{"product_id":"9781411428683","title":"The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Barnes \u0026 Noble Library of Essential Reading)","description":"\u003cb\u003eBaltasar Gracián’s\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eArt of Worldly Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e offers practical advice on how to make your way in a chaotic world, and how to make it well. The three hundred aphorisms contained here, first published as \u003ci\u003eOraculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia\u003c\/i\u003e in 1647, remain remarkably relevant today.  The political and social upheavals of Spain’s Golden Era bear a striking resemblance to 21st century reality--political transformations, economic battles that pit local interests against global forces, competing religious outlooks seeking to shape secular worlds, and new technologies torn between democratization and centralization.  Gracián’s aphorisms, as much poetry as instruction, address us today as practical guides for civility in an often uncivil world, and may serve as invitations to participate in making an uncivil world as civil as possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140815831280,"sku":"9781411428683","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411428683_p0.jpg?v=1769895422","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411428683","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}