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In Praise of Slow
- Author
- Carl Honore
- Narrator
- Carl Honore
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 25 August 2016
- Run Time
- 8 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
DON'T HURRY, BE HAPPY.
Almost everyone complains about the hectic pace of their lives. These days, our culture teaches that faster is better. But in the race to keep up, everything suffers - our work, diet and health, our relationships and sex lives.
Carl Honoré uncovers a movement that challenges the cult of speed. In this entertaining and hands-on investigation, he takes us on a tour of the emerging Slow movement: from a Tantric sex workshop in London to a meditation room for Tokyo executives, from a SuperSlow exercise studio in New York, to Italy, home of the Slow Food, Slow Cities and Slow Sex movements.
(p) 2016 Orion Publishing Group
Critics Review
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Engagingly written and filled with interesting detail... a timely manifesto for a more civilised world
SUNDAY TIMES
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Presents an eloquent case for a thorough re-examination of priorities and shows how even subtle shifts in the way we live can have a very real effect on our well-being
GUARDIAN
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Engaging
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
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Readable and persuasive... it is virtually impossible to read Honore's book without deciding to take things, you know, a little slower from now on
IRISH TIMES
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His advice is too grounded in day-to-day practicality to be guilty of didacticism or whimsy... read this uplifting and enlightening book very soon; but do, please, take your time
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Details
- Author
- Carl Honore
- Narrator
- Carl Honore
- Duration
- 8 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 August 2016
- ISBN
- 9781409170075
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Relationships and families: advice, topics and issues, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Society and culture: general
Synopsis
Across the western world more and more people are slowing down. Slower is better: better work, better productivity, better exercise, better sex, better food.DON'T HURRY, BE HAPPY.Almost everyone complains about the hectic pace of their lives. These days, our culture teaches that faster is better. But in the race to keep up, everything suffers - our work, diet and health, our relationships and sex lives. Carl Honoré uncovers a movement that challenges the cult of speed. In this entertaining and hands-on investigation, he takes us on a tour of the emerging Slow movement: from a Tantric sex workshop in London to a meditation room for Tokyo executives, from a SuperSlow exercise studio in New York, to Italy, home of the Slow Food, Slow Cities and Slow Sex movements.(p) 2016 Orion Publishing Group
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