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Comfort : an atlas for the body and soul / Brett C. Hoover.
Van Pelt Library BJ1533.C7 H66 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoover, Brett C., 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Contentment.
- Human comfort.
- Quality of life.
- Senses and sensation.
- Satisfaction.
- Peace of mind.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 292 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Riverhead trade paperback edition.
- Other Title:
- Atlas for the body and soul
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Riverhead Books, 2011.
- Summary:
- Comfort is a universal human need. Hoover explores what comfort means-- and how it means different things to different people. He delves into the psychological, emotional, and spiritual facets of comfort and offers ways to rediscover it.
- Contents:
- The roots of comfort. The human story of comfort ; The anatomy of comfort ; American comfort
- Complicating comfort. When comfort goes bad ; Home alone ; A comfortable living
- Way beyond Easy Street: real-life comforts. The comfort of company ; Comfort in crisis ; Spiritual comfort and a God for grown-ups ; Practical comfort.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781594485480
- 1594485488
- OCLC:
- 701622863
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