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Bedtime: A Family Companion

Bedtime: A Family Companion

by JaneFurnival (Author)

  • Used

    Hardcover 2004

    $3.25
Synopsis

This cleverly composed bedtime bible creates a unique sleepytime world where an electric mix of dreamy and evocative artwork and photography combine with quirky facts, myths and lullabies, quotations from prose and poetry. Author, Jane Furnival explores a broad range of sleep-related themes from choosing the perfect mattress, slumber parties dream interpretation, sleep paraphernalia, guardian angels to erotic pillow books and recipes for sleeping draughts. This book is the perfect bedtime companion.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 304
 Publisher: MQ Publications Ltd
Published: 28 Oct 2004
ISBN 10: 1840727322
ISBN 13: 9781840727326
Book Overview: A dip-in-and-discover type of book packed with interesting information about everything related to bedtime - history, folklore recipes, games, poems, extracts from literature, songs and things to make. Beautifully packaged these books are the perfect gift and impulse purchase. 150 retro illustrations evocative of the 40s and 50s. Quirky, engaging and witty!

Author Bio
Jane Furnival, was BBC-1's thrift expert and wrote her cult book, Mr Thrifty's How to Save Money on Absolutely Everything from her experiences there. Jane has written for many newspapers and magazines, especially the Daily Mail, for whom she cooked a complete feast from Mrs Beeton for the Millennium issue. In addition to having written a column on traditional housekeeping for Country Homes and Interiors, her other books include ; Suck Don't Blow: the gripping story of the vacuum cleaner and other appliances around the home Books; and Dumb-bells, Earflaps and Hair Restorers: a Shopper's Guide to Gentlemen's Foibles. Jane also devised the outspoken Daily Telegraph shopping column, 'What you Want' and the popular shoppers' agony column Happy Shopper.