The Resource A year of living virtuously : weekends off, Teresa Jordan
A year of living virtuously : weekends off, Teresa Jordan
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The item A year of living virtuously : weekends off, Teresa Jordan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- Collects essays describing the author's attempts to live according to a list of traditional virtues compiled by Benjamin Franklin, one week at a time, and one virtue at a time
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxi, 310 pages
- Contents
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- Resolution: on the eve of a new year
- Temperance: please pass the peppermints
- Cleanliness: cleanliness and its caveats
- Silence: making space for conversation
- Courage: the truth of the land
- Pride: the pride of work, the work of pride
- Sloth: everything I need to know about sloth I learned from critters
- Industry: The hard work of staying still
- Listening: listening to the devil's trill
- Order: a pomegranate of impossible tasks
- Habit: some thoughts on in-habitation
- frugality: stepping off the hedonic treadmill
- Homecoming: rethinking nostalgia
- Governance: what George might say
- Sincerity: giving voice to untold stories
- Greed: is it greed or is it gravity?
- Empathy: the aftermath
- Justice: for the horses
- Wrath: coming back to ourselves
- Love: traveling at the speed of love
- Gluttony: a re-enchantment with food
- Chastity and lust: a psychology of sex
- Creativity: why we need art (and why we make it or we don't)
- Envy: envy and its discontents
- Resolution (and vanity): becoming Helenka
- Humility: the listener
- Jealousy (and other trials of love): Cupid, the soap opera
- Tranquility: introduction
- Tranquility: the long road, Terry Waite's story
- Tranquility: the long road, Brooke Hopkins's story
- Self-reliance: Ben Franklin, Ayn Rand, and the American spirit
- Curiosity: growing pains
- Procrastination: do it...next
- Grumpiness: the grouch settles in
- Stubbornness: holding on for dear life
- Trust: Will Rogers, where are you now?
- Defensiveness and faith: choosing our battles
- Gladness: the mysterious lightness of being
- Punctuality: the gift of time
- Gratitude: Thanksgiving, a Christmas story
- Forgiveness: the heroic choice
- Control (and faith): the green bean testament
- Balance: on the high wire
- Manners: the good hand
- Moderation: all I want for Christmas...is a truce in the war on Christmas
- Isbn
- 9781619024274
- Label
- A year of living virtuously : weekends off
- Title
- A year of living virtuously
- Title remainder
- weekends off
- Statement of responsibility
- Teresa Jordan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Collects essays describing the author's attempts to live according to a list of traditional virtues compiled by Benjamin Franklin, one week at a time, and one virtue at a time
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jordan, Teresa
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jordan, Teresa
- Jordan, Teresa
- Conduct of life
- Virtues
- Conduct of life
- Life
- Virtues
- Label
- A year of living virtuously : weekends off, Teresa Jordan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-294) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Resolution: on the eve of a new year -- Temperance: please pass the peppermints -- Cleanliness: cleanliness and its caveats -- Silence: making space for conversation -- Courage: the truth of the land -- Pride: the pride of work, the work of pride -- Sloth: everything I need to know about sloth I learned from critters -- Industry: The hard work of staying still -- Listening: listening to the devil's trill -- Order: a pomegranate of impossible tasks -- Habit: some thoughts on in-habitation -- frugality: stepping off the hedonic treadmill -- Homecoming: rethinking nostalgia -- Governance: what George might say -- Sincerity: giving voice to untold stories -- Greed: is it greed or is it gravity? -- Empathy: the aftermath -- Justice: for the horses -- Wrath: coming back to ourselves -- Love: traveling at the speed of love -- Gluttony: a re-enchantment with food -- Chastity and lust: a psychology of sex -- Creativity: why we need art (and why we make it or we don't) -- Envy: envy and its discontents -- Resolution (and vanity): becoming Helenka -- Humility: the listener -- Jealousy (and other trials of love): Cupid, the soap opera -- Tranquility: introduction -- Tranquility: the long road, Terry Waite's story -- Tranquility: the long road, Brooke Hopkins's story -- Self-reliance: Ben Franklin, Ayn Rand, and the American spirit -- Curiosity: growing pains -- Procrastination: do it...next -- Grumpiness: the grouch settles in -- Stubbornness: holding on for dear life -- Trust: Will Rogers, where are you now? -- Defensiveness and faith: choosing our battles -- Gladness: the mysterious lightness of being -- Punctuality: the gift of time -- Gratitude: Thanksgiving, a Christmas story -- Forgiveness: the heroic choice -- Control (and faith): the green bean testament -- Balance: on the high wire -- Manners: the good hand -- Moderation: all I want for Christmas...is a truce in the war on Christmas
- Control code
- ocn880960056
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xxi, 310 pages
- Isbn
- 9781619024274
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014014420
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- A year of living virtuously : weekends off, Teresa Jordan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-294) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Resolution: on the eve of a new year -- Temperance: please pass the peppermints -- Cleanliness: cleanliness and its caveats -- Silence: making space for conversation -- Courage: the truth of the land -- Pride: the pride of work, the work of pride -- Sloth: everything I need to know about sloth I learned from critters -- Industry: The hard work of staying still -- Listening: listening to the devil's trill -- Order: a pomegranate of impossible tasks -- Habit: some thoughts on in-habitation -- frugality: stepping off the hedonic treadmill -- Homecoming: rethinking nostalgia -- Governance: what George might say -- Sincerity: giving voice to untold stories -- Greed: is it greed or is it gravity? -- Empathy: the aftermath -- Justice: for the horses -- Wrath: coming back to ourselves -- Love: traveling at the speed of love -- Gluttony: a re-enchantment with food -- Chastity and lust: a psychology of sex -- Creativity: why we need art (and why we make it or we don't) -- Envy: envy and its discontents -- Resolution (and vanity): becoming Helenka -- Humility: the listener -- Jealousy (and other trials of love): Cupid, the soap opera -- Tranquility: introduction -- Tranquility: the long road, Terry Waite's story -- Tranquility: the long road, Brooke Hopkins's story -- Self-reliance: Ben Franklin, Ayn Rand, and the American spirit -- Curiosity: growing pains -- Procrastination: do it...next -- Grumpiness: the grouch settles in -- Stubbornness: holding on for dear life -- Trust: Will Rogers, where are you now? -- Defensiveness and faith: choosing our battles -- Gladness: the mysterious lightness of being -- Punctuality: the gift of time -- Gratitude: Thanksgiving, a Christmas story -- Forgiveness: the heroic choice -- Control (and faith): the green bean testament -- Balance: on the high wire -- Manners: the good hand -- Moderation: all I want for Christmas...is a truce in the war on Christmas
- Control code
- ocn880960056
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xxi, 310 pages
- Isbn
- 9781619024274
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014014420
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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