{"product_id":"road-to-character-book-david-brooks-9780812993257","title":"The Road to Character","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER * David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus on external success--\"résumé virtues\"--and our core principles.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE ECONOMIST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily lives in surprising and original ways. In \u003ci\u003eThe Social Animal,\u003c\/i\u003e he explored the neuroscience of human connection and how we can flourish together. Now, in \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Character,\u003c\/i\u003e he focuses on the deeper values that should inform our lives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Looking to some of the world's greatest thinkers and inspiring leaders, Brooks explores how, through internal struggle and a sense of their own limitations, they have built a strong inner character. Labor activist Frances Perkins understood the need to suppress parts of herself so that she could be an instrument in a larger cause. Dwight Eisenhower organized his life not around impulsive self-expression but considered self-restraint. Dorothy Day, a devout Catholic convert and champion of the poor, learned as a young woman the vocabulary of simplicity and surrender. Civil rights pioneers A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin learned reticence and the logic of self-discipline, the need to distrust oneself even while waging a noble crusade.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Blending psychology, politics, spirituality, and confessional, \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Character\u003c\/i\u003e provides an opportunity for us to rethink our priorities, and strive to build rich inner lives marked by humility and moral depth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Joy,\" David Brooks writes, \"is a byproduct experienced by people who are aiming for something else. But it comes.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Character\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A hyper-readable, lucid, often richly detailed human story.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This profound and eloquent book is written with moral urgency and philosophical elegance.\"\u003cb\u003e--Andrew Solomon, author of \u003ci\u003eFar from the Tree\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Noonday Demon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A powerful, haunting book that works its way beneath your skin.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Original and eye-opening . . . Brooks is a normative version of Malcolm Gladwell, culling from a wide array of scientists and thinkers to weave an idea bigger than the sum of its parts.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49503518753041,"sku":"CIN081299325XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49536360218897,"sku":"GOR007088977","price":4.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49583810085137,"sku":"GOR009395273","price":4.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49678126612753,"sku":"CIN081299325XA","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49935806857489,"sku":"GOR013818574","price":11.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49940046643473,"sku":"CIN081299325XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50520264638737,"sku":"GOR011000813","price":6.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50984531296529,"sku":"NIN9780812993257","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/081299325X.jpg?v=1751264512","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/road-to-character-book-david-brooks-9780812993257","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}