Analyzes and challenges human history's cultures of speed and efficiency, identifying the benefits of a slower-paced lifestyle while noting time-defying practices of thirteenth-century Benedictine monks, during the Industrial Revolution, in the modern world, and more. 25,000 first printing.

Product Description: Life is getting faster, no doubt about it. We rush everything: we eat fast food, have quickie sex, drive like maniacs, and compete hard for fast-paced jobs. Why are we always in such a rush? What is the cure for time-sickness? Is it possible, or even desirable, to slow down? The big secret is that slower people succeed, and slow often works better than fast...read more

Product Description: "Why do grown-ups have to take over everything?" This innocent question from acclaimed journalist and international bestselling author Carl Honoré’s son sparked a two-year investigation into how our culture of speed, efficiency, and success at all costs is damaging both parents and children...read more

Product Description: We live in the age of speed. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each hour, each day. Since the Industrial Revolution shifted the world into high gear, the cult of speed has pushed us to a breaking point...read more

Product Description: Under Pressure is a fascinating and urgent look at how our modern approach to children is backfiring: our kids are fatter, more myopic, more injured, more depressed, and more medicated than any previous generation. It is not a parenting manual but a call to action; we must do better for our children...read more

Product Description: An internationally acclaimed bestselling author points listeners toward an alternative way of life that is becoming increasingly popular across Europe and the U.S. In his first audio program, Honore invites listeners to "put on the brakes" and explore slow living.

Product Description: From the bestselling author of In Praise of Slow comes a fascinating and urgent look at childhood today and how we are raising a generation of overprogrammed, overachieving, exhausted children. For generations of children, growing up was a pretty simple business: you went to school for a few hours a day, you dabbled in hobbies and sports, and the rest of the time you played...read more