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Cover -- Half Title -- Hold On -- Copyright -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Prologue: Go On Taking My Tablets -- A Portrait -- 1. Everyone Is Just Waiting: Three Versions Of The Experience Of Waiting -- 2. Alan Rabinowitz And The Jaguar: Are Some Brains Better At Waiting Than Others? -- Pairs -- 3. Hall Porter Senf's Wife Is In Labor: Childbirth, Friendship, Marriage, And Waiting -- 4. Happiness-is It Just A Matter Of Waiting To Meet Your Double? A Chapter On The Life And The Lore Of Waiting And Fulfillment -- The Pause -- 5. Miles Davis Breaks For A Smoke: The Power And The Pleasure In Pausing -- 6. Dithering: A Chapter On The Strategic Advantages Of Indecisive Waiting -- Death, Religion, And Dread -- 7. Heaven Can Wait: That Empty Chair, Waiting, And The Beyond -- 8. The Littler Waiting Room: Can You Make The Best Of Dread-and Of Waiting For Approaching Death? -- Epilogue: One-two-three: A Better Description For Waiting? -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index Peter Toohey. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.