James Poulos

Most of us probably don’t learn about Alexis de Tocqueville in school anymore, but his masterpiece,Democracy in America, is still surprisingly resonant. When he came to America in 1831 to study our great political experiment, he puzzled over our strange struggles with religion and politics, work and money, sex and gender, and love and death. Clearly we haven’t come as far as one might hope. But it wasn’t all doom and gloom—and it isn’t now. Tocqueville didn’t just catalog our problems; he provided a manual on how to flourish despite them. In The Art of Being Free, journalist and scholar James Poulos puts Tocqueville’s advice to work for a contemporary audience, showing us how to live sane, healthy, and happy lives amid our hectic, shifting world. Poulos reveals what Tocqueville’s beloved study tells us about everything from our relationship to technology and our obsession with appearances to our workaholism, our listlessness, and our ways of coping with stress. He explores how our uniquely American malaise can be alleviated—not by the next wellness fad or self-help craze, but by the kind of fearless inventory-taking that has fallen out of fashion. Like Sarah Bakewell’s How to Live or Alain de Botton’s How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Art of Being Free offers a surprising and vital new twist on a timeless tour de force—for Americans in all ages.

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"Body Language Training" is a revolutionary book that contains proven steps and strategies on how to become a truly fantastic exponent of one of the most important skills in life - the ability to read non-verbal cues and to convey your own. Like it or not, we say far more with our body language than we do with our mouths. An ability to read physical indicators in people around us confers a huge personal advantage on us. Among the most amazing success stories in our time, there are people who were ordinary in every sense, except for their exceptional ability to read people and to hide or display their own feelings through control of their body language. This book is an opportunity to learn some of their talents. What you will learn: How to read body language How to be observant for key signs of subconscious emotion or intent What body language practices subconsciously impress those around you How to show your inner confidence without having to say a word Methods of practice for how to learn these key skills The importance of charisma and charismatic body language The best tips and tricks for powerful, confident body language This is not a book to miss!

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Most of us probably don’t learn about Alexis de Tocqueville in school anymore, but his masterpiece, Democracy in America, is still surprisingly resonant. When he came to America in 1831 to study our great political experiment, he puzzled over our strange struggles with religion and politics, work and money, sex and gender, and love and death. Clearly we haven’t come as far as one might hope. But it wasn’t all doom and gloom—and it isn’t now. Tocqueville didn’t just catalog our problems; he provided a manual on how to flourish despite them. In The Art of Being Free, journalist and scholar James Poulos puts Tocqueville’s advice to work for a contemporary audience, showing us how to live sane, healthy, and happy lives amid our hectic, shifting world. Poulos reveals what Tocqueville’s beloved study tells us about everything from our relationship to technology and our obsession with appearances to our workaholism, our listlessness, and our ways of coping with stress. He explores how our uniquely American malaise can be alleviated—not by the next wellness fad or self-help craze, but by the kind of fearless inventory-taking that has fallen out of fashion.

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