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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 7 books in this booklist
£25.00 hardback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780954845629 | ISBN 10: 0954845625
The 2011 issue of the Idler is devoted to the idea of small business as an alternative to the grind of the nine-to-five. There is an introduction by editor Tom Hodgkinson who attempts to outline a idler's business ethic. Tom also tells t ... more
View book details£25.00 hardback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780954845612 | ISBN 10: 0954845617
This is the 2010 edition of the Idler. It is bound in fine cloth and printed on exceptionally high quality paper. It features a major interview with David Hockney about the historical shifts in control of images. There are essays on the land an ... more
View book details£4.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780141043968 | ISBN 10: 0141043962
An irresistible invitation to reject the work ethic and enjoy life's simple pleasures (such as laughing, drinking and lying in the open air), Robert Louis Stevenson's witty and seminal essay on the joys of idleness is accompanied here by his writings ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780141022024 | ISBN 10: 0141022027
Have 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, T ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780091916497 | ISBN 10: 0091916496
In Issue 38 The Green Man: We look at "green" issues, and argues that idleness is eco-friendly... Gaia scientist Stephan Harding writes in why inaction will save the planet... Richard Benson, author of The Farm, struggles to create a wild flower mead ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780091906221 | ISBN 10: 0091906229
In Issue 37 - Childish Things: Michael Palin reflects on life without a proper job, A free range education - we look inside Summerhill School, Tom Hodgkinson combines childcare with lying around doing nothing, Stephen Armstrong runs away and joins ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780141015064 | ISBN 10: 0141015063
As 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, edito ... more
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