New Releases by David Brooks

Hay una capacidad que yace en el corazón de cualquier persona o comunidad: la de ver a los demás —en su sentido más profundo— y hacerlos sentir valorados, respetados y comprendidos. Sin embargo, a nuestro alrededor hay personas que se sienten invisibles en una sociedad fragmentada, hostil e insensible al sufrimiento. David Brooks se nutre de la psicología y la neurociencia, así como del teatro, la filosofía y la historia para ofrecer un enfoque esperanzador sobre la conexión humana que nos enseña a realizar acciones concretas, pequeñas pero significativas: ser un buen oyente, pedir y ofrecer perdón, sentarse con quien sufre, mirar las cosas desde la perspectiva del otro... En pocas palabras: ser más comprensivos —y compasivos— con nuestros semejantes. Cómo conocer a una persona es para aquellos que anhelan conectar verdaderamente con los demás. "Este libro ya es mi favorito de todos los que David ha escrito. [...] Más que una guía para tener mejores conversaciones, se trata de un proyecto para vivir de manera más conectada y humana. Es una lectura imprescindible para cualquiera que busque profundizar sus relaciones y ampliar sus perspectivas." —Bill Gates, GatesNotes (lecturas recomendadas)

Você já se perguntou como realmente conhecer alguém além das aparências superficiais? Em um mundo onde as conexões verdadeiras são cada vez mais raras, David Brooks nos oferece uma obra indispensável para entender a essência das pessoas ao nosso redor. Como conhecer bem uma pessoa é mais do que um livro; é um guia prático e profundo que revela os segredos para construir relações significativas e autênticas. Brooks, renomado colunista do The New York Times e autor de best-sellers, combina sua habilidade narrativa com pesquisas sólidas em psicologia e sociologia para mostrar ao leitor como: · Desenvolver empatia genuína. · Praticar a escuta ativa e melhorar a comunicação. · Elaborar perguntas que revelam a verdadeira essência de uma pessoa. · Superar preconceitos e enxergar além das aparências. Este livro é leitura obrigatória para qualquer pessoa que valorize relações pessoais e profissionais mais profundas e satisfatórias. Com sua escrita envolvente, Brooks transforma conceitos complexos em insights práticos e acessíveis que podem ser aplicados no dia a dia.

────本書是你給他人和自己的終極禮物──── 在疏離的年代 幫助你真正看見他人，透視自己 締造深刻人際關係 《成為更好的你》《第二座山》作者大衛．布魯克斯 最貼近人心的深刻力作 ★比爾‧蓋茲2024夏季選書 ★誠品選書、博客來選書 ★Amazon網路書店年度編輯選書、人際關係Top1 ★Amazon網路書店超過1,600位讀者五星推薦 ★《紐約時報》《華爾街日報》《今日美國》暢銷書 一個人的品格高下，就看他日常怎麼與人互動。 說來簡單，就是讓人覺得自己被看見、被理解。 ──大衛．布魯克斯 ⁂很多人覺得自己就像隱形人，得不到尊重。 而人最渴望的，就是有人以關愛和接納的目光，看著自己。 你知道如何給予他人我們所渴望的那種深切關心嗎？⁂ 《紐約時報》專欄作家大衛．布魯克斯在《成為更好的你》中，敦促我們思考，要追求履歷成績，或悼文中的美德；《第二座山》告訴我們攀爬世俗成就的第一座山後，還要攀爬第二座山，追求靈魂渴求的進階人生。這次，他將目光轉向人與人之間的連結。 布魯克斯有感於現代人活在充滿政治對立、缺乏人性的科技世界和裂解的社會之中，彷彿人與人之間失去互相了解的能力，對彼此視若無睹。因此他探究造成這些危機的深層原因，列出以下三點，告訴我們如何真正了解別人，進而在家庭、職場和生活中締造更深刻的人際關係。 ✶我看見你 一個人可能很愛你，卻不了解你。學習當個「照亮者」，散發光和熱，不管遇見什麼人，都能讓人展現光亮耀眼的一面。 ✶我看到了你的磨難 挖掘人生不是獨自進行的。透過分享悲傷，一起思考悲傷的意義，我們才能學習克服恐懼，對彼此有更深的了解。 ✶我看到你的力量 用同情和理解的眼光來看身邊的人，就會看到他們複雜的靈魂和痛苦，也能看到他們如何努力展翅，駕馭人生。 ────────用眼睛傾聽，用整個生命看世界──────── 在不破壞關係之下提出反對意見 在適當的時候暴露自己的弱點 做一個用心的傾聽者 知道如何自然、優雅的結束談話 知道如何請求別人的原諒或原諒別人 如何讓人失望而不傷心 如何陪伴痛苦的人 如何在聚會時讓每一個人都覺得自己被熱情擁抱 知道如何從別人的角度看問題 【專文推薦】 王力行 遠見．天下文化事業群創辦人 【深刻推薦】 嚴長壽 公益平台文化基金會董事長 謝文憲 《極限賽局》作者、企業講師、主持人 楊斯棓 《要有一個人》、《人生路引》作者 愛瑞克 《內在成就》作者、TMBA共同創辦人 讚譽 ▋嚴長壽 公益平台文化基金會董事長 面對人工智能吸收知識的能力正快速超越人類的當下，大衛．布魯克斯再度以這本新書，提醒人類必須回到對人性的深刻理解，及對自我心智品格的修煉。 ▋謝文憲 《極限賽局》作者、企業講師、主持人 從史帝芬．柯維巨著《第三選擇》中提及思維模式的四個步驟：我看見自己、我看見你、我努力了解你、我與你產生綜效，到大衛．布魯克斯《深刻認識一個人》所提的三個部分：我看見你、我看到了你的磨難、我看到你的力量，我們可以學習到三件事： 1.看見他人，他人就能綻放 2.與人有效連結，是AI無法取代的力量 3.思維改變，就能產生無比綜效 幾年前拜讀《第二座山》，讓我五十歲後的人生寫下「降載不停機」的全新人生策略，用服務與貢獻思維，取代工作思維，用臣服取代征服，讓我的50+創造漸強人生；如今有幸閱讀本書，我希望能與我有效連結的人，都能成為非凡之人，更能在疏離、混亂、孤獨、憂鬱的年代，締造更深刻的人際關係。 我想用書中所提的五個方法，讓您立即實用，改善逐漸裂解的人際關係，進而享受美好生活： 1.學習問問題，從對方的童年開始 2.用旁觀人視角，用第一人稱說出對方：「這是你的生活」 3.用「大事記」回顧對方生活 4.故事採樣，寫下情感經驗 5.拋開自我意識，與對方深談 如果說《第二座山》是我五十歲後的人生指引，《深刻認識一個人》就是做出四個承諾的教戰守則與使用說明書。 ▋廖月娟 譯後記 翻譯這本書，與作者一同踏上這段旅程，我也發現自己改變了，不再視社交為畏途。布魯克斯讓我用好奇的眼光來看每一個人，珍惜每一個與人相遇的機會，把人當成是偉大的謎，想要聆聽他們的人生故事。 感謝布魯克斯寫了這本書，分享他的心路歷程，也教我擺脫孤島心態，成為一個「成長者」。 【作者簡介】 大衛．布魯克斯 David Brooks 《紐約時報》專欄作家、知名評論家，固定在PBS的「公共電視網新聞時刻」（PBS NewsHour）、NPR的「新聞面面觀」（All Things Considered）及NBC的「與媒體見面」（Meet the Press）擔任新聞評論員。他任教於耶魯大學，也是美國藝術與科學院（American Academy of Arts and Sciences）院士。著有《成為更好的你》、《第二座山》（以上為天下文化出版）、《社會性動物：愛、性格與成就的來源》（商周出版）、《BOBO族：新社會精英的崛起》（遠流出版）、《天堂路：我們是如何以未來式在當下過活》（On Paradise Drive）。他有三個孩子，現居馬里蘭州。 【譯者簡介】 廖月娟 美國西雅圖華盛頓大學比較文學碩士。曾獲誠品好讀報告2006年度最佳翻譯人、2007年金鼎獎最佳翻譯人獎、2008年吳大猷科普翻譯銀籤獎。譯作繁多，包括《賈伯斯傳》、《你要如何衡量你的人生？》、《旁觀者》、《謝謝你遲到了》等數十冊。

Korean edition of [How to Know a Person] by David Brooks. New York Times bestseller. A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives--from the author of [The Road to Character] and [The Second Mountain]. Korean edition translated by Gyeong Shik Lee.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person and fostering deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives—from the author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain “More than a guide to better conversations, it’s a blueprint for a more connected and humane way of living. It’s a must-read for anyone looking to deepen their relationships and broaden their perspectives.”—Bill Gates, GatesNotes (Summer Reading Pick) As David Brooks observes, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood.” And yet all around are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks sets out to help us do better, posing essential questions: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to? Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity and determination to grow as a person, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and the worlds of theater, philosophy, history, and education to present a welcoming, hopeful, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation, hostility, and misperception. The act of seeing another person, Brooks argues, is profoundly creative: How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them and, in turn, see something larger in ourselves? How to Know a Person is for anyone searching for connection, and yearning to be understood.

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Hardware acceleration in the form of customized datapath and control circuitry tuned to specific applications has gained popularity for its promise to utilize transistors more efficiently. Historically, the computer architecture community has focused on general-purpose processors, and extensive research infrastructure has been developed to support research efforts in this domain. Envisioning future computing systems with a diverse set of general-purpose cores and accelerators, computer architects must add accelerator-related research infrastructures to their toolboxes to explore future heterogeneous systems. This book serves as a primer for the field, as an overview of the vast literature on accelerator architectures and their design flows, and as a resource guidebook for researchers working in related areas.

Lorsque son mariage s’écroule après vingt-sept années de vie commune et deux enfants, David Brooks remet brutalement en question son mode de vie hyper-individualiste où le temps compte plus que les gens, la productivité plus que les relations. L’expérience de cet échec lui permet de développer la théorie de l’existence des « deux montagnes ». La réalisation de soi est la « première montagne », mais elle cache une « deuxième montagne » vers laquelle nous devons tous tendre pour remettre au centre de nos vies individuelles et collectives la question du lien. David Brooks est un célèbre éditorialiste du New York Times. Fin observateur du monde contemporain, il a inventé le concept du « bobo » (pour bourgeois-bohème). Il est l’auteur de nombreux ouvrages best-sellers et il intervient régulièrement à la radio et à la télévision.

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Animal Dreams collects David Brooks’ thought-provoking essays about how humans think, dream and write about other species. Brooks examines how animals have featured in Australian and international literature and culture, from ‘The Man from Snowy River’ to Rainer Maria Rilke and The Turin Horse, to live-animal exports, veganism, and the culling of native and non-native species. In his piercing, elegant, widely celebrated style, he considers how private and public conversations about animals reflect older and deeper attitudes to our own and other species, and what questions we must ask to move these conversations forward, in what he calls ‘the immense work of undoing’. For readers interested in animal welfare, conservation, and the relationship between humans and other species, Animal Dreams will be an essential, richly rewarding companion. Praise for Animal Dreams ‘one of Australia’s most skilled, unusual and versatile writers’ – Peter Pierce, The Sydney Morning Herald. ‘No one writes about animals like David Brooks.’ – Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (author of The Assault on Truth, When Elephants Weep and Lost Companions) ‘Beautifully written and emotionally and intellectually enthralling. The best book I have ever read on relations between humans and animals and the ‘redress’ we owe them. It makes you angry, it makes you weep; it makes you determined to rethink and to act.’ – Helen Tiffin, FAHA (co-author of The Empire Writes Back and Wild Man from Borneo: A Cultural History of the Orangutang)

'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?

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world. “Deeply moving, frequently eloquent and extraordinarily incisive.”—The Washington Post Every so often, you meet people who radiate joy—who seem to know why they were put on this earth, who glow with a kind of inner light. Life, for these people, has often followed what we might think of as a two-mountain shape. They get out of school, they start a career, and they begin climbing the mountain they thought they were meant to climb. Their goals on this first mountain are the ones our culture endorses: to be a success, to make your mark, to experience personal happiness. But when they get to the top of that mountain, something happens. They look around and find the view . . . unsatisfying. They realize: This wasn’t my mountain after all. There’s another, bigger mountain out there that is actually my mountain. And so they embark on a new journey. On the second mountain, life moves from self-centered to other-centered. They want the things that are truly worth wanting, not the things other people tell them to want. They embrace a life of interdependence, not independence. They surrender to a life of commitment. In The Second Mountain, David Brooks explores the four commitments that define a life of meaning and purpose: to a spouse and family, to a vocation, to a philosophy or faith, and to a community. Our personal fulfillment depends on how well we choose and execute these commitments. Brooks looks at a range of people who have lived joyous, committed lives, and who have embraced the necessity and beauty of dependence. He gathers their wisdom on how to choose a partner, how to pick a vocation, how to live out a philosophy, and how we can begin to integrate our commitments into one overriding purpose. In short, this book is meant to help us all lead more meaningful lives. But it’s also a provocative social commentary. We live in a society, Brooks argues, that celebrates freedom, that tells us to be true to ourselves, at the expense of surrendering to a cause, rooting ourselves in a neighborhood, binding ourselves to others by social solidarity and love. We have taken individualism to the extreme—and in the process we have torn the social fabric in a thousand different ways. The path to repair is through making deeper commitments. In The Second Mountain, Brooks shows what can happen when we put commitment-making at the center of our lives.

''Een must-read in tijden van sociale distantie en nieuwe gemeenschapszin.'' - Trouw ''Een overtuigend pleidooi.'' **** NRC Handelsblad Sta jij op je eerste of tweede berg? Draait het leven om jou – of om anderen? Gaat het om succes – of om betekenis? We leven in een wereld die ons vertelt dat we vooral persoonlijk geluk moeten nastreven: carrière maken, succes hebben en mooie spullen verzamelen. Dit is wat David Brooks de zogenaamde ‘eerste berg’ noemt die we vaak allemaal bewandelen. Maar als we op die top zijn aangekomen, of eraf zijn gevallen door bijvoorbeeld een ontslag of een verlies, kunnen we tot de ontdekking komen dat dát ons niet daadwerkelijk gelukkig maakt. We gaan verlangen naar dingen die er echt toe doen. Dat is het moment waarop je de tweede berg beklimt. Op de tweede berg draait het niet meer om jezelf, maar om jouw relatie met anderen. Het gaat om een betekenisvol leven. David Brooks onderzoekt hoe je een waardevol leven kunt leiden in een egocentrische maatschappij. Wat betekent het om verder te kijken dan jezelf en je op een groter doel te richten? Om onafhankelijkheid los te laten en afhankelijkheid te omarmen? Hij richt zich hierbij op vier belangrijke pijlers die je helpen met het beklimmen van die tweede berg: een verbintenis aangaan met familie, met een roeping, met een gemeenschap of met een filosofie of geloof. De tweede berg is een inspirerend en persoonlijk boek dat je helpt te ontdekken hoe jij ook een rijk en voldaan leven kunt leiden. ''Een krachtig, indringend boek dat je niet meer loslaat.'' The Guardian David Brooks (1961) is auteur en al jaren een van de best gelezen columnisten van The New York Times. Hij heeft meerdere bestsellers geschreven, waaronder The Road to Character. Hij geeft les aan Yale University en is lid van de American Academy of Arts and Sciences. ‘Zijn columns staan steevast dagenlang op nummer een van bestgelezen stukken van de website van The New York Times. Hij is te horen en zien in vele populaire podcasts, radio- en tv-programma’s. Als de VS een ‘Denker des Vaderlands’ had, zou Brooks goede kans maken.’ NRC Handelsblad ''Zeer ontroerend en buitengewoon scherp. En hoopvol in de beste zin van het woord.'' The Washington Post ''Lessen die mogelijk je leven veranderen zijn te vinden in dit relevante boek dat je aanzet tot nadenken.'' Booklist ''Het beste boek van Brooks ooit. Krachtig. Zijn inspirerende boek is een zelfhulpgids om de gevangenis van jezelf te ontvluchten.'' The Observer ''Het is de gave van David Brooks om taai maar overtuigend sociaal onderzoek toegankelijk en zelfs verrassend te maken.'' The New York Times Book Review ''Brooks haalt een breed scala aan wetenschappers en denkers aan om een idee te weven dat groter is dan de som der delen.'' USA Today ''Brooks grootse prestatie zit in zijn vermogen om de ongeziene aspecten van privé-ervaringen te verheffen tot een krachtig en uitdagend gesprek over wat we allemaal met elkaar delen.'' San Francisco Chronicle ''Het hogere doel is volgens Brooks de “tweede berg”. De eerste berg draait om jezelf, de tweede om anderen. Het goede leven is niet gericht op pleziertjes, maar op diepe relaties met de mensen om je heen.'' **** NRC Handelsblad

Spesso capita di incontrare persone che irradiano gioia. Che sembrano aver trovato il loro posto nel mondo. Non che siano perfette, o che la vita per loro sia facile. Ma danno l’impressione di ricavare una profonda soddisfazione dal fare ciò che fanno. Guardandole, viene da pensare che la felicità non sia un sentimento, ma una visione del mondo, conquistata attraverso un percorso di vita che l’autore immagina con la forma di una doppia montagna. Per la prima parte dell’esistenza, hanno inseguito traguardi che corrispondono alle aspettative generali. Hanno ottenuto successo, potere, reputazione e appagamento personale. Ma giunte in vetta, si sono guardate intorno e hanno sentito dentro il tarlo dell’insoddisfazione: questa non è la mia meta finale, non è quello che desideravo veramente. Oppure, sopraggiunge un fallimento, una delusione, un lutto a buttarle giù da quella vetta che sembrava a tutta prima così seducente. E a quel punto, a valle, parte un sentiero che conduce a un secondo obiettivo, quello che vale davvero la pena raggiungere: spostare il fuoco da noi stessi agli altri. Consacrarci alla famiglia, scoprire una vocazione, ispirarsi a una filosofia o a una fede, dedicarci a una comunità: sono queste le quattro ispirazioni, i quattro impegni che ci danno la possibilità di realizzare noi stessi e scoprire la bellezza dell’interdipendenza tra le cose e le persone. Questa è la seconda montagna. David Brooks, col suo messaggio potente e provocatorio, mette in discussione i fondamenti della nostra società e della nostra cultura delle relazioni, così celebrativa della libertà individuale. Mostra a chi legge la magia che nasce dal porre gli altri al centro della propria vita: la felicità può tramutarsi in qualcosa di più puro, rotondo, gratificante. Può trasformarsi in gioia.

（原書名 品格：履歷表與追悼文的抉擇） 你的一生是為了履歷表的成就， 還是為了追悼文中的讚美而活？ 追求成功之際，你要如何回應內心抉擇，無愧人生？ 終其一生，我們都被要求同時具備兩種自我， 學會在這兩種對抗中自處、修練高尚品格，是每個人的生命必修課題。 ★比爾．蓋茲推薦人生必讀之書 ★《紐約時報》暢銷書排行榜第一名 ★《經濟學人》首選好書 ★Amazon年度百大暢銷書 ★TED演講超過2,686,000次點擊 ★《紐約時報》《今日美國報》《華盛頓郵報》《出版者週刊》 《英國時代雜誌》《衛報》《英國觀點雜誌》等主流媒體一致盛讚 成為更好的你，就從展開自我對抗的那一刻起。 我們多半都知道如何追求職場成就，卻不十分明瞭如何健全自己的人格。 而這個世界也多半鼓勵人發展較有企圖心、外顯在履歷表的那一面， 忽略了內心深處追求平靜、貢獻世界的渴望。 而人的一生，就在這兩種矛盾中互相拉扯； 如何在兩種相互對抗的張力中雍容自處，成為人生的必修課題。 《紐約時報》專欄作家大衛．布魯克斯以犀利新穎的論述和TED高人氣演講撼動全世界。 他在TED著名演說「你應該為哪個奮鬥——履歷表與追悼文？」 讓我們重新思索，那個渴望成功、亟欲征服世界的自我， 以及另一個以愛為先、以包容和寬恕為主軸的自我，該如何達到平衡？ 傾盡全力想征服世界的同時，如何回應內心深處良善的召喚？ 馬歇爾將軍戰功彪炳、舉世聞名，仍能保持虛懷若谷； 戰勝自我弱點的艾森豪總統、服膺召喚的作家喬治．艾略特， 以及走過蔭谷找回救贖、將生命全然投入服務眾人的社會運動家， 他們都以謙卑的內在力量找回更好的自己，並逐步影響了世界。 在這個以我為先、注重個人利益的時代，我們不該只為了享樂而活。 每個人都要努力戰勝自我，找到人生的真義，成為更好的人。 專文推薦 u200b人不只是追求享樂，還要追求使命。 人生有二本帳：私人小帳與社會大帳。 人不能只有私人帳上財富累積，社會帳上卻出現赤字。 這就是小我與大我的平衡。 ——高希均，遠見．天下文化事業群創辦人 沒有人是完美的，當面對自己時，我們無所遁形； 一旦面對社會責任時，我們也要時時提醒自己必須要「自視甚渺」。 ——嚴長壽，公益平台文化基金會董事長

The Necessity of Atheism presents an overview of religious scepticism in the 1930s, and a look at on-going debate and like scepticism even today. Despite obvious conflict of its central topic coupled with the thorough deconstruction of all major religious figures and practices through time, I see this work as mainly offering a range of viewpoints on religious beliefs, systems and practices and not necessarily seeking to dissuade the reader from religious thought in anyway...I think this work is only for the open-minded or the free-thinker and even an opportunity for thought by those only previously exposed to religion, but it should not be employed as a tool for conflict.Plain speaking is necessary in any discussion of religion, for if the freethinker attacks the religious dogmas with hesitation, the orthodox believer assumes that it is with regret that the freethinker would remove the crutch that supports the orthodox. And all religious beliefs are "crutches" hindering the free locomotive efforts of an advancing humanity. There are no problems related to human progress and happiness in this age which any theology can solve, and which the teachings of freethought cannot do better and without the aid of encumbrances.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus on external success—“résumé virtues”—and our core principles. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily lives in surprising and original ways. In The Social Animal, he explored the neuroscience of human connection and how we can flourish together. Now, in The Road to Character, he focuses on the deeper values that should inform our lives. Looking to some of the world’s greatest thinkers and inspiring leaders, Brooks explores how, through internal struggle and a sense of their own limitations, they have built a strong inner character. Labor activist Frances Perkins understood the need to suppress parts of herself so that she could be an instrument in a larger cause. Dwight Eisenhower organized his life not around impulsive self-expression but considered self-restraint. Dorothy Day, a devout Catholic convert and champion of the poor, learned as a young woman the vocabulary of simplicity and surrender. Civil rights pioneers A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin learned reticence and the logic of self-discipline, the need to distrust oneself even while waging a noble crusade. Blending psychology, politics, spirituality, and confessional, The Road to Character provides an opportunity for us to rethink our priorities, and strive to build rich inner lives marked by humility and moral depth. “Joy,” David Brooks writes, “is a byproduct experienced by people who are aiming for something else. But it comes.” Praise for The Road to Character “A hyper-readable, lucid, often richly detailed human story.”—The New York Times Book Review “This profound and eloquent book is written with moral urgency and philosophical elegance.”—Andrew Solomon, author of Far from the Tree and The Noonday Demon “A powerful, haunting book that works its way beneath your skin.”—The Guardian “Original and eye-opening . . . Brooks is a normative version of Malcolm Gladwell, culling from a wide array of scientists and thinkers to weave an idea bigger than the sum of its parts.”—USA Today

David Brooks is an anthropologist who has worked with the Ngaanyatjarra people, including the people at Wanarn, for over twenty-five years. He researched and wrote the connection reports through which they gained native title rights over the huge tract of the Australian Western Desert that is their home, and has worked with them on matters from negotiating with mining companies to facing the challenges of making education meaningful to the youth. He has written extensively on the rich desert Tjukurrpa and art, and on the layers of social and cultural interconnectedness of the people. Brooks is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. Darren Jorgensen lectures in art history in the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts at the University of Western Australia. He has written on Australian art, especially from the Kimberley and the Ngaanyatjarra Lands, for academic journals, art magazines and newspapers. He also writes on music and science fiction, enjoys surfing badly and drinking whisky well, and lives with his partner and two children in Perth.

Diasporic Identities and Empire: Cultural Contentions and Literary Landscapes explores traditional theories on hybridity, generated in consideration of multicultural infusions, and at times profusions, of colonial migrations. Arguments on defining Englishness and the insinuations of a ‘fixed centre’ for the marginalised are now considered on a global scale as postmodernity defies imperial homogeneity. Although postcolonial studies have largely been Anglocentric and Western in focus, developments elsewhere have opened up theoretical applications on cultural shifters such as that of the diaspora. The Arabian world, the Caribbean, North and Latin America, Australia, and more recently, countries such as Ireland and Scotland, have emerged as regions confronted with comparable power struggles. Mass migration, exile, refugee reshuffling and diasporic repositioning provide neo-hermeneutics on the predicament of the global, which is undergoing major geopolitical and cultural transformation. This volume addresses how writing from the peripheries is developing a new worldview through diasporic modes of thought. By moving beyond the facile search for an imperial ‘centre,’ these contributions provide an understanding of the rupture in identity since there is a feeling of ‘being held back from a place or state we wish to reach . . .’ (Brooks). This volume is a unique collaboration by academic scholars from four different continents, and a vast number of regions, critically converging on the contemporaneous debate that problematizes the diasporic identity.

Ao longo dos séculos foram escritos milhões de livros sobre o sucesso e como ser bem sucedido. Porém, essas narrativas ocorrem normalmente à superfície dos hábitos sociais. David Brooks procurou através da história de um casal normal mostrar o lado mais íntimo e as explicações desconhecidas para o sucesso. Uma das descobertas centrais deste estudo é que somos mais do que fruto do nosso pensamento consciente. Somos, sobretudo, resultado do pensamento que decorre abaixo do nível da consciência.

N.°1 del New York Times. Una aventura intelectual conmovedora, un relato de logros y una defensa del progreso. Ésta es la historia de cómo se produce el éxito. Se cuenta a través de la vida de una pareja, Harold y Erica: cómo crecen, avanzan, retroceden, fracasan y triunfan. A partir de la gran cantidad de información que aporta sobre estos dos personajes, vívidamente descritos, Brooks ilustra un nuevo conocimiento fundamental de la naturaleza humana. Se ha producido una revolución científica, hemos aprendido más del cerebro humano en los últimos treinta años que en los trescientos anteriores. Resulta que la mente inconsciente es «la mayor parte» de la mente. Es el terreno de las emociones, las intuiciones, las tendencias, los deseos, las predisposiciones genéticas, los rasgos de la personalidad y las normas sociales, allí donde se forma el carácter y se toman las decisiones más importantes de la vida. Reseñas: «Provocador y fascinante... Brooks demuestra que lo que está más allá de nuestro control consciente es inmenso.» Philadelphia Enquirer « El animal social es autorizado, impresionantemente erudito y de gran alcance.» Newsweek

A woman and an older man meet by accident at a restaurant and find themselves dining together, during the course of which intimate stories, confessions, and questions arise.

Traditional Chinese edition of The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by New York Times'' columnist David Brooks. In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Originally published as: Bobos in Paradise: the new upper class and how they got there, 2000; and: On Paradise Drive: how we live now (and always have) in the future tense, 2004.

#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.

In his bestselling work of “comic sociology,” David Brooks coins a new word, Bobo, to describe today’s upper class—those who have wed the bourgeois world of capitalist enterprise to the hippie values of the bohemian counterculture. Their hybrid lifestyle is the atmosphere we breathe, and in this witty and serious look at the cultural consequences of the information age, Brooks has defined a new generation. Do you believe that spending $15,000 on a media center is vulgar, but that spending $15,000 on a slate shower stall is a sign that you are at one with the Zenlike rhythms of nature? Do you work for one of those visionary software companies where people come to work wearing hiking boots and glacier glasses, as if a wall of ice were about to come sliding through the parking lot? If so, you might be a Bobo.

The author of the acclaimed bestseller Bobos in Paradise, which hilariously described the upscale American culture, takes a witty look at how being American shapes us, and how America's suburban civilization will shape the world's future. Take a look at Americans in their natural habitat. You see suburban guys at Home Depot doing that special manly, waddling walk that American men do in the presence of large amounts of lumber; super-efficient ubermoms who chair school auctions, organize the PTA, and weigh less than their children; workaholic corporate types boarding airplanes while talking on their cell phones in a sort of panic because they know that when the door closes they have to turn their precious phone off and it will be like somebody stepped on their trachea. Looking at all this, you might come to the conclusion that we Americans are not the most profound people on earth. Indeed, there are millions around the world who regard us as the great bimbos of the globe: hardworking and fun, but also materialistic and spiritually shallow. They've got a point. As you drive through the sprawling suburbs or eat in the suburban chain restaurants (which if they merged would be called Chili's Olive Garden Hard Rock Outback Cantina), questions do occur. Are we really as shallow as we look? Is there anything that unites us across the divides of politics, race, class, and geography? What does it mean to be American? Well, mentality matters, and sometimes mentality is all that matters. As diverse as we are, as complacent as we sometimes seem, Americans are united by a common mentality, which we have inherited from our ancestors and pass on, sometimes unreflectingly, to our kids. We are united by future-mindedness. We see the present from the vantage point of the future. We are tantalized, at every second of every day, by the awareness of grand possibilities ahead of us, by the bounty we can realize just over the next ridge. This mentality leads us to work feverishly hard, move more than any other people on earth, switch jobs, switch religions. It makes us anxious and optimistic, manic and discombobulating. Even in the superficiality of modern suburban life, there is some deeper impulse still throbbing in the heart of average Americans. That impulse is the subject of this book.

Takes you on a journey through Alice Springs or Mparntwe as it is called by the Arrente people. Stories from the Dreamtime with skyline drawings.