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A philosophical musing on activities and play, this wholly inspiring and utterly enchanting reissue of Bart Giamatti's long-out-of-print final reserve, Take Time for Heaven, puts football in the context of American life and leisure. Giamatti commences with the conviction our use of leisure time explains to us something about who we live. He explores the concepts of leisure, American-style. And in football, the quintessential American game, he detects its ultimate expression. "Sports and leisure are our reiteration of the craving for food for paradise - for independence untrammeled." Filled with pithy truths about such resonant content as ritual, self-betterment, faith, home, and community, Take Time for Heaven offers us a lot more than just football. These final, eloquent thoughts of "the philosopher ruler of football" (Seattle Weekly) are a joyful, reverent special event of the sport Giamatti cherished and the united states that created it.
