The School of Life

John-Paul Flintoff

" ... Combining frsh insights from history, politics, and modern culture, this book will equip you with the courage to overcome inertia and indifference, help you identify your own greatest concerns and inspire you to take that important first step towards change."--Back cover.

How to Change the World

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John-Paul Flintoff is a bit of a one-off: a man who embarks on a spiritual pilgrimage by outsourcing his life to Bangalore, then hooks up with Mormons and Buddhists (well, Richard Gere), on a quest for truth and fulfilment. His journey is like a twenty-first century Candide, learning that life's satisfactions, and some kind of response to the concerns of economic meltdown and climate change, lie in learning how to make things for oneself, and mending things that fall apart. Along the way, Flintoff paints pictures with Brit-art oddball Billy Childish, gets apprenticed in Savile Row, grows his own food and spins fibre from nettles. Daringly, he also turns his book over to his wife Harriet, who likes nothing better than a fancy spa and a shop at Liberty's. The results are comic, heartwarming and inspiring.

Man finds happiness and meaning of life - making clothes

Sew Your Own

Through the Eye of a Needle is a brilliant account of his journey—illuminating, enchanting, and often extremely funny—arguing that the way we look at clothing influences the way we look at the environment, the economy, and life itself. Few books written in our soulless times have such potential to transform people’s minds so completely—while also making them laugh. His encounters are by turns humorous and enlightening. He meets BBC TV’s Jeremy Clarkson, Hollywood superstars Richard Gere and Daryl Hannah, spiritual teachers, politicians, call-center and sweatshop workers, artists, Transition Town leader Rob Hopkins, Prince Charles’s own Savile Row tailor, and many others.

Through the Eye of a Needle

man finds happiness and meaning of life - making clothes

Sew your own

"Where I come from, where modesty is a sin, Flintoff 's book would be called 'The Indispensable Guide to Giving an Unforgettable Speech'."Jay Heinrichs, New York Times bestselling author Most of us dread public speaking. But at some point we find ourselves forced to make a speech. And we worry: Will my jokes fall flat? What if I freeze? Is it okay to read notes? What if people walk out? This book won't magically transform you into a fast-talking corporate hotshot. But it will show you how to think about public speaking in a new way, and with a spot of luck, you will achieve adequacy. Or better! Drawing on ancient principles of rhetoric and his own entertaining successes and failures on the speech-giving circuit, John-Paul Flintoff provides simple but effective techniques to help you to speak with confidence to any crowd, whether it's a work presentation or a best friend's wedding. Humble but motivating, this is a guide to finding your voice, even if it's a bit croaky at first, and a reassuring affirmation that we all have something to say.

A Modest Book About How to Make an Adequate Speech

Windsor Castle. 1714. Queen Anne is nearing the end of a life filled with tragedy and grief: plagued by illness and cursed by her father to lose all 17 of her children, she now lies dying with no living heir. The question of succession is thick in the air. Will it be James Stuart, the half-brother she has always refused to acknowledge? Or George of Hanover, the cousin who once turned her down for marriage? Neither is ideal: she hates them both. Over the course of one night at the Queen’s Elizabethan ball, courtiers, politicians and ladies’ maids alike seize the opportunity to steer the succession to their own advantage, changing the course of history forever. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to them, imperial spy Daniel Defoe creeps through the castle gathering intelligence on their every move for the Earl of Oxford. Before the night is over, Queen Anne will finally have to face the past—for nothing can be resolved until she comes to terms with her children’s deaths and repairs the terrible wrong she committed many years before...

What If the Queen Should Die?

Kleine Bücher – GROSSE GEDANKEN Jeder Einzelne von uns vermag das scheinbar Unmögliche zu bewirken, wenn er sein Zögern aufgibt und den ersten Schritt tut. John-Paul Flintoff zeigt, dass man kein Held sein muss, um die Welt zu verändern. Ob wir einen Diktator stürzen oder das Nachbarschaftsklima verbessern wollen, in diesem Buch finden wir das nötige Rüstzeug, um mit der Schwarzseherei aufzuhören und Einfluss zu nehmen – für die Welt, in der wir leben wollen. Die etwas anderen Ratgeber der ›Kleinen Philosophie der Lebenskunst‹ – herausgegeben von Alain de Botton, Philosoph und Bestsellerautor

Kleine Philosophie der Lebenskunst

Wie man die Welt verändert

Maak het verschil! De wereld verbeteren, hoe doe je dat? Wat een onuitvoerbare opgave lijkt maakt schrijver en journalist John-Paul Flintoff mogelijk. Flintoff speelt met het idee dat we grote doelen in stukjes kunnen opsplitsen en gebruikt hierbij theorieën van grote denkers als Tolstoj, Ghandi en Sartre. Dit is hét moment om jouw bijdrage te leveren. Het boek zal je inspireren en je de moed geven de wereld waarin we leven te veranderen.

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