Finding Happiness

Finding HappinessThe search for happiness is without a doubt one of our greatest preoccupations. In this volume of inspiring essays, letters and anecdotes, classic writers and philosophers from ancient times to the early twentieth century ask what it means to be happy. Whilst Epicurus sets out his principles for happiness, Ralph Waldo Emerson explains how friendship contributes to a happy state, and Jerome K. Jerome suggests with characteristic wit that we eat, drink

child psychiatrist Dr Julia Cates begins working with the extraordinary little girl

For graphic design enthusiasts

where remains of some of our earliest tool-using ancestors were found

Across the city fourteen men lay dead in their beds after a synchronised IRA attack designed to cripple British intelligence services in Ireland

Peter Frankopan assesses the global reverberations of continual shifts in the centre of power - all too often absent from headlines in the west

In 1930s America Macon learns about the tyranny of white society from his friend Guitar

These diaries remind you that you once really hated George W

Giuseppe must have been a very brave man indeed

inclusive collection of traditional tales from around the world featuring amazing women and girls

But lurking outside their isolated community is a figure in red

Eig's fascinating biography not only shines new light on King's remarkable career

Through a chorus of unique voices