{"product_id":"a-week-at-the-airport-paperback","title":"A Week at the Airport - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlain de Botton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Travel\u003c\/i\u003e comes a wittily intriguing exploration of the strange \"non-place\" that he believes is the imaginative center of our civilization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGiven unprecedented access to one of the world's busiest airports as a \"writer-in-residence,\" Alain de Botton found it to be a showcase for many of the major crosscurrents of the modern world--from our faith in technology to our destruction of nature, from our global interconnectedness to our romanticizing of the exotic. He met travelers from all over and spoke with everyone from baggage handlers to pilots to the airport chaplain. Weaving together these conversations and his own observations--of everything from the poetry of room service menus to the eerie silence in the middle of the runway at midnight--de Botton has produced an extraordinary meditation on a place that most of us never slow down enough to see clearly. Lavishly illustrated in color by renowned photographer Richard Baker, \u003ci\u003eA Week at the Airport \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the airport in all its turbulence and soullessness and--yes--even beauty.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlain de Botton\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three works of fiction and eight works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eHow Proust Can Change Your Life, The Consolations of Philosophy, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Travel. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in London, where he founded The School of Life (www.theschooloflife.com).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.12 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754188210464,"sku":"9780307739674","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/324255e3dd0448d7257866eabb3b507e.webp?v=1780035334","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-week-at-the-airport-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}