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> <channel><title>The Idler &#187; Books</title> <atom:link href="http://idler.co.uk/category/books/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://idler.co.uk</link> <description>For those who live to loaf</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:39:14 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Idler 42: Smash The System</title><link>http://idler.co.uk/books/idler-42-smash-the-system/</link> <comments>http://idler.co.uk/books/idler-42-smash-the-system/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 21:23:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://idler.co.uk/?p=964</guid> <description><![CDATA[The new cloth-bound 350 page annual Idler, a collection of radical essays with contributions from Alain De Botton, Penny Rimbaud, John Mitchinson, Jay Griffiths, Paul Kingsnorth, Oliver James. Published 17 June 2009. Pre-order now for £18.99.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://idler.co.uk/books/idler-42-smash-the-system/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Christmas Shopping Idler Style</title><link>http://idler.co.uk/news/christmas-shopping-idler-style/</link> <comments>http://idler.co.uk/news/christmas-shopping-idler-style/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:31:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Hodgkinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://idler.co.uk/?p=753</guid> <description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re thinking of bucking the trend this year and getting luxurious gifts for loved ones. Books and food should never be &#8220;economised&#8221; on, and it&#8217;s better to get small amounts of very good stuff than large amounts of rubbish. Feed the body and mind with quality ingredients. My friend Alan is selling the most fantastic [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://idler.co.uk/news/christmas-shopping-idler-style/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Joshua Glenn&#8217;s Idler&#8217;s Glossary</title><link>http://idler.co.uk/news/joshua-glenns-idlers-glossary/</link> <comments>http://idler.co.uk/news/joshua-glenns-idlers-glossary/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:21:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Hodgkinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://idler.co.uk/?p=710</guid> <description><![CDATA[The writer, critic and founder of Hermenaut magazine, Joshua Glenn, has just published an important piece of work called The Idler&#8217;s Glossary with Biblioasis in Canada. It&#8217;s a very nicely produced and illustrated pocket-sized guide to around 400 idling related terms, from Absent-minded to Working-Class Hero. A shorter version appeared in the Idler magazine nearly [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://idler.co.uk/news/joshua-glenns-idlers-glossary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Idler&#8217;s Diary 2009</title><link>http://idler.co.uk/books/the-idler-diary-2009/</link> <comments>http://idler.co.uk/books/the-idler-diary-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:27:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://idler.co.uk/?p=691</guid> <description><![CDATA[This a diary like no other. With appointment pages interspersed with things to do, recipes, drawings, arcana, poems and other pearls of wisdom &#8211; the &#8220;Idler Diary&#8221; will help you gently float down river in 2009. Illustrated in glorious technicolour by the Idler&#8217;s crack team of artists and cartoonists and with contributions for a nationwide [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://idler.co.uk/books/the-idler-diary-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Idler 41: The QI Issue</title><link>http://idler.co.uk/books/idler-41/</link> <comments>http://idler.co.uk/books/idler-41/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:23:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://idler.co.uk/books/idler-41-the-qi-issue/</guid> <description><![CDATA[We are born free but are everywhere in chains. Our culture needs some fresh air. We are boring ourselves to death by re-packaging the same flavourless pap based on a patronizing and second-hand version of what we think other people want. Meanwhile, out there, the world is as complex, beautiful, and mysterious as ever. Which [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://idler.co.uk/books/idler-41/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Book of Idle Pleasures</title><link>http://idler.co.uk/books/book-of-idle-pleasures/</link> <comments>http://idler.co.uk/books/book-of-idle-pleasures/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:21:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://idler.co.uk/books/book-of-idle-pleasures/</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Book of Idle Pleasures&#8221; is a restorative gift book for the stressed out, tired and hassled. An antidote to our non-stop culture, it is a welcome compedium of timeless delights. The book lists and reflects on 100 simple pastimes and proves that the best things in life really are free: lighting fires, skimming stones, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://idler.co.uk/books/book-of-idle-pleasures/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Freedom Manifesto</title><link>http://idler.co.uk/books/freedom-manifesto/</link> <comments>http://idler.co.uk/books/freedom-manifesto/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:18:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://idler.co.uk/books/freedom-manifesto/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The author of How to Be Idle, Tom Hodgkinson, now shares his delightfully irreverent musings on what true independence means and what it takes to be free. The Freedom Manifesto draws on French existentialists, British punks, beat poets, hippies and yippies, medieval thinkers, and anarchists to provide a new, simple, joyful blueprint for modern living. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://idler.co.uk/books/freedom-manifesto/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How to be Idle</title><link>http://idler.co.uk/books/how-to-be-idle/</link> <comments>http://idler.co.uk/books/how-to-be-idle/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:59:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://idler.co.uk/books/how-to-be-idle/</guid> <description><![CDATA[From Tom Hodgkinson, editor of the Idler, comes How To Be Idle, an antidote to the work-obsessed culture which puts so many obstacles between ourselves and our dreams. Hodgkinson presents us with a laid-back argument for a new contract between routine and chaos, an argument for experiencing life to the full and living in the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://idler.co.uk/books/how-to-be-idle/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Idler&#8217;s Companion</title><link>http://idler.co.uk/books/idlers-companion/</link> <comments>http://idler.co.uk/books/idlers-companion/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:57:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <guid
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