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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45024447 Title: Crossing the unknown sea : work as a pilgrimage of identity Author: David Whyte Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2001. ISBN/ISSN: 1573221783 9781573221788 9781573229142 1573229148 OCLC:45024447

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Crossing the unknown sea : work as a pilgrimage of identity

Author:	David Whyte
Publisher:	New York : Riverhead Books, 2001.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	The author assesses the workplace in terms of opportunity for rediscovering, shaping, and nurturing our personal lives, as he applies the stages of a holy pilgrimage to the process of seeking one's identity through work.
Rating:	based on 1 rating(s) 0 with reviews - Be the first.
Subjects	Work. Travail. Personality Development. View all subjects
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	David Whyte Find more information about:
ISBN:	1573221783 9781573221788 9781573229142 1573229148
OCLC Number:	45024447
Description:	xiv, 257 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:	I. Courage and conversation : setting out with a firm persuasion -- II. The Mountain farm : a stranger at the door -- III. At the cliff edge of life : from powerlessness to participation -- IV. A star for navigation : ambition, horizon and arrival -- V. Out of Ireland : a short sea crossing -- VI. The awkward way the swan walks : from exhaustion to wholeheartedness -- VII. The fatal shore : arrival and authenticity -- VIII. Outlaw imaginings : when the real you wants out -- IX. A Marriage with silence : escaping the prison of time and work -- X. Crossing the unknown sea : a voyage through the hours of the day. -- XI. Keats and conversation : the new and newly youthful world of work.
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