Horizon Information Portal

e-branch

Home

My Account/Renew Loans

Find Magazine Articles & more

The point is : making sense of birth, death, and everything in between / Lee Eisenberg.

by Eisenberg, Lee, 1946-

View full image

Meaning (Philosophy)

Conduct of life.

9781455550463 (hc.)

1455550469 (hc.)

xvi, 279 pages : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this engaging and provocative book, Lee Eisenberg, author of The Number, tackles nothing less than the meaning and purpose of life. He explains how from a young age, each of us is compelled to take memories of events and relationships and shape them into a one-of-a-kind personal narrative. In addition to sharing his own pivotal memories (some of them moving, some just a shade embarrassing), Eisenberg presents research from psychology and neuroscience, and draws on insights from a pantheon of thinkers and great writers -- Tolstoy, Freud, Joseph Campbell, Virginia Woolf, among others. We also hear from men and women of all ages who are wrestling with the demands of work and family, ever in search of fulfillment and satisfaction. A fascinating story, delightfully told, about how we explain ourselves to ourselves -- in other words, who we are and why.

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal