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Carl Honoré

Canadian journalist and author; wrote In Praise of Slow (2004), the international bestseller on the Slow Movement, and later books on childhood and ageing.

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Fast Food NationBook Eric Schlosser

recommended

Everything in Fast Food Nation is fact-checked.

Five Books interview: the best books on Slow Living

2012-04-25·fivebooks.com ↗

In Praise of IdlenessBook Bertrand Russell

recommended

In Praise of Idleness is a glorious paean to doing nothing, or doing things because that’s where the spirit takes you, rather than thinking what you are going to get out of it.

Five Books interview: the best books on Slow Living

2012-04-25·fivebooks.com ↗

SlownessBook Milan Kundera

recommended

Slowness explores the romantic collisions and entanglements of several characters who seem at first unconnected.

Five Books interview: the best books on Slow Living

2012-04-25·fivebooks.com ↗

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