The Socrates Express: In Search Of Life Lessons From Dead Philosophers

"“Philosophy for Starbucks people” probably doesn’t sound too flattering, but that’s exactly what this is, and I mean that in a good way. Eric Weiner, a New York Times bestselling author and a former foreign correspondent for NPR, explores all the ways the teachings of philosophers like Socrates, Nietzsche, Rousseau and Confucius might improve his own life. With a lot of humor and plenty of coffee, Weiner takes readers on a literary/philosophical journey to a better life. Part travelogue and part soul-searching memoir, this is philosophy simplified – but also made more useful for the layman."