Join Amazon Prime and ship Two-Day for free and Overnight for $3.99. Already a member? Sign in.
The Importance of Being Lazy and over 140,000 other books are available for Amazon Kindle – Amazon’s new wireless reading device. Learn more

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
   
More Buying Choices
37 used & new from $4.25

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Tell a Friend
The Importance of Being Lazy: In Praise of Play, Leisure, and Vacation
 
 
Start reading The Importance of Being Lazy on your Kindle in under a minute.

Don’t have a Kindle? Get yours here.
 
  

The Importance of Being Lazy: In Praise of Play, Leisure, and Vacation (Hardcover)

by Al Gini (Author) "Aristotle said, "We work in order to have leisure..." (more)
Key Phrases: ultimate vacation, second adulthood, The Importance of Being Lazy, The Importance of Being Lary, World War (more...)
3.9 out of 5 stars  (7 customer reviews)

List Price: $85.00
Price: $85.00 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details
Special Offers Available
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Only 1 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Want it delivered Tuesday, July 22? Choose One-Day Shipping at checkout. See details

37 used & new available from $4.25
Also Available in: List Price: Our Price: Other Offers:
Kindle Edition (Kindle Book) $9.99
Paperback (1) $22.95 $17.90 36 used & new from $8.22
 
   

Special Offers and Product Promotions
  • Save $10 when you spend $50 and pay with Bill Me Later. The fast and convenient way to buy without using your credit card. Offer limited to items purchased from Amazon.com between July 14, 2008 and July 21, 2008. One per customer account. Enter code BMLSAVES at checkout. Here's how (restrictions apply)

Better Together

Buy this book with My Job, My Self: Work and the Creation of the Modern Individual by Al Gini today!

The Importance of Being Lazy: In Praise of Play, Leisure, and Vacation My Job, My Self: Work and the Creation of the Modern Individual
Buy Together Today: $111.95

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Pastimes: The Context of Contemporary Leisure

Pastimes: The Context of Contemporary Leisure by Ruth V. Russell

5.0 out of 5 stars (2)  $69.95
Introduction to Commercial Recreation and Tourism: An Entrepreneurial Approach, Fourth Edition

Introduction to Commercial Recreation and Tourism: An Entrepreneurial Approach, Fourth Edition by John C. Crossley

$38.96
Tourism Planning: Basics, Concepts, Cases 4E PB

Tourism Planning: Basics, Concepts, Cases 4E PB by Turgut Var

4.0 out of 5 stars (1)  $41.36
Convention Management and Service

Convention Management and Service by Milton T. Astroff

Facility Design and Management, for Health, Fitness, Physical Activity, Recreation, and Sports Facility Development

Facility Design and Management, for Health, Fitness, Physical Activity, Recreation, and Sports Facility Development by Thomas H. Sawyer

$62.96
Explore similar items : Books (15)

Editorial Reviews
Review
Finally--a book written around the thesis that 'doing nothing' is one of life's necessities!.
–Publishers Weekly

Gini is so persuasive I kept putting the book down to go play!.
–Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune

The Importance of Being Lazy solidifies Al Gini's reputation as a leading philosopher of contemporary American culture..
–Ronald M. Green, Director, Ethics Institute, Dartmouth College

Al Gini's poignant insights and sharp wit help us peel back the many complicated layers of our work-a-day routines to uncover what life's really all about: recess!.
–Steve Edwards, Host of Eight-Forty Eight, Chicago Public Radio

Wonderfully entertaining, informative, and thought-provoking...a delight to read..
–Allan Cox, Confessions of a Corporate Headhunter

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune
"Gini is so persuasive I kept putting the book down to go play!." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details
  • Hardcover: 196 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge (May 1, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0415938791
  • ISBN-13: 978-0415938792
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: