David Brooks Orden de los libros (cronológico)

Umění opravdového poznání druhého a budování hlubokých vztahů Každému z nás byly od dětství vštěpovány různé rady a pravidla chování – ale ohledně sounáležitosti a opravdového pochopení druhého člověka jsme se toho dozvěděli překvapivě málo. David Brooks spojil poznatky z psychologie, neurologie, divadla, filozofie a vzdělávání, aby vytvořil praktického a optimistického průvodce mezilidskými interakcemi. Poutavě vysvětluje, jak druhému věnovat plnou, laskavou pozornost, správně naslouchat a vést dobré rozhovory (i ty náročné), abychom mohli být dobrým přítelem a oporou v těžkých časech. Všude kolem nás jsou lidé, kteří se cítí neviditelní, nevidění, nepochopení. Kniha Jak porozumět člověku vás naučí, jak s pomocí těch správných otázek můžeme dosáhnout hlubšího poznání nitra druhého člověka a pomáhat si navzájem k budování empatie, moudrosti a sounáležitosti. Zjistíte: - jak se naučit dobře číst ostatní, - jestli jste osvětlovatel, nebo zmenšovatel, - jak dát druhým pocítit, že je vidíme, slyšíme a chápeme, - jaké vrozené sklony nám brání přesně vnímat druhé a jak je překonat, - jak se stát chápavějšími a ohleduplnějšími k druhým - a jak najít radost, která pramení z toho být opravdu viděn.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A practical guide to truly knowing others to foster deeper connections at home, work, and beyond—from the author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain. David Brooks emphasizes the essential skill of seeing others deeply, making them feel valued, heard, and understood. Yet, many people feel invisible and misunderstood. In this book, Brooks explores how to improve our ability to connect, posing vital questions: What kind of attention should you give? What conversations should you engage in? What aspects of a person's story deserve your focus? With his trademark curiosity, Brooks draws from psychology, neuroscience, theater, philosophy, history, and education to present an integrated approach to human connection. This guide encourages readers to be more understanding and considerate, while also highlighting the joy that comes from being truly seen. It offers a remedy for a fragmented and hostile society, emphasizing the creative act of seeing others. By looking someone in the eye and recognizing something profound within them, we can also discover something larger about ourselves. This book is for anyone seeking connection and understanding in their lives.

Originally published in Australia, The Grass Library is a philosophical and poetic journey by "one of Australia's most skilled, unusual and versatile writers" (Sydney Morning Herald). Both a memoir and an elegy for animal rights, The Grass Library portrays the author's relationship with his dog, four sheep, and myriad other animals in the home he shares with his partner in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.This collection of essays--with its lyrical language, its honesty and vulnerability, its charm and wit--will delight and inspire all animal lovers, and especially those who rescue animals.

"'We need to organise politically to defend the weak, empower the many and prepare the ground for reversing the absurdities of capitalism.' - Yanis Varoufakis. 'Capitalism over the past twenty-five years has been an incredible moral good.' - David Brooks. The Munk debate on capitalism: There is a growing belief that the capitalist system no longer works. Inequality is rampant. The environment is being destroyed for profits. In some western nations, life expectancy is even falling. Political power is wielded by wealthy elites and big business, not the people. But for proponents of capitalism, it is the engine of progress, not just making all of us materially better off, but helping to address everything from women's rights to political freedoms. We seem to stand at a crossroads: do we need to fix the system as a matter of urgency, or would it be better to hold our nerve?'"-- Provided by publisher

The Necessity of Atheism is an essay on atheism Dr. D.M. Brooks. Plain speaking is necessary in any discussion of religion, for if the freethinker attacks the religious dogmas with hesitation, the orthodox...

Are you on your first or second mountain? Is life about yourself or others? Are you self-improving or committed? Mainstream culture teaches us that human beings pursue our self-interest - money, power, fame. But at some point in our life we might discover that we're not interested in what other people tell us to want. We want to want the things that are truly worthy of wanting. At this point, you have moved to your second mountain. What does it mean to elevate your desires, to look beyond consumption and find a moral cause? To forget about independence and discover dependence - to be utterly enmeshed in a web of warm relationships? What does it mean to want intimacy, devotion, responsibility and commitment above individual freedom? In The Second Mountain David Brooks explores the meaning and possibilities that scaling a second mountain offer us, and the four commitments that most commonly move us there- family, vocation, philosophy and community. Inspiring, personal and full of joy, this is the start of a deeper journey into the world.

The No. 1 New York Times bestseller on the secret to leading a good life We live in a Big Me culture: universities and businesses alike reward goal-oriented superstars and those who self-promote are most likely to thrive. But what does this say about us? David Brooks argues that our hunger for wealth and status is eroding our ability to create meaningful inner lives. To show us how to live better, he looks at people whose sense of humility was fundamental to their success. What they all understood was a simple but counterintuitive truth: in order to fulfil yourself, you must learn how to forget yourself.

This title includes contributions from Richard Dawkins, Stephen Pinker, Daniel Dennett and Brian Eno among many others. It offers ideas, strategies and arguments that will help all of us understand our world and its future.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With unequaled insight and brio, New York Times columnist David Brooks has long explored and explained the way we live. Now Brooks turns to the building blocks of human flourishing in a multilayered, profoundly illuminating work grounded in everyday life. This is the story of how success happens, told through the lives of one composite American couple, Harold and Erica. Drawing on a wealth of current research from numerous disciplines, Brooks takes Harold and Erica from infancy to old age, illustrating a fundamental new understanding of human nature along the way: The unconscious mind, it turns out, is not a dark, vestigial place, but a creative one, where most of the brain’s work gets done. This is the realm where character is formed and where our most important life decisions are made—the natural habitat of The Social Animal. Brooks reveals the deeply social aspect of our minds and exposes the bias in modern culture that overemphasizes rationalism, individualism, and IQ. He demolishes conventional definitions of success and looks toward a culture based on trust and humility. The Social Animal is a moving intellectual adventure, a story of achievement and a defense of progress. It is an essential book for our time—one that will have broad social impact and will change the way we see ourselves and the world.

A social critique of middle-class America notes the pervasiveness of barbecue grills, supermoms, suburban restaurant chains, and other elements, identifying the motivations that prompt many people to strive for fantasy-based goals.

A guide to bourgeois bohemianism describes the social class' attitudes towards consumption, business, intellectualism, pleasure, spiritual life, and politics.

'Das Haus von Balthus' ist ein magischer Roman, der die Intensität eines Traums hat. Figuren aus den Gemälden des Künstlers Balthus treten aus der Leinwand und nehmen ein eigenes Leben an, während sie die Räume eines alten Schlosses bewohnen, das nun zu einem Wohnblock in einer großen französischen Provinzstadt umgebaut wurde. Die Concierge, Mme Lecault, beobachtet genau ihre Mieter, darunter die Gräfin, den Professor, den Maler, Therese und ihren jungen Liebhaber Michael – doch kennt sie nur die Oberfläche ihrer Leben. Sie verbringt ihre schlaflosen Nächte mit Gesprächen mit Mme Berry, die anscheinend in einem anderen Jahrhundert lebt. Es gibt das Geräusch von Schluchzen, das zwischen den Räumen und über die Jahre hinweg hallt, es gibt ein Verlangen, das so angespannt ist, dass die Seite zu vibrieren scheint, und den Schmerz von