The Eight Mountains

Paolo Cognetti; Erica Segre (Translator); Simon Carnell (Translator)

The international sensation about two young Italian boys from different backgrounds who meet in the mountains every summer, and the men they grow to become. Pietro, a lonely city boy, spends his childhood summers in a secluded valley in the Alps. Bruno, the cowherd son of a local stonemason, knows the m...

The Fourfold Remedy: Epicurus and the Art of Happiness

John Sellars

Epicureanism offers the perfect cure for our anxious age. What can it teach us about the art of happiness?What do we really need in order to live a happy life? Over two thousand years ago the Greek philosopher Epicurus offered a seemingly simple answer- pleasure. All we really want is pleasure.Today we ...