
Thank You for Being Late
An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
Paperback | 24 October 2017 | Edition Number 1
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Thank You for Being Late is a work of contemporary history that serves as a field manual for how to think about this era of accelerations and how we can anchor ourselves in the eye of this storm. It's also an argument for 'being late' - for pausing to appreciate this amazing historical epoch we're passing through and reflecting on its possibilities and dangers.
Written with his trademark vitality, wit, and optimism, and with unequalled access to many of those at the forefront of the changes he is describing all over the world, Thank You for Being Late is Friedman's most ambitious book - and an essential guide to the present and the future.
About the Author
Thomas L. Friedman, the foreign-affairs columnist for The New York Times, is a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and the author of From Beirut to Jerusalem (winner of the National Book Award for non-fiction and the Overseas Press Club Award); The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization (also winner of the Overseas Press Club Award);Logitudes and Attitutdes: Exploring the World After September 11; and The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (winner of the first Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award).
He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his family.
Industry Reviews
Engaging ... In some senses Thank You For Being Late is an extension of [Friedman's] previous works, woven in with wonderful personal stories (including admirably honest discussions about the nature of being a columnist). What gives Friedman's book a new twist is his belief that upheaval in 2016 is actually far more dramatic than earlier phases. -- Gillian Tett * Financial Times *
ISBN: 9780141985756
ISBN-10: 0141985755
Published: 24th October 2017
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 560
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Penguin UK
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 2.6 x 13.1 x 19.8
Weight (kg): 0.38
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