How to be human : the manual /
by Wax, Ruby.
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BookPublisher: London : Penguin Life, 2018Description: 272 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780241294758 (pbk.) :; 0241294754 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 158.1 WAXSubject(s): Self-actualization (Psychology) | Happiness | Psychology | PsychologySummary: In this work, Ruby Wax tries to come up with some answers to that niggling question about who we are. With the input of a monk (an expert on our inner lives) and a neuroscientist (an expert on the brain), Ruby explores how to find happiness in the modern world - despite the constant bombardment of bad news, the need to choose between 5000 different types of toothpaste, and the loneliness of having hundreds of friends who we've never met and don't know us.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book - Adult Paperback | Netherton Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 158.1 WAX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002963493X |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this work, Ruby Wax tries to come up with some answers to that niggling question about who we are. With the input of a monk (an expert on our inner lives) and a neuroscientist (an expert on the brain), Ruby explores how to find happiness in the modern world - despite the constant bombardment of bad news, the need to choose between 5000 different types of toothpaste, and the loneliness of having hundreds of friends who we've never met and don't know us.
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