In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of
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 Honor 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.Carl Honor was born in 1967 and is a freelance journalist based in London. Author of the bestselling IN PRAISE OF SLOW and UNDER PRESSURE, he has written for the ECONOMIST, OBSERVER, NATIONAL POST and the HOUSTON CHRONICLE.
Author: Carl Honore
Format: Paperback, 288 pages, 128mm x 196mm, 260 g
Published: 2005, Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom
Genre: Popular Culture & Media: General Interest
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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 Honor 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.Carl Honor was born in 1967 and is a freelance journalist based in London. Author of the bestselling IN PRAISE OF SLOW and UNDER PRESSURE, he has written for the ECONOMIST, OBSERVER, NATIONAL POST and the HOUSTON CHRONICLE.
In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of