title: Endangered Pleasures: In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences
author:  Barbara Holland 
description: "An engaging reminder of...the simple plasures of life that are slipping away as we move faster and work harder." -- <i>--<I>Boston Globe</I></i><br /><br />"Shamelessly advocates all the pleasures that have fallen into low repute since modern Puritanism cast its pall over the country." -- <i>--Russell Barker in <I>The New York Times</I></i><br /><br />"[Laugh] in marvel at the degree to which Ms. Holland captures on paper the many delights in life." -- <i>--<I>Raleigh News and Observer</I></i>
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  Food, Sex and Strangers 
  UnderStandIng reLIgIon aS eVerYdaY LIFe
  Graham Harvey
  
  © Graham Harvey 2013
  This book is copyright under the Berne Convention.
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  First published in 2013 by Acumen
  isbn: 978-1-84465-692-9  (hardcover)
  isbn: 978-1-84465-693-6 (paperback)
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