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    59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot

    Richard Wiseman
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"Aris traces Western man's attitudes toward mortality from the early medieval conception of death as the familiar collective destiny of the human race to the modern tendency, so pronounced in industrial societies, to hide death as if it were an embarrassing family secret." — Newsweek

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Includes bibliographical references.
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ISBN:
9780801817625
Subtitle:
From the Middle Ages to the Present
Translator:
Ranum, Patricia M.
Author:
Aries, Philippe
Author:
Aria]s, Philippe
Author:
Ranum, Patricia M.
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Location:
Baltimore :
Subject:
General
Subject:
History
Subject:
Death
Subject:
Europe - General
Subject:
Europe - Spain & Portugal
Subject:
Humanism
Subject:
Movements - Humanism
Copyright:
c197
Edition Description:
Johns Hopkins pbk. ed.
Series Volume:
Nr. 271
Publication Date:
August 1975
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
128
Dimensions:
8.00x5.19x.46 in. .34 lbs.
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