03386cam a2200325 4500 533784412 ER5 20210917120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780525630708 0525630708 13d5b11c-7e37-4a30-a266-c4d974ff5fae OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3631160 OverDrive (Product ID) ER5 Rosenbloom, Stephanie. Alone Time [Libby] : Four Seasons, Four Cities, and the Pleasures of Solitude. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2018. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 204MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 204MB. Biography & Autobiography. New Age. Travel. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>"In Paris (or anywhere else, really) a table for one can be a most delightful place." —<i>Alone Time</i>, as seen in <i>The New York Times</i><br /> <br /> A wise, passionate account of the pleasures of traveling solo</b><br /> <br /> In our increasingly frantic daily lives, many people are genuinely fearful of the prospect of solitude, but time alone can be both rich and restorative, especially when travelling. Through on-the-ground reporting and recounting the experiences of artists, writers, and innovators who cherished solitude, Stephanie Rosenbloom considers how being alone as a traveller—and even in one's own city—is conducive to becoming acutely aware of the sensual details of the world—patterns, textures, colors, tastes, sounds—in ways that are difficult to do in the company of others.<br /> <br /> <i>Alone Time</i> is divided into four parts, each set in a different city, in a different season, in a single year. The destinations—Paris, Istanbul, Florence, New York—are all pedestrian-friendly, allowing travelers to slow down and appreciate casual pleasures instead of hurtling through museums and posting photos to Instagram. Each section spotlights a different theme associated with the joys and benefits of time alone and how it can enable people to enrich their lives—facilitating creativity, learning, self-reliance, as well as the ability to experiment and change. Rosenbloom incorporates insights from psychologists and sociologists who have studied solitude and happiness, and explores such topics as dining alone, learning to savor, discovering interests and passions, and finding or creating silent spaces. Her engaging and elegant prose makes <i>Alone Time</i> as warmly intimate an account as the details of a trip shared by a beloved friend—and will have its many readers eager to set off on their own solo adventures. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-16 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/3631160-AloneTime.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=13d5b11c-7e37-4a30-a266-c4d974ff5fae&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/3631160-AloneTime.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=13d5b11c-7e37-4a30-a266-c4d974ff5fae&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)