the Joy of Sheds is a shed miscellany that chronicles man's need for a small space on his own. It's a humorous look at every aspect of the shed experience, mixed with shed facts and some practical information too.Many famous people have created in sheds. Inventor trevor Baylis thought up the clockwork radio in a shed, George Bernard Shaw wrote Pygmalian in one and Dylan thomas would compose poetry in his. the average UK male does not tend to devote his shed to poetry, though.Along with chapters on how to customize your shed into an exotic creation, "Pimp Your Shed", there are "Shed Facts": Almost a fifth of men have had an accident in a shed, it's the single most dangerous place in the home after the kitchen.Other chapters include "Shed Vision", on the typical items stored in sheds, and "the Genus Shed", which places the shed in the Linnaean order of buildings."Shed Experience" pulls in shed stories from around the world, but particularly Australia, and there are also tales of the "Euro-Shed".there are chapters on "Sheds in Literature" (Lady Chatterly's Lover andCold Comfort Farm), "Sheds at the Movies", and "Sheds in Music".
- ISBN:
- 9781907554513
- 9781907554513
-
Category:
- Humour
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
-
01-03-2030
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 160
- Dimensions (mm):
- 204x135x17mm
- Weight:
- 0.22kg
This title is in stock with our overseas supplier and should arrive at our Sydney warehouse within 3 - 5 weeks of you placing an order.
Once received into our warehouse we will despatch it to you with a Shipping Notification which includes online tracking.
Please check the estimated delivery times below for your region, for after your order is despatched from our warehouse:
ACT Metro: 2 working days
NSW Metro: 2 working days
NSW Rural: 2-3 working days
NSW Remote: 2-5 working days
NT Metro: 3-6 working days
NT Remote: 4-10 working days
QLD Metro: 2-4 working days
QLD Rural: 2-5 working days
QLD Remote: 2-7 working days
SA Metro: 2-5 working days
SA Rural: 3-6 working days
SA Remote: 3-7 working days
TAS Metro: 3-6 working days
TAS Rural: 3-6 working days
VIC Metro: 2-3 working days
VIC Rural: 2-4 working days
VIC Remote: 2-5 working days
WA Metro: 3-6 working days
WA Rural: 4-8 working days
WA Remote: 4-12 working days
Share This Book: