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Jay W. Griffiths
1999336 pages
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A brilliant and poetic exploration of the way that we experience time in our everyday lives.Why does time seem so short? How does women's time differ from men's? Why does time seem to move slowly in the countryside and quickly in cities? How do different cultures around the world see time? In A Sideways Look at Time, Jay Griffiths takes readers on an extraordinary tour of time as we have never seen it before.With this dazzling and defiant work, Griffiths introduces us to dimensions of time that are largely forgotten in our modern lives. She presents an infectious argument for other, more…

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6 editions
  • Ebook · English · 2008
    A Sideways Look at Time
    Penguin Group USA, Inc. · 9781440615474
  • Other · English · 2004
    A sideways look at time
    Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin · 403 pages · 9781585423064
  • Other · English · 2004
    Sideways Look At Time
    Putnam · 9780965930628
  • Other · English · 2002
    A sideways look at time
    Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam · 403 pages · 9781585421848
  • Other · English · 2000
    Flamingo · 316 pages · 9780006551775
  • Other · English · 1999
    Flamingo · 336 pages · 9780002570770
Time measurementsNew AgeNonfictionPopular worksLong Now Manual for CivilizationTimeTime perceptionFiction, general