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Timekeepers
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Canongate
Publication Date
2016.
Language
English
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1.The Accident of Time. i. Leaving the Ground ; ii. The Shortness of Life and How to Live It
2. How the French Messed Up the Calendar
3. The Invention of the Timetable. i. The Fastest Thing You Ever Did See ; ii. Was Ever Tyranny More Monstrous?
4. The Beet Goes On. i. The Way to Play the Ninth ; ii. Just How Long Should a CD Be? ; iii. Revolver
5. How Much Talking Is Too Much Talking?. i. In the Time of Moses ; ii. Talking It Over
6. Movie Time. i. How You Get to the Clock ; ii. Oncoming Train
7. Horology Part One: How to Make a Watch. i. A Very Difficult Floor ; ii. Just What Is It about the Swiss?
8. Roger Bannister Goes Round and Round
9. Vietnam. Napalm. Girl. i. The Split Second ; ii. Ì am Muybridge and this is a message from my wife'
10. The Day Shift. i. We Will Crush, Squash, Slaughter Yamaha! ; i. The Boss from Hell
11. Horology Part Two: How to Sell the Time.
Note continued. i. Vasco da Gama Special Edition ; ii. Welcome to Baselworld ; iii. Uh-oh ; iv. In Which We Name the Guilty Man ; v. The Most Valuable Watch on the Planet
12. Time Tactics That Work! . i. The Berry Season ; ii. The Lean Email Simple System
13 . Life Is Short, Art Is Long. i. The Clock Is a Clock ; ii. White People Are Crazy
14. Slowing Down the World . i. A Place Where Time Stands Still ; ii. Living Frenchly ; iii. Faster Food
15. The British Museum and the Story of Us. i. The Book of Hours ; ii. Doomed and Marooned ; iii. Those Who Feel Differently.
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9781782113195
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