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Petra Cramsie & Niall Edworthy
Optimist’s/Pessimist’s Handbook [EPUB ebook]
A companion to hope and despair

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Are optimists just reckless dreamers? Are pessimists miserable doom-mongers or just erring on the side of caution? Is the glass half empty or half full?Brilliantly compiled and beautifully written, this is a rich anthology of evidence from both sides of any argument. Covering everything from Beauty to Happiness, Patriotism to Walking, it is the perfect tool for squabbling families, a counterbalance for arguing couples and a mine of detail for the quarrelsome. The Optimist on the Afterlife: My heaven will be filled with wonderful young men and dukes. (Dame Barbara Cartland)And the Pessimist: ‘That’s what Hell will be like, small chat to the babbling of Lethe about the good old days when we wished we were dead. (Samuel Beckett)

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9781446422267 ● Publisher Transworld ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2757119 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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