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    A Handbook for Happiness

    'The inestimable Tom Hodgkinson once again contributes to our collective calm with this perfectly judged collection of philosophy.' Emma Thompson'A great guide to philosophy and big ideas... it made me laugh out loud. It's such a cheerful book, I read it in one go (well... two) and emerged refreshed and nourished.' Dominic West'He knows that play is one of the best teachers, and this treatise on ... Read more

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  • The Book of Idle Pleasures

    From a founder and editor of The Idler, a gentle guide to goofing off—and finding stolen moments of contentment amid the madness of the world.In this inspiring book, expert Idlers Tom Hodgkinson and Dan Kieran stand up for the simple pleasures in life . . . by lying down for a nap. With its tongue firmly in its cheek, The Book of Idle Pleasures renounces our world of ever-growing consumer overload ... Read more

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  • The Freedom Manifesto

    How to Free Yourself from Anxiety, Fear, Mortgages, Money, Guilt, Debt, Government, Boredom, Supermarkets, Bills, Melancholy, Pain, Depression, Work, and Waste

    The 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 living. From growing your own vegetables to canceling ... Read more

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  • How to Be Idle

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    From long lunches to the art of the nap—all the inspiration you need to take a break from your fast-paced, overworked life.Yearning for a life of leisure? In twenty-four chapters representing each hour of a typical working day, this book will coax out the loafer in even the most diligent and schedule-obsessed worker.From the founding editor of the celebrated magazine about the freedom and fine art ... Read more

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  • The Idle Parent

    Why Less Means More When Raising Kids

    The Idle Parent is Tom Hodgkinson's radical parenting remedy against stifled, mollycoddled children.Modern life is wrecking childhood. Why can't we just leave our kids alone?If you've ever wondered why so many of today's children are unhappy, spoilt, stressed and selfish, then the answers and the remedy are to be found in The Idle Parent.Tom Hodgkinson wants us to leave our kids be, to give them ... Read more

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  • Business for Bohemians

    Live Well, Make Money

    "Extremely funny . . . part practical business handbook, part entrepreneur's memoirs, aimed at freelancers or small-business owners in the creative fields." — Financial TimesIf you want to run your own business—but cash flow forecasts, tax returns, and P&Ls sound horrifying—fear not. Help is at hand. Journalist and cofounder of the Idler Tom Hogkinson has spent his career advocating for laid-back ... Read more

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  • Why Ignoring Your Children Will Make Everyone Happier

    Or, What to Neglect When You're Neglecting

    Series Book 1 - Everything Bad is Good for You
    We all obsess about worrying less, but worrying can actually be good for you. Similarly we strive to be proactive and fast - but aren't there hidden benefits to procrastinating? The last thing a parent is meant to do is neglect their offspring, but children do amazing things when you just leave them alone. And at work we spend hours frantically brainstorming, but isn't there a benefit to just ... Read more

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  • The Idle Parent

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    This 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 and consoling child-raising manual I've yet read."--Alain ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Why Ignoring Your Children Will Make Everyone Happier

    Or, What to Neglect When You're Neglecting

    Narrated by Tom Hodgkinson ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Everything Bad is Good for You

    Unabridged

    1 hour 13 min

    We all obsess about worrying less, but worrying can actually be good for you. Similarly we strive to be proactive and fast - but aren't there hidden benefits to procrastinating? The last thing a parent is meant to do is neglect their offspring, but children do amazing things when you just leave them alone. And at work we spend hours frantically brainstorming, but isn't there a benefit to just ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    How to Live Like a Stoic

    A Handbook for Happiness

    Unabridged

    6 hours 31 min

    Bloomsbury presents How to Live Like a Stoic: A Handbook for Happiness by Tom Hodgkinson, read by Tom Hodgkinson and Murray Lachlan Young.'The inestimable Tom Hodgkinson once again contributes to our collective calm with this perfectly judged collection of philosophy.' Emma Thompson'A great guide to philosophy and big ideas... it made me laugh out loud. It’s such a cheerful book, I read it in one ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Audiobook

    Business for Bohemians

    Live Well, Make Money

    Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 23 min

    Ready to be your own boss? If cash flow forecasts, tax returns, and P&Ls sound horrifying, fear not: help is at hand. Journalist Tom Hogkinson has spent his career advocating for laid-back living, and in Business for Bohemians, he combines practical advice with hilarious anecdotes to create a refreshingly candid guidebook for all of us who aspire to a greater degree of freedom in our working lives ... Read more

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