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Fallen Leaves Lib/E: Last Words on Life, Love, War & God
Contributor(s): Durant, Will (Author), Gardner, Grover (Read by)

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ISBN: 1483038823     ISBN-13: 9781483038827
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
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Binding Type: Compact Disc - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern
- Literary Collections | Essays
- History | Essays
Dewey: 191
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.5" W x 6.1" L (0.57 lbs)
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Unabridged
 
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Publisher Description:

The final and most personal work from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Will Durant-discovered thirty-two years after his death-is a message of insight for everyone who has sought meaning in life or the council of a wise friend in navigating life's journey.

From 1968 to 1978, Will Durant made four public allusions to the existence of Fallen Leaves. One, in 1975, hinted at its contents: a not very serious book that answers the questions of what I think about government, life, death, and God. And in 1975: I propose...to answer all the important questions, simply, fairly, and imperfectly. Even into his nineties, he worked on the book daily, writing it out on legal notepads. Upon his death in 1981, no one, not even the Durant heirs, knew if he had completed it, or even if it still existed. Thirty-two years later, in a granddaughter's attic trunk, the manuscript was discovered.

Fallen Leaves is Will Durant's most personal book. It is precisely as he described: twenty-two short chapters on everything from youth and old age, religion and morals, to sex, war, politics, and art. The culmination of Durant's sixty-plus years spent researching the philosophies, religions, arts, sciences, and civilizations from across the world, Fallen Leaves is the distilled wisdom of a gifted scholar with a renowned talent for rendering the insights of the past accessible. In its preface Durant mentions that over the course of his career he received letters from curious readers who have challenged me to speak my mind on the timeless questions of human life and fate. With Fallen Leaves he accepted their challenge. It contains strong opinions, elegant prose, and deep insights into the human condition as only Will Durant could provide, as well as his revealing conclusions about the perennial problems and greatest joys we face as a species.


Contributor Bio(s): Durant, Will: -

Will Durant (1885-1981) was an award-winning American writer, historian, and philosopher. He and his wife were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1968 for Rousseau and Revolution, and he was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Durant spent over forty years writing the critically acclaimed eleven-volume Story of Civilization, the later volumes with the help of his wife, Ariel. He sought to revitalize history by unifying and humanizing the great body of historical knowledge, which had become voluminous and fragmented into esoteric subcategories. He also strove to bring philosophy to the common man. Durant was a champion of human rights, social reform, and the brotherhood of man long before they became well-known issues.

Gardner, Grover: -

Grover Gardner is an award-winning narrator with over eight hundred titles to his credit. Named one of the Best Voices of the Century and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards.


 
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