{"product_id":"the-road-to-character-book-by-david-brooks","title":"The Road to Character\nBook by David Brooks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e#1\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBESTSELLER • David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus on external success—“résumé virtues”—and our core principles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE ECONOMIST\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily lives in surprising and original ways. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Social Animal,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e he explored the neuroscience of human connection and how we can flourish together. Now, in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Road to Character,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehe focuses on the deeper values that should inform our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking 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\u003eBlending psychology, politics, spirituality, and confessional, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Road to Character\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePraise for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Road to Character\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A hyper-readable, lucid, often richly detailed human story.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This profound and eloquent book is written with moral urgency and philosophical elegance.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—Andrew Solomon, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFar from the Tree\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Noonday Demon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A powerful, haunting book that works its way beneath your skin.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e—The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Lovers BD","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55412554596643,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":55412554629411,"sku":null,"price":480.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":55412554662179,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/5872\/2083\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_a81e6143-2504-4926-8e0b-80d5d4d614a6.jpg?v=1785836821","url":"https:\/\/www.bookloversbd.shop\/products\/the-road-to-character-book-by-david-brooks","provider":"Book Lovers BD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}