Eva Hoffman, Campus London LTD (The School of Life)

How to Be Bored

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How to embrace boredom and find meaning in doing nothing.

Produktdetails

• The School of Life
• Verlag: Macmillan Publishers International
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 177mm x 130mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 166g
• ISBN-13: 9781447293255
• ISBN-10: 1447293258
• Artikelnr.: 43363869

Autorenporträt

Eva Hoffman is a Polish-American writer and academic. Her books include Lost in Translation and Shtetl.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
I. The Problem
1. Hyperactivity and Its Discontents
2. Challenges of Choice
II. Leisure
3. Idleness
4. Introspection
5. Imaginative Exploration
6. Contemplative Concentration
7. Choosing from Within
III. Engagement
8. Work
9. Relationships
10. Creative Play
Conclusion

Rezensionen

The School of Life is dedicated to making our lives clearer, less puzzling and more enjoyable - by studying the big themes of life with the help of culture. This new series of self-help books continues to reinvent the genre, making it into something more serious, profound and genuinely helpful. Alain de Botton