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Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
In his scathing The Theory of the Leisure Class , Thorstein Veblen produced a landmark study of affluent American society that exposes, with brilliant ruthlessness, the habits of production and waste that link invidious business tactics and barbaric social behavior. Veblen's analysis of the evolutionary process sees greed as the overriding motive in the modern economy, and with an impartial gaze he examines the human cost paid when social institutions...
Author
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
"We live in the age of speed. The world around us moves faster than ever before. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each hour, every day. Since the Industrial Revolution shifted the world into high gear, the cult of speed has taken complete hold and pushed us to breaking point. Consider these facts: Americans spend 40% less time with their children than they did in the 1960s; American on average spends 72 minutes of every...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"My interest in this book is with the problem of boredom, in particular how we are conditioned to both recognize and respond to it. Ultimately, I am interested in what is the optimal way to engage with this unpleasant and ubiquitous mood state. In spite of pedagogical "innovations," boredom is particularly acute in schools. Students overwhelmingly report being bored in school, especially in the higher grades (National Survey, 2019). Given the extent...
Author
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Behold the armadillo, a cute and curious creature who follows his nose wherever it goes. Join him as he quietly travels the less-traveled road: he picks cranberries, stops and smells the flowers, takes a nap in the meadow, searches out the source of a beautiful melody, and at day's end passes an overeager hippo sprinting the other direction.
Author
Publisher
Cinco Tintas
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
"100 consejos para gestionar el tiempo contiene recomedaciones breves, sncillas, fáciles de poner en práctica y de eficacia demonstrada para ayudarte a decidir qué hacer y cómo hacerlo sin desaprovechar uno de tus recursos más valiosos." -- cover page 4.
12) Shadow garden
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A wealthy woman suspects something is off about the luxurious complex she lives in . . . and she is right, in this riveting domestic-suspense novel from international bestselling author Alexandra Burt. Donna Pryor lives in the lap of luxury. She spends her days in a beautifully appointed condo. Her every whim is catered to by a dedicated staff, and she does not want for anything. Except for news of her adult daughter. Or an ex-husband who takes her...
Author
Publisher
Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"This book asks whether working mothers in America -- or anywhere -- can ever find true leisure time. Or are our brains, our partners, our culture, our bosses, making it impossible for us to experience anything but "contained time," in which we are in frantic life management mode until we are sound asleep?"--
14) The layover
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An unexpected tropical layover with her nemesis turns a flight attendant's life upside down in this witty, breezy debut romantic comedy about life--and love--30,000 feet above the ground"--
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In early August 1889, Cesar Ritz, a Swiss hotelier highly regarded for his exquisite taste, found himself at the Savoy Hotel in London. He had come at the request of Richard D'Oyly Carte, the financier of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic operas, who had modernized theater and was now looking to create the world's best hotel. D'Oyly Carte soon seduced Ritz to move to London with his team, which included Auguste Escoffier, the chef de cuisine known for his...
19) The rise of the creative class: and how it's transforming work, leisure, community and everyday life
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
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