 | In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honore
Buy used from: £5.49 A good place to start, as it addresses speed in different areas of life and presents real alternatives.
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 | How to be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson
Buy used from: £3.84 You'll find this filed in the 'humour' section, but that doesn't mean it's not to be taken seriously.
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 | How to be Free by Tom Hodgkinson
Buy used from: £8.13 Hodgkinson is as wise as he is funny. In 'How to be Idle' he lays out his ideal lifestyle. In 'How to be Free' he explains how it can be done.
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 | The Art of the Siesta by Thierry Paquot
Buy new: £8.06 / Used from: £4.25 A very French, very philosophical celebration of the midday nap. "Do not put off until tomorrow the siesta you can take today."
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 | The Joy of Laziness: How to Slow Down and Live Longer by Michaela Axt-Gadermann
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.01 The scientific counterpoint to the above, written by a husband and wife, both of them doctors.
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 | Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: Why Intelligence Increases When You Think Less by Guy Claxton
Buy used from: £4.90 Why slowing down makes you more creative. This book totally explained the way my head works.
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 | No Time: Stress and the Crisis of Modern Life by Heather Menzies
Buy used from: £1.84 A Canadian sociologist investigates, among other things, how our online selves force our real selves onto the back foot.
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 | Willing Slaves: How the Overwork Culture is Ruling Our Lives by Madeleine Bunting
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £1.48 Employees share their personal stories in this critique of overworked society.
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