The View from Ninety

Reflections on How to Live a Long, Contented Life

Charles Handy

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Hutchinson Heinemann
07 October 2025

Memoirs; Ethics & moral philosophy; Popular philosophy; Business & management

One of the major thinkers of our times reflects on how to live richer, more contented lives, drawing on wisdom built up over a lifetime

Over a span of seven decades, Charles Handy was, variously, a businessman, a writer, a philanthropist and a philosopher. Not even a stroke as he approached the age of 90 dimmed his intellectual curiosity or his immense zest for life.

In this, his final book, written from the vantage point of a contemplative old age and drawing on his articles for The Idler he shares his thoughts on the big questions with which we all grapple-

What things really matter?

What daily worries should we learn to treat as unimportant?

How do we become more accepting of ourselves and of those around us?

How do we discover purpose in our everyday existence? How do we cope with grief and loss?

Drawing in part on his own experience, in part on the wisdom of others, he sets out the principles of enjoying a fulfilled and contented life, and gently points the way to the practicalities of achieving it.

By: Charles Handy
Imprint: Hutchinson Heinemann
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 213g
ISBN: 9781529154818
ISBN 10: 1529154812
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 07 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Charles Handy was a writer, broadcaster and teacher, as well as a former oil executive, an economist, a professor at the London Business School, the Warden of St. George's House in Windsor Castle and the chairman of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. He was born in Co. Kildare in Ireland, the son of an archdeacon, and educated in Ireland, England (Oxford University) and the USA (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). His many books include The Empty Raincoat, Gods of Management, The Second Curve and 21 Letters.