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Stand Firm: Resisting the Self-Improvement Craze
Svend Brinkmann
The pace of modern life is accelerating. To keep up, we must keep on moving and adapting constantly striving for greater happiness and success. Or so we are told.
152 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 13, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9781509514250 |
| Publishers | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Pages | 152 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 218 × 18 mm · 322 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | McTurk, Tam |
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