity, and facts blend together

    Big Ideas from History is the story of what has happened through time – in a voice that sp

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    • Author: Life, The School of
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: March 28 2023
    • ISBN10: 1915087341
    • Language: English
  • An Emotional Menagerie: Feelings from A to Z

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    An imaginative and engaging exploration of childhood emotions through poetry and evocative illustration.


    Emotions are like animals:

    No two are quite the same.

    Some are quiet; some are fierce;

    And all

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    • Author: The School of Life
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 60
    • Publish Date: April 06 2021
    • ISBN10: 1912891247
    • Language: English
  • How Modern Media Destroys Our Minds: Calming the Chaos

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    A guide to navigating modern media and staying sane in a world that does not turn off.

    Navigating the onslaught of media is overwhelming, to say the least. We are so used to living in a media-saturate

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    • Author: The School of Life
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 160
    • Publish Date: November 08 2022
    • ISBN10: 1912891883
    • Language: English
  • The School of Life: Relationships: Learning to Love

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    A fresh approach to matters of the heart, Relationships inspires closeness and connection to help you not only find love–but to make your love last

    Since around 1750, we have been living in the era of

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    • Series: Lessons for Life
    • Author: The School of Life
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 144
    • Publish Date: September 06 2022
    • ISBN10: 1915087139
    • Language: English
  • The School of Life: On Mental Illness: What Can Calm, Reassure and Console

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    A compassionate guide to normalizing mental illness and achieving emotional wellbeing.

    This is a guide to coping with a wide variety of mental unwellness, from the very mild to the severe. It explains … [more below]

    • Author: The School of Life
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: February 28 2023
    • ISBN10: 1912891816
    • Language: English
  • How to Find Love

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    A practical guide to making wiser, more informed choices in love.

    Finding and choosing a partner is one of the most consequential decisions we will ever make. This guide explains everything from why w

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    • Series: Essay Books
    • Author: The School of Life
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: December 04 2018
    • ISBN10: 0995573697
    • Language: English
  • A History of Ideas: The Most Intriguing, Relevant and Helpful Concepts from the Story of Humanity

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    A collection of humanity’s most inspiring ideas throughout time, bringing perspective to the challenges and wonders of being alive.


    This is an unusual sort of history book: a history of ideas – and no

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    • Author: The School of Life
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 232
    • Publish Date: August 15 2023
    • ISBN10: 1912891964
    • Language: English
  • How to Survive the Modern World: Making Sense Of, and Finding Calm In, Unsteady Times

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    A hopeful guide to living well in the 21st century.

    The modern world has brought us a range of extraordinary benefits and joys, including technology, medicine, and transportation. But with these advanc

    • Author: The School of Life
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: June 07, 2022
    • ISBN10: 1912891530
    • Language: English
  • Mind & Body: Mental Exercises for Physical Wellbeing; Physical Exercises for Mental Wellbeing

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    A practical and playful guide to balancing and maintaining physical and mental harmony.

    The modern world can present the body as a machine that just needs to be regularly exercised. However, it is a r

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    • Author: The School of Life
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 200
    • Publish Date: November 02 2021
    • ISBN10: 1912891468
    • Language: English
  • Self-Knowledge

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    A practical guide to knowing yourself.

    Socrates summed up all philosophical commandments with one directive: “Know yourself.” Self-knowledge informs not only our identity, but how we make decisions in

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    • Series: Essay Books
    • Author: The School of Life
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: November 06 2018
    • ISBN10: 0995753504
    • Language: English
  • The School of Life: On Being Nice: A Guide to Friendship and Connection

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    How to reclaim kindness as our greatest human strength.

    We’re surrounded by books telling us how to be rich, or thin. This book is different from other self-help books–because it teaches us to be nice

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    • Series: Lessons for Life
    • Author: The School of Life
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 144
    • Publish Date: October 04 2022
    • ISBN10: 1915087155
    • Language: English
  • The School of Life: A Job to Love: How to Find a Fulfilling Career

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    A practical guide to finding fulfilling work – by understanding yourself.

    The idea that work might be fulfilling rather than just necessary is a recent invention. These days, in prosperous areas of th

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    • Series: Lessons for Life
    • Author: The School of Life
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: May 02 2023
    • ISBN10: 1915087317
    • Language: English
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