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Author Crawford, Matthew B.

Title The world beyond your head : on becoming an individual in an age of distraction / Matthew B. Crawford.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  155.2 CRAWFORD    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  155.2 CRAWFORD    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  155.2 CRA    Check Shelf
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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  155.2 CRAWFORD    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  155.2 CRAWFORD    Check Shelf
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Edition First edition.
Description x, 305 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-283) and index.
Summary Investigates the challenge of mastering one's own mind, citing examples from professional sports and the working world to illuminate the role of negative cultural assumptions on the current crisis of attention.
Subject Self -- Social aspects.
Individuality -- Social aspects.
Distraction (Psychology)
Mind and body.
PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body.
PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology.
ISBN 9780374292980 (hardback)
0374292981 (hardback)
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