{"product_id":"book-9448","title":"Fallen Leaves","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe final and most personal work from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Will Durant-discovered thirty-two years after his death-is a message of insight for everyone who has sought meaning in life or the council of a wise friend in navigating life's journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 1968 to 1978, Will Durant made four public allusions to the existence of \u003ci\u003eFallen Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e. One, in 1975, hinted at its contents: \"a not very serious book that answers the questions of what I think about government, life, death, and God.\" And in 1975: \"I propose…to answer all the important questions, simply, fairly, and imperfectly.\" Even into his nineties, he worked on the book daily, writing it out on legal notepads. Upon his death in 1981, no one, not even the Durant heirs, knew if he had completed it, or even if it still existed. Thirty-two years later, in a granddaughter's attic trunk, the manuscript was discovered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFallen Leaves \u003c\/i\u003eis Will Durant's most personal book. It is precisely as he described: twenty-two short chapters on everything from youth and old age, religion and morals, to sex, war, politics, and art. The culmination of 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 a gifted scholar with a renowned talent for rendering the insights of the past accessible. In its preface Durant mentions that over the course of his career he received letters from \"curious readers who have challenged me to speak \u003ci\u003emy mind\u003c\/i\u003e on the timeless questions of human life and fate.\" With \u003ci\u003eFallen Leaves \u003c\/i\u003ehe accepted their challenge. It contains strong opinions, elegant prose, and deep insights into the human condition as only Will Durant could provide, as well as his revealing conclusions about the perennial problems and greatest joys we face as a species.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49300421148976,"sku":"BD9448","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49300421181744,"sku":"ZE9448","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49300421214512,"sku":"ZM9448","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/9448-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775734654","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-9448","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}