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The Freedom Manifesto
HarperCollins 2013; US$ 11.99The author of How to Be Idle , Tom Hodgkinson, now shares his delightfully irreverent musings on what true independence means and what it takes to be free. The Freedom Manifesto draws on French existentialists, British punks, beat poets, hippies and yippies, medieval thinkers, and anarchists to provide a new, simple, joyful blueprint for modern... more...
The Idle Parent
Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 15.95This wise and funny book presents a revolutionary yet highly practical approach to childcare: leave them alone. " The Idle Parent came as a huge relief to the whole family. Suddenly, it was okay to leave the kids to sort it out among themselves. Suddenly, it was okay to be responsibly lazy. This is the most counterintuitive but most helpful... more...
How To Be Free
Penguin Books Ltd 2007; Not AvailableHave you ever wondered why you bother to go to work? Why so much of consumer culture is crap? Whether there might be a better, freer, happier way to live our lives? If so, this book is for you. Following up his cult bestseller How To Be Idle , Tom Hodgkinson takes us on an inspirational journey towards true freedom and happiness. Read How To Be Free... more...
The Idle Parent
Penguin Books Ltd 2009; Not AvailableIn The Idle Parent Tom Hodgkinson provides a revolutionary and wholly sensible approach to childcare, based on the idea of D.H. Lawrence and many others that the best thing we can do for children is to leave them alone. Of course, this doesn?t mean that we should completely neglect them, but rather that we should provide them with the space and... more...
How To Be Idle
Penguin Books Ltd 2007; Not AvailableAs Oscar Wilde said, doing nothing is hard work. The Protestant work ethic has most of us in its thrall, and the idlers of this world have the odds stacked against them. But here, at last, is a book that can help. From Tom Hodgkinson, editor of the Idler, comes HOW TO BE IDLE, an antidote to the work-obsessed culture which puts so many obstacles between... more...
Brave Old World
Penguin Books Ltd 2011; Not AvailableBrave Old World is Tom Hodgkinson's year-round guide to the ancient art of husbandry. In this indispensable addition to his much-loved guides for the free-spirited, Tom Hodgkinson takes us on a modern tour of the ancient arts of everyday living: philosophy, husbandry and merriment. Drawing on the wisdom of an eclectic range of... more...
The Book of Idle Pleasures
Ebury Publishing 2012; US$ 16.01The Book of Idle Pleasures is a restorative gift book for the stressed out, tired and hassled. An antidote to our non-stop culture, it is a welcome compendium of timeless delights. The book lists and reflects on 75 simple pastimes and proves that the best things in life really are free: lighting fires, skimming stones, catching falling leaves,... more...
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