Author:Jordan B. Peterson
The #1 Sunday Times bestseller from 'the most influential public intellectual in the Western world right now' (New York Times) - now in paperback.
How should we live properly in a world of chaos and uncertainty?
Jordan Peterson has helped millions of people, young and old, men and women, aim at a life of responsibility and meaning. Now he can help you.
Drawing on his own work as a clinical psychologist and on lessons from humanity's oldest myths and stories, Peterson offers twelve profound and realistic principles to live by. After all, as he reminds us, we each have a vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world.
Deep, rewarding and enlightening, 12 Rules for Life is a lifeboat built solidly for stormy seas: ancient wisdom applied to our contemporary problems.
Genuinely extraordinary... Unmatched by any other modern thinker ... A prophet for our times
—— Dominic Sandbrook , Daily MailThe most influential public intellectual in the Western world right now
—— New York TimesEveryone must read 12 Rules For Life... The most enlightening book I have read in ages. Google him if you like, if it makes you feel better. It will, by the way. But get the book, that is the most important thing. And then read it. And then pass it on to a friend
—— Chris EvansIn a different intellectual league... Peterson can take the most difficult ideas and make them entertaining. This may be why his YouTube videos have had 35m views. He is fast becoming the closest that academia has to a rock star
—— ObserverCharismatic and exceptionally articulate.... Peterson is a new kind of public intellectual, using YouTube to spread ideas infinitely wider than predecessors such as Bertrand Russell or Isaiah Berlin
—— Amol Rajan , New StatesmanAnyone who is in a position of leadership would find it very insightful ... Jordan Peterson is a profound writer
—— Gina MillerIt is that rare thing: self-help that might actually be helpful
—— New StatesmanFascinating ... Peterson is brilliant on many subjects
—— Bryan Appleyard , Sunday TimesOne of the most eclectic and stimulating public intellectuals at large today, fearless and impassioned
—— Matthew d'Ancona , GuardianProfound, charismatic and serious... One of the most important thinkers to emerge on the world stage for many years
—— Tim Lott , SpectatorThe most sought-after psychologist in the world
—— Psychology TodayA wonderful psychologist
—— Malcolm GladwellLike the best intellectual polymaths, Peterson invites his readers to embark on their own intellectual, spiritual and ideological journeys... You have nothing to lose but your own misery
—— Toronto StarThe most important and influential Canadian thinker since Marshall McLuhan. His bold synthesis of psychology, anthropology, science, politics and comparative religion is forming a genuinely humanistic university of the future
—— Camille PagliaSomeone with not only humanity and humour, but serious depth and substance ... Peterson has a truly cosmopolitan and omnivorous intellect... There is a burning sincerity to the man
—— SpectatorA rock-star academic, a cool, cowboy-boot-wearing public thinker who directs tough love at overprotected youth ... Peterson twirls ideas around like a magician
—— Melanie Reid , The TimesJordan Peterson is a Canadian psychologist whose seemingly overnight ascent to cultural rockstar comes after years of deep scholarship in many disciplines
—— Psychology Today12 Rules for Life hits home - from identifying the deeply engrained hierarchical ladder that motivates our decision making to asking indispensable and sometimes politically unpopular questions about your life and suggesting ways to better it
—— Howard Bloom, author of 'The Lucifer Principle'Peterson has become a kind of secular prophet who, in an era of lobotomised conformism, thinks out of the box ... His message is overwhelmingly vital
—— Melanie Philips , The Times[An] impressively wide-ranging and imaginative analysis gives us a deeper understanding of the gap between fact and popular perception.
—— Paul Gordon , Times Literary SupplementBoth compelling and creative.
—— Hettie O'Brien , ProspectWide-ranging and ambitious.
—— David Nowell Smith , New HumanistDavies’s account is full of acute observations.
—— Malcolm Bull , London Review of BooksHarari effortlessly jumps between diverse topics.
—— Dov Greenbaum and Mark Gerstein , ScienceA thought-provoking, provocative, informative, terrifying, fact-filled series of essays which get the reader thinking, worrying and hoping.
—— Marina Vaizey , The Tablet, **Books of the Year**Harari essentially takes the pulse of society today and worldwide.
—— Pierre Jacques , Revolution[Harari] is a rare voice of calm reassurance, slicing through chaos.
—— Allan Hunter , Daily MirrorVividly written and spiked with references to Monty Python and The Lion King, Harari’s essays are thought-provoking and accessible
—— Jane Shilling , Daily MailA rollercoaster philosophical review of where we find ourselves today… 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is an absorbing, realistic, stark, yet hopeful book.
—— Perry Timms , Dialogue ReviewA bold and provocative read that expands one's frame of mind on the present-day world as we know it with the author's unique perceptions.
—— Chirag Jain , News PuddleIf there are people around to write history books in the future, they will look back at the @ExtinctionR protestors and think they were the sanest people of our time. Read The Uninhabitable Earth by @dwallacewells if you don't know why.
—— Johann Hari, TwitterIf we don't want our grandchildren to curse us, we had better read this book.
—— Timothy Snyder, author of 'On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twenty-first Century'David Wallace-Wells argues that the impacts of climate change will much graver than most people realize, and he's right. The Uninhabitable Earth is a timely and provocative work.
—— Elizabeth Kolbert, author of 'The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History'Trigger warning: when scientists conclude that yesterday's worst-case scenario for global warming is probably unwarranted optimism, it's time to ask Scotty to beam you up. At least that was my reaction upon finishing Wallace-Wells' brilliant and unsparing analysis of a nightmare that is no longer a distant future but our chaotic, burning present.
—— Mike DavisA lucid and thorough description of our unprecedented crisis, and of the mechanisms of denial with which we seek to avoid its fullest recognition.
—— William GibsonBrilliant at the futility of human action.
—— Sarah CromptonA masterpiece of operatic proportions … What Powers means to explore is a sense of how we become who we are, individually and collectively, and our responsibility to the planet and to ourselves … A magnificent achievement: a novel that is, by turns, both optimistic and fatalistic, idealistic without being naïve.
—— KirkusHis masterpiece.
—— HeraldYou will careen through this book. The prose is driven. You don’t really get to draw breath … The writing is steel-edged, laser-sharp when Richard Powers wants it to be. When he sets out to nail meaning, it’s done. There are sentences you return to and wonder at.
—— Irish TimesThis walk through the woods via words is a passionate paean to the natural world that prompts us to appreciate afresh our place on the planet.
—— i news[I]t’s huge, it’s exciting, it’s wondrous … This really deserves to be read.
—— BookmunchThe Overstory is a book you learn from.
—— SpectatorDazzlingly written… Among the best novels I’ve read this decade… Despite its deep-time perspective, it could hardly be more of-the-moment
—— Robert Macfarlane , GuardianA beautiful novel about humans reconnecting with nature in a fascinatingly, inventive world with colourful, rich characters, it will rekindle your love for nature
—— Asian VoiceAn intriguing, powerful book
—— Maddy Prior , Daily ExpressAbsolutely blown away by this epic, heartbreaking novel about us and trees
—— Emma DonoghueThis extraordinary novel transformed my view of nature. Never again will I pass great tree without offering a quiet but heartfelt incantation of thanks, gratitude and wonder
—— Hannah Rothschild , Waitrose WeekendA sweeping novel that skilfully intertwines many different stories of trees and people to create a paean to the hidden power and vital importance of the natural world
—— Country & Town HouseAbsorbing, thought-provoking and more than enough incentive to embrace your inner tree-hugger
—— Culture WhisperThe Overstory is filled with character and incident enough to engage anybody, but it's also filled with philosophy, science, poetry, and colour. It's a celebration of the world and humanity, but also tells of our coming doom. Perhaps above all it's a eulogy to trees. Eulogy is the right word because the novel celebrates the life, the beauty and wisdom of trees-but also their death. The novel also casts a cold-but loving-eye on humanity
—— Richard Smith , British Medical JournalThe Overstory has the mix of science and fiction that I so love; it widens my understanding and respect for the creatures who share this planet
—— KAREN JOY FOWLERStunning... It's been one of those rare books that has had a profound effect on me, and which has changed my perspective on life
—— Paul Ready , Yorkshire PostMind-boggling and visionary. The multi-stranded novel is a masterpiece in which science and poetry are deeply intertwined
—— Andrea Wulf, author of MAGNIFICENT REBELS , GuardianA compelling read is that is near impossible to put down
—— Adoption TodayThe Overstory is a prescient novel that urges us to take responsibility for our actions
—— Far OutA masterpiece of storytelling at its very best. Powers weaves together science, poetry, nature and humanity so beautifully that it makes my heart ache and my mind fly
—— Andrea Wulf , GuardianA wild and expansive novel, knitting together a glorious and diverse cast of characters, some of them human, some of them trees. I defy you not to be moved, and then angered about what we are doing to our planet and these glorious sentinels rooted upon it
—— Greg Wise , WeekMy novel of the year was Richard Powers' masterpiece, The Overstory... it's a magnificent read
—— Mark Connors , Northern Soul, *Books of the Year*The Overstory by Richard Powers is likely the most beautiful book ever written about people and trees
—— Andy Hunter , Spectator