The wandering mind : what medieval monks tell us about distraction (Record no. 34865)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781324094449 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 206.57 |
| Item number | KRE |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kreiner, Jamie |
| 9 (RLIN) | 25 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The wandering mind : what medieval monks tell us about distraction |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Liveright, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 274 p. ; |
| Other physical details | ill., |
| Dimensions | 21 cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 18.99 |
| Price type code | $ |
| Unit of pricing | 88.67 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | A revelatory account of how Christian monks identified distraction as a fundamental challenge, and how their efforts to defeat it can inform ours, more than a millennium later-- The digital era is beset by distraction: we fantasize about escaping our screen, and recapturing a world with less noise. Kreiner demonstrates that the attempts of monks to contemplate the divine order and its ethical requirements were all-consuming, and their battles against distraction were never-ending. She believes that we can learn something about our own distractedness by looking closely at monks' strenuous efforts to concentrate. The result is an account of human fallibility and ingenuity that bridges a distant era and our own. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Religion and Spirituality |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26 |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Philosophy |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | History |
| 9 (RLIN) | 28 |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Distraction Religious aspects Christianity History |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Monasticism and religious orders History |
| 9 (RLIN) | 30 |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Emotions and Spiritual |
| 9 (RLIN) | 31 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | DAU | DAU | 13/11/2025 | BBC | 1683.84 | 1 | 206.57 KRE | 036302 | 13/01/2026 | 13/01/2026 | Books |