In Praise Of Slow: How A Worldwide Movement Is Challenging Cu

Description: 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 Honore 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. Review: 'Engagingly written and filled with interesting detail... a timely manifesto for a more civilised world.' SUNDAY TIMES Culture, 6 August '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.' THE GUARDIAN, 20 August 'Engaging.' THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY, 14 August '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.' THE IRISH TIMES, 27 August '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.' TLS, 30 Sept Author Biography: Carl Honore was born in 1967 and is a freelance journalist based in London. He has written for the Economist, Observer, National Post and the Houston Chronicle.