The Joy of Sheds

A�humorous miscellany chronicling man's need for a small space all his own

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A collection of shed facts, shed humor, shed features, shed design, shed maintenance,�and more, this witty�book covers�every aspect of the shed experience.�Inventor Trevor Baylis thought up the clockwork radio in a shed, George Bernard Shaw wrote Pygmalion in one, and Dylan Thomas would compose poetry in his. However, the average male does not tend to devote his shed to poetry. Along with a chapter on how to customize one's shed into an exotic creation��#34;Pimp Your Shed," there are plenty of shed facts, such as that almost a fifth of men have had an accident in a shed, making it the single most dangerous place in the home after the kitchen. Another chapter covers the typical items stored in sheds, and "The Genus Shed"�places the shed in the Linnaean order of buildings.�There are�also shed stories from around the world,�and a look at�sheds in literature (Cold Comfort Farm and Lady Chatterly's Lover), the�movies, and music.