{"title":"Jenny Odell","description":"\u003cp\u003eJenny Han is a beloved author known for her captivating young adult novels that expertly blend romance, coming-of-age themes, and heartfelt emotions. Her writing has endeared her to readers around the world, making her a staple in contemporary young adult literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this collection, you'll find some of her most treasured works, including \u003cem\u003eIt's Not Summer Without You\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Summer I Turned Pretty\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWe'll Always Have Summer\u003c\/em\u003e. These novels are part of the highly popular \"Summer\" series, which follows the life of Belly as she navigates love, friendship, and the bittersweet moments of growing up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJenny Han's characters are relatable and her storytelling is immersive, making it easy for readers to get lost in her engaging narratives. Whether you're new to her work or a long-time fan, this collection is sure to provide hours of enjoyable reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"how-to-do-nothing-resisting-the-attention-economy","title":"How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eHow to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy\u003c\/em\u003e by Jenny Odell is a profound exploration into the frenzied and data-driven world we inhabit today. This book delves into the life-altering impact of blurring boundaries between work and personal life, driven by the omnipresent lure of technology. Through carefully woven narratives, Jenny Odell illuminates the sheer necessity of reclaiming our attention and redirecting it towards more meaningful and fulfilling pursuits. \n\nIn a society where each minute is meticulously captured, optimised, or appropriated, \u003cem\u003eHow to Do Nothing\u003c\/em\u003e serves as a potent action plan for resisting the relentless pull of the attention economy. Odell's work provides a galvanising critique of the forces vying for our attention and personal information, redefining what we perceive as productivity. This critique unveils the hidden aspects of ourselves and our world that we've become too distracted to recognise.\n\nThis influential book became a favourite of Barack Obama in 2019 and has secured a spot on the New York Times Bestseller list.\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"She struck a hopeful nerve of possibility that I hadn't felt in a long time.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\nEmphasising the unparalleled difficulty of doing \"nothing\" in today's world, Odell argues that in a society where our worth is calculated by our data productivity, doing nothing might be the most critical form of resistance. \n\nArtist and critic Jenny Odell crafts this field guide to slowing down by viewing our attention as the most precious—and overdrawn—resource we possess. By adopting a new form of attention, we can engage in bold political actions, reimagine humanity's role in the environment, and gain a deeper understanding of true happiness and fulfilment.\n\nThe book transcends a simplistic anti-technology narrative; it offers an action plan for conceptualising beyond capitalist frameworks of efficiency and value. It is provocative, timely, and utterly persuasive, demonstrating how to preserve our inner lives and effect change in a world desperately in need of this shift.\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Odell wants to give readers permission to be a human, in a body, in a place.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"An enthralling, searching new book ... Odell's expansive, maniacal curiosity oozes from every page ... her intricate, sprawling essays construct a thoughtful and convincing case for what we could gain if we directed our attention away from our screens, and towards our local communities.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - The Monthly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\nOdell's work encourages readers to find solace in the unhurried, the natural, and the communal, and to rediscover their own intrinsic value beyond the digital footprints they leave behind. It presents a compelling argument for a more intentional and less distracted existence, advocating for a shift in how we perceive our engagement with the world around us.\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45693193650412,"sku":"9781760641795","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781760641795.jpg?v=1725592542"},{"product_id":"saving-time","title":"Saving Time","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn original, life-affirming book that reshapes our relationship with time from the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eHow to Do Nothing\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe're living on the wrong clock—one that tells us time is money—and it's destroying us. Here is a radical argument for other ways of experiencing time that offer hopeful possibilities for ourselves and the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur daily experience is dominated by the corporate clock that so many of us contort ourselves to fit inside. It wasn't devised for people, but for profit. \u003cem\u003eSaving Time\u003c\/em\u003e rearranges how we experience time and imagines a world not centred around work, the office clock, or the profit motive. Explaining how we got to the point where time became money, Odell offers us new models to live by— inspired by pre-industrial cultures, ecological, and geological time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this dazzling, subversive, and deeply hopeful journey, Jenny Odell takes us through other temporal habitats—as planet-bound animals, we live inside shortening and lengthening days, alongside gardens growing, birds migrating, and cliffs eroding; the stretchy quality of waiting and desire, the slow but sure procession of a pregnancy, or the time it takes to heal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe urges us to become stewards of these different rhythms, to imagine a source of meaning outside the world of work and profit, and to understand that the trajectory of our lives—or the life of the planet—is not a foregone conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow is our moment to rethink. 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