Books related to IdlenessEssays in Idleness
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Description : Despite the turbulent times in which he lived, the Buddhist priest Kenko met the world with a measured eye. As Emperor Go-Daigo fended off a challenge from the usurping Hojo family, and Japan stood at the brink of a dark political era, Kenko held fast to his Buddhist beliefs and took refuge in th...more..
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Cassandra: Florence Nightingale's Angry Outcry Against the Forced Idleness of Victorian Women
by Florence Nightingale
Description : The world knows Florence Nightingale as "the lady with the lamp"-the revered founder of nursing as a respectable profession for women. But few people are aware that Nightingale's career began only after years of struggle to free herself from her suffocating Victorian family. In this surpr...more..
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In Praise of Idleness: And Other Essays (Routledge Classics)
by Bertrand Russell
Description : Intolerance and bigotry lie at the heart of all human suffering. So claims Bertrand Russell at the outset of In Praise of Idleness, a collection of essays in which he espouses the virtues of cool reflection and free enquiry; a voice of calm in a world of maddening unreason. From a devastati...more..
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Love in Idleness
by Amanda Craig
Description : In her delightful reimagining of A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Amanda Craig slyly serves up a witty cross-cultural farce, a modern-day tale of love and lies set against the magical landscape of Tuscany. When Theo, a workaholic lawyer, his English wife Polly, and their two child...more..
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Idleness. For the pianoforte ... Op. 15
by Charles E Brillhart
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Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness
by Henry Van Dyke
Description : This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery....more..
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Love in Idleness / Less Than Kind (Nick Hern Books)
by Terence Rattigan
Description : Long out of print, now back in a new edition. A high-society hit on both sides of the Atlantic, the comedy turns on a triangle formed by a senior politician, his new wife and her truculent son....more..
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Love-in-Idleness
by Christina Bell
Description : Grace is perfectly content with her quiet, magic-free existence as a high school student in Park Slope when her father announces that he is moving the family to the Upper East Side. She is still far from accepting the reality of this move when the wild events of an August night leave her wondering w...more..
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Idleness, Water, and a Canoe: Reflections on Paddling for Pleasure
by Jamie Benedickson
Description : In the spring of 1940, subscribers to Queen's Quarterly read that the 'ingredients of a holiday in Canada are idleness, water, and a canoe.' This statement bears witness to the enduring importance of the canoe generations after the decline of the North American fur trade. Jamie Benidickson expl...more..
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