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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. Ranging across a host of issues and drawing on the writings of Dr Johnson, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson and Nietzsche.
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How To Be Idle, Tom Hodgkinson
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- How To Be Idle
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tom Hodgkinson
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0241142512
- ISBN13
- 9780241142516
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Self-Help, Humor, Personal Growth, Inspiration, Employment, Searching for the meaning of life, Stress, Relaxation, Laziness, Balancing Family and Work Life
- Original title
- How to be Idle
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- 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. Ranging across a host of issues and drawing on the writings of Dr Johnson, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson and Nietzsche.