The pleasures and sorrows of work
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The pleasures and sorrows of work
AUTHOR:
De Botton, Alain.
ISBN:
9780141027913
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Penguin Books, 2010.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
329 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
ABSTRACT:
Equally intrigued by work's pleasures and its pains, Alain de Botton here heads out into the under-charted worlds of the office, the factory, the fishing fleet and the logistics centre, ears and eyes open to the beauty, interest and sheer strangeness of the modern workplace.
SUBJECT_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| Work -- Philosophy. |
BIBSUMMARY:
Equally intrigued by work's pleasures and its pains, Alain de Botton here heads out into the under-charted worlds of the office, the factory, the fishing fleet and the logistics centre, ears and eyes open to the beauty, interest and sheer strangeness of the modern workplace.