{"product_id":"fallen-leaves-last-words-on-life-love-war-and-god-9781476771557","title":"Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God","description":"\u003cb\u003ePraised as a \"revelatory\" book by \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, this is the last and most personal work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Will Durant, discovered thirty-two years after his death.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe culmination of Will Durant's sixty-plus years spent researching the philosophies, religions, arts, sciences, and civilizations from across the world, \u003ci\u003eFallen Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e is the distilled wisdom of one of the world's greatest minds, a man with a renowned talent for rendering the insights of the past accessible. Over the course of Durant's career he received numerous letters from \"curious readers who have challenged me to speak my mind on the timeless questions of human life and fate.\" With \u003ci\u003eFallen Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e, his final book, he at last accepted their challenge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn twenty-two short chapters, Durant addresses everything from youth and old age to religion, morals, sex, war, politics, and art. \u003ci\u003eFallen Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a thought-provoking array of opinions\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), offering elegant prose, deep insights, and Durant's revealing conclusions about the perennial problems and greatest joys we face as a species. In Durant's singular voice, here is a message of insight for everyone who has ever sought meaning in life or the counsel of a learned friend while navigating life's journey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDurant, Will:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Will Durant (1885-1981) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize (1968) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977). He spent more than fifty years writing his critically acclaimed eleven-volume series, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e (the later volumes written in conjunction with his wife, Ariel). A champion of human rights issues, such as the brotherhood of man and social reform, long before such issues were popular, Durant's writing still educates and entertains readers around the world.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726224625938,"sku":"9781476771557","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cbd021d7-bd11-4b99-82f2-8b7a8913ec95.jpg?v=1734859591","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fallen-leaves-last-words-on-life-love-war-and-god-9781476771557","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}