Download or read book Hedonist s Guide to Art written by Laura K. Jones and published by HG2. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Hedonist's Guide to Art shines a light on both the little-known and the wilder shores of contemporary art, affording readers a peek inside the machinations of the gilded beast known as the "Art World." Here readers not only learn how to build up a collection of works and spend their money wisely, but also how to amass a collection of experiences that would make the most robust of extroverts blush. Under the (occasionally) expert stewardship of 60 people in the know — artists, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, art school tutors, collectors, critics, and professional hangers-on — this journey takes readers from the art fair to the gallery to the auction house to the studio visit, then right on up to the rooftop swimming pools of the most debauched after-show parties ever held.
Download or read book Magical Venice written by Lucie Tournebize and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go beyond the ordinary with this remarkable travelogue and guidebook filled with spectacular color photography that showcases Venice’s magical beauty and hidden gems, from the Piazzo San Marco to the island of Giudecca, the banks of the Grand Canal to the Arsenal district—the second entry in the Hedonist’s Guide travel series. Combining essential insider details, cultural information, must-see attractions, and detailed maps with glorious custom photography, Magical Venice is the ultimate handbook for modern nomads, including both savvy travelers and novice tourists. Designed for twenty-first century globetrotters, Magical Venice features stylish graphics and an elegant visual design, as well as a breakdown of must-visit places, thematic double-page photographic spreads to help you discover and understand the city, and walking routes to explore each district away from the crowds. Every fascinating detail of Venice is revealed, from the splendor of its palaces, the beauty of its piazzettas, the romanticism of its bridges and canals, the delights of its gastronomy, the charm of its sestieri—the districts that make up the city of the Doges—and the wealth of its museums and its arts and crafts. Whether you prefer a more traditional visit or want to chart your own unique course, this user-friendly reference and coffee table book includes everything you need—and more: Discover the spirit of Venice as seen through the eyes of Philippe Starck Visit Carlo Scarpa's Olivetti showroom, Piazza San Marco Taste cicchetti in the city’s bacari Drink a bellini at Harry’s Bar Admire the gems of modern art in the baroque palace of Ca ’Pesaro Visit the latest contemporary constructions on the island of La Giudecca Learn about the phenomenon of aqua alta Take a walk in the hidden gardens of Venice Magical Venice offers inspiration and insight for armchair travelers and dreamers alike. Best of all, the gorgeous photography transforms the book into a keepsake that will transport you back to your favorite places and sights long after returning home. Experience Venice as never before with the Hedonist’s Guide!
Download or read book A Hedonist Manifesto written by Michel Onfray and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Onfray passionately defends the potential of hedonism to resolve the dislocations and disconnections of our melancholy age. In a sweeping survey of history's engagement with and rejection of the body, he exposes the sterile conventions that prevent us from realizing a more immediate, ethical, and embodied life. He then lays the groundwork for both a radical and constructive politics of the body that adds to debates over morality, equality, sexual relations, and social engagement, demonstrating how philosophy, and not just modern scientism, can contribute to a humanistic ethics. Onfray attacks Platonic idealism and its manifestation in Judaic, Christian, and Islamic belief. He warns of the lure of attachment to the purportedly eternal, immutable truths of idealism, which detracts from the immediacy of the world and our bodily existence. Insisting that philosophy is a practice that operates in a real, material space, Onfray enlists Epicurus and Democritus to undermine idealist and theological metaphysics; Nietzsche, Bentham, and Mill to dismantle idealist ethics; and Palante and Bourdieu to collapse crypto-fascist neoliberalism. In their place, he constructs a positive, hedonistic ethics that enlarges on the work of the New Atheists to promote a joyful approach to our lives in this, our only, world.
Download or read book Gaviotas written by Alan Weisman and published by Chelsea Green Publishing Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabriel Garcia Marquez has called Paolo Lugari the "inventor of the world." The story of Gaviotas, a village alchemizing peace and prosperity in a stricken land, will change the way you think about that world.
Download or read book The Spiritual Hedonist written by Sheilaa Hite and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spiritual Hedonist - A Guide to the Divine Art and Practice of Living Joyfully is a step-by-step guide to making your dreams come true as it reminds you that "living a life of joy and happiness is the highest good." It skillfully guides you in reconnecting with your innate source of power, purpose and joy as you discover the secrets of becoming a triumphant winner. Whatever you want to create-a new business, a life changing move, the means to live the life you've always dreamt of-the priceless expertise contained in The Spiritual Hedonist will empower and enable you as you pave your own personal path to victory. Legendary life and success coach, Sheilaa Hite, takes you through the ten essential steps of achieving rewarding, lasting success with her trademark style of wisdom, humor, spirituality and practical advice. In this by-the-numbers, step-by-step manual, the reader is guided through each step of the process of successfully manifesting a hope, a wish or a dream into physical form, using the system I created and have perfected in the 23 years since its inception. It answers the questions that will help the reader achieve a desired end- 1- How do I effectively get what I want? 2- Why should I go about it in a certain way? 3- What tools and skills do I need? 4- Where and how can I find supportive people? 5- Where and how can I find useful, helpful information? 6- How do I enact and empower a plan that will help me manifest what I want? 7- How can I change fear, timidity and doubt into courage, confidence and certainty?
Download or read book The Hedonism Handbook written by Michael Flocker and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2004-10-13 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of "The Metrosexual Guide to Style" comes a guideto mastering the lost arts of leisure and pleasure.
Download or read book The Sober Lush written by Amanda Eyre Ward and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sober hedonist's guide to living a decadent, wild, and soulful life--alcohol-free. In a culture where sipping "rosé all day" is seen as the epitome of relaxation, "grabbing a drink" the only way to network; and meeting at a bar the quintessential "first date," many of us are left wondering if drinking alcohol really is the only way to cultivate joy and connection in life. Jardine Libaire and Amanda Eyre Ward wanted to live spontaneous and luxurious lives, to escape the ordinary and enjoy the intoxicating. Their drinking, however, had started to numb them to the present moment instead of unlocking it. Ward was introduced to Libaire when she first got sober. As they became friends, the two women talked about how they yearned to create lives that were Technicolor, beautifully raw, connected, blissed out, and outside the lines . . . but how? In The Sober Lush, Libaire and Ward provide a road map for living a lush and sensual life without booze. This book offers ideas and instruction for such nonalcoholic joys as: • The allure of "the Vanish," in which one disappears early from the party without saying goodbye to a soul, to amble home under the stars • The art of creating zero-proof cocktails for all seasons • Having a fantastic first date while completely sober • A primer on setting up your own backyard beehive, and honey tastings For anyone curious about lowering their alcohol consumption or quitting drinking altogether, or anyone established in sobriety who wants inspiration, this shimmering and sumptuous book will show you how to keep indulging in life even if you stop indulging in alcohol.
Download or read book Sustainable Hedonism written by Orsolya Lelkes and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on modern science and ancient Greek philosophy, this book calls on us to explore our collective and personal convictions about success and good life. It challenges the mainstream worldview, rooted in economics, that equates happiness with pleasure, and encourages greed, materialism, egoism and disconnection.
Download or read book A Hedonist s Guide to Life written by Fleur Britten and published by HG2. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who knew only 75 short essays could usher one into a whole new lifestyle?Opining on topics as varied as drag queens and poker, cannabis and gambling, these saucy segments of the fun-loving life are as honest as you can get. Written by journalists and celebrities from both sides of the pond, this guide contains all the racy info you always wanted to know — but were afraid to ask. Orgy etiquette, gambling big with little money, joining a cult: it's all covered. A must-have for anyone tired of the straight and narrow, this guide makes a deliciously naughty gift.
Download or read book The Spiritual Hedonist written by Sheilaa Hite and published by Writespa. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spiritual Hedonist, A Guide to the Divine Art and Practice of Living Joyfully, is inspired by Karl Lagerfeld s quote, This is the purpose of life to get what you want. There are deeper things, but this is fun. This step-by-step guide takes you through each aspect of the process of successfully making your dreams come true. Whether your dream is a new business, the perfect romantic proposal, a life changing move or the means to live the life you ve always dreamt of, The Spiritual Hedonist will guide you as you pave your own personal path to victory. Using a system created and perfected by the author, legendary life and success coach, Sheilaa Hite, it takes you through the ten essential steps of achieving rewarding, lasting success with her trademark style of wisdom, humor, spirituality and practical advice. Written in a conversational style and accompanied by inspiration cards and 4 Guided Imagery meditations, it answers the questions that will help you achieve your desired goal 1- How do I effectively get what I want? 2- Why should I go about it in a certain way? 3- What tools and skills do I need? 4- Where and how can I find supportive people? 5- Where and how can I find useful, helpful information? 6- How do I enact and empower a plan that will help me manifest what I want? 7- How can I change fear, timidity and doubt into courage, confidence and certainty?
Download or read book A Guide to the Good Life written by William B. Irvine and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-11-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, and shows how its insight and advice are still remarkably applicable to modern lives. In A Guide to the Good Life, Irvine offers a refreshing presentation of Stoicism, showing how this ancient philosophy can still direct us toward a better life. Using the psychological insights and the practical techniques of the Stoics, Irvine offers a roadmap for anyone seeking to avoid the feelings of chronic dissatisfaction that plague so many of us. Irvine looks at various Stoic techniques for attaining tranquility and shows how to put these techniques to work in our own life. As he does so, he describes his own experiences practicing Stoicism and offers valuable first-hand advice for anyone wishing to live better by following in the footsteps of these ancient philosophers. Readers learn how to minimize worry, how to let go of the past and focus our efforts on the things we can control, and how to deal with insults, grief, old age, and the distracting temptations of fame and fortune. We learn from Marcus Aurelius the importance of prizing only things of true value, and from Epictetus we learn how to be more content with what we have. Finally, A Guide to the Good Life shows readers how to become thoughtful observers of their own lives. If we watch ourselves as we go about our daily business and later reflect on what we saw, we can better identify the sources of distress and eventually avoid that pain in our life. By doing this, the Stoics thought, we can hope to attain a truly joyful life.
Download or read book The Art of Happiness written by Epicurus and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-12-24 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brilliant writings of a highly influential Greek philosopher, with a foreword by Daniel Klein, author of Travels with Epicurus The teachings of Epicurus—about life and death, religion and science, physical sensation, happiness, morality, and friendship—attracted legions of adherents throughout the ancient Mediterranean world and deeply influenced later European thought. Though Epicurus faced hostile opposition for centuries after his death, he counts among his many admirers Thomas Hobbes, Thomas Jefferson, Karl Marx, and Isaac Newton. This volume includes all of his extant writings—his letters, doctrines, and Vatican sayings—alongside parallel passages from the greatest exponent of his philosophy, Lucretius, extracts from Diogenes Laertius' Life of Epicurus, a lucid introductory essay about Epicurean philosophy, and a foreword by Daniel Klein, author of Travels with Epicurus and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Download or read book Moral Darwinism written by Benjamin Wiker and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-09-20 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abortion. Euthanasia. Infanticide. Sexual promiscuity. Ideas and actions once unthinkable have become commonplace. We seem to live in a different moral universe than we occupied just a few decades ago. Consent and noncoercion seem to be the last vestiges of a morality long left behind. Christian moral tenets are now easily dismissed and have been replaced with what is curiously presented as a superior, more magnanimous, respectful and even humble morality. How did we end up so far away from where we began? Can the decline be stopped? Ben Wiker, in this provocative and insightful book, traces the amazing story that explains our present cultural situation. Wiker finds the roots of our moral slide reaching all the way back to the ethical theory and atheistic cosmology of the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus. Christian teaching had been in contention with this worldview long before it reached its pinnacle with the rise and acceptance of Darwinism. But it was Darwinism, Wiker contends, that provided this ancient teaching with the seemingly modern and scientific basis that captured twentieth-century minds. Wiker demonstrates that this ancient atomistic and materialistic philosophy supplies the guiding force behind Darwinism and powerfully propels the hedonistic bent of our society while promoting itself under the guise of pure science. This book is a challenge not only to those who believe Darwinism to be purely scientific fact but to Christian who have at times inconsistently lived out their Christian moral convictions and so have failed to recognize and address the ancient corrosive underpinnings of our present moral and intellectual crisis.
Download or read book The Hedonist written by Brett Tate and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Art in the Age of Emergence written by Michael Pearce and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book delivers sensible emergent aesthetics, explaining the processes that happen in human minds when we share ideas as works of art, skewering the orthodoxies of contemporary art with pragmatic wisdom about why representational art thrives in the new millennium. Art in the Age of Emergence has captured the imaginations of thinkers and artists alike. This is an indispensable read for those who want to understand representational art in the 21st Century.
Download or read book The Art of seduction written by Robert Green and published by Imharjeetsingh . This book was released on with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the multi-million copy bestseller The 48 Laws of Power and The Laws of Human Nature, a mesmerizing handbook on seduction: the most subtle and effective form of power When raised to the level of art, seduction, an indirect and subtle form of power, has toppled empires, won elections and enslaved great minds. Immerse yourself in the twenty-four maneuvers and strategies of the seductive process, the ritual by which a seducer gains mastery over his target. Understand how to "Poeticize Your Presence," “Keep them in Suspense – What Comes Next” and “Master the Art of the Bold Move”. Every bit as essential as The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction is an indispensable primer of persuasion that reveals one of history's greatest weapons and the ultimate form of power.
Download or read book Stunning Iceland written by Bertrand Jouanne and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go beyond the ordinary with this remarkable travelogue, guidebook, and coffee table keepsake filled with spectacular color photography that showcases Iceland’s stunning beauty and hidden gems, from its fjords and highlands to the Western Islands and the capital Reykjavik—the first entry in the Hedonist’s Guide travel series. Combining essential insider details, cultural information, must-see attractions, and detailed maps with glorious custom photography, Stunning Iceland is the ultimate handbook for modern nomads, including both savvy travelers and novice tourists. Designed for twenty-first century globetrotters, Stunning Iceland features stylish graphics and an elegant visual design, as well as a breakdown of must-visit places, thematic double-page photographic spreads to help you discover and understand the city, and walking routes to explore each district away from the crowds. Whether you prefer a more traditional visit or want to chart your own unique course, this user-friendly handbook includes everything you need—and more: Discover the charm of a luxury ecolodge surrounded by nature Meet the surfers of the Arctic Taste the new Nordic gastronomy Follow in the footsteps of the heroes of the Icelandic sagas Meet the polar fox and the blue whale Bathe in the natural hot springs Admire the Icelandic flora Learn about the battle between the tectonic plates beneath Iceland and its active volcanoes Experience Reykjavík, the nation’s beating heart Stunning Iceland offers inspiration and insight for armchair travelers and dreamers alike. Best of all, the gorgeous photography transforms the book into a keepsake that will transport you back to your favorite places and sights long after returning home. Experience Iceland as never before with the Hedonist’s Guide!
