pstrongYearning for a life of leisure In 24 chapters representing each hour of a typical working day, this book will coax out the loafer in even the most diligent and schedule-obsessed worker.strongp pFrom the founding editor of the celebrated magazine about the freedom and fine art of doing nothing, emThe Idlerem, comes not simply a book, but an antidote to our work-obsessed culture. In emHow to Be Idleem, Hodgkinson presents his learned yet whimsical argument for a new, universal standard of living being happy doing nothing. He covers a whole spectrum of issues affecting the modern idler--sleep, work, pleasure, relationships--bemoaning the cultural skepticism of idleness while reflecting on the writing of such famous apologists for it as Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Johnson, and Nietzsche--all of whom have admitted to doing their very best work in bed. pp It's a well-known fact that Europeans spend fewer hours at work a week than Americans. So it's only befitting that one