Brief portraits of Mary Cassatt, Edith Wharton, Zelda Fitzgerald, Caresse Crosby, and Josephine Baker examine their lives in Paris
And its message is being heard: Today, entrepreneurs from Seattle to Florida are heeding the call of The Great Good Place--opening coffee houses, bookstores, community centers, bars, and other establishments and proudly acknowledging their ...
This book argues that "third places"--Where people can gather, put aside the concerns of work and home, and hang out simply for the pleasures of good company and lively conversation...
The Great Good Place argues that "third places" - where people can gather, put aside the concerns of work and home, and hang out simply for the pleasures of good company and lively conversation - are the heart of a community's social ...
"The great value of this book is that Mr. Oldenburg has given us an insightful and extremely useful new lens through which to look at a familiar problem.
Dane picked out of his dim past a dozen halting similes.
The "third place" is a place where people can gather and put aside the concerns of work and home.