The Gentleman's Bedside Companion: A Compendium of Manly Information for the Last Fifteen Minutes of the Day |
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| Authors: | Cutler, Tom |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | REF023000, HUM016000, REF007000 |
| ISBN: | 9781101514788, Related ISBNs: 0399536698, 1101514787, 9780399536694, 9781101514788 |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 320, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: Delightful Things to Read About Before the Snoring Starts
Have you ever found that once you are between the sheets, Madame Bovary is too heavy, magazines are too slippery, and Crime and Punishment is too long?
The Gentleman's Bedside Companion is the answer-a bracing collection of information, humor, and curiosities that will help every man make his mark on the world with panache.
Spanning the arts, sciences, sports, and the opposite sex, topics include:
Bananas as proof of God's existence
Great bits from the Bible
Famous painters and how they died
The Monkees, a potted history
All about submarines
Useful foreign pickup lines
An international swearing dictionary
Let the horizontal reading begin.
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Have you ever found that once you are between the sheets, Madame Bovary is too heavy, magazines are too slippery, and Crime and Punishment is too long?
The Gentleman's Bedside Companion is the answer-a bracing collection of information, humor, and curiosities that will help every man make his mark on the world with panache.
Spanning the arts, sciences, sports, and the opposite sex, topics include:
Bananas as proof of God's existence
Great bits from the Bible
Famous painters and how they died
The Monkees, a potted history
All about submarines
Useful foreign pickup lines
An international swearing dictionary
Let the horizontal reading begin.
Watch a Video
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