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Brave Old World: A Month-by-Month Guide to Husbandry, or the Fine Art of Looking After Yourself by Tom Hodgkinson
$22.95 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
In this delightful addition to Tom Hodgkinson's much-loved series of guides for the free-spirited, the author takes us on a leisurely tour of husbandry and self-sufficiency throughout the calendar year, from chopping wood in January to mowing meadows in July and brewing beer in October. Drawing on the w ...Show more
Brave Old World: A Month-by-Month Guide to Husbandry or the Fine Art of Looking After Yourself by Tom Hodgkinson
$29.95 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
Drawing on the wisdom of an eclectic range of thinkers and writers, on medieval calendars and manorial records and, as ever, on Tom's own honestly recounted and frequently imperfect attempts to travel the road to self-sufficiency, Brave Old World is designed to give us all hope. Why, he asks, shouldn't ...Show more
How to Be Idle (With added idleness, 2005) by Tom Hodgkinson
$24.95 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
As Oscar Wilde said, doing nothing is hard work. The idlers of this world have the odds stacked against them, but here, at last, is a book that can help. 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 ourselve ...Show more
The Book of Idle Pleasures by Tom Hodgkinson; Dan Kieran
$34.95 AUD
Category: Gifts & Humour
"The Book of Idle Pleasures 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 75 simple pastimes and proves that the best things in life really are free- lighting fires, ...Show more
The Idle Parent: Why Less Means More When Raising Kids by Tom Hodgkinson
$24.95 AUD
Category: Pregnancy & Parenting
The Idle Parent is Tom Hodgkinson's radical parenting remedy against stifled, mollycoddled children. Modern life is wrecking childhood. Why can't we just leave our kids alone? If you've ever wondered why so many of today's children are unhappy, spoilt, stressed and selfish, then the answers and the re ...Show more
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