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People spend a good third of their lives lying down: sleeping, dreaming, making love, thinking, suffering and getting well. Bernd Brunner's ode to lying down is a rich exploration of cultural history and an entertaining collection of tales all in one, ranging from the history of the mattress to the 'slow living movement' and beyond. He approaches the horizontal state from a number of directions, but never loses his keen sense for the odd or unusual detail. Far from being a pose of passivity, lying down can be a protest, a chance to think or change a point of view.
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'Irresistible cultural history of being horizontal from the history of the mattress to the 'low living movement'.' --The Bookseller
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Brunner's perky cultural history of the Moon in superstition, song, and indeed science encompasses many wonderful things both imaginary... and actual. Steven Poole, The Guardian
We know perfectly well that the Moon is a cold, rocky, lifeless little satellite, but where's the romance in that? Brunner shows how it has shone silver though our dreams and destinies. It is the inspiration for myths and marvels. The Times
'Keep calm and lie down: take a living lesson from the Buddha, who has perfected the art of lying down in eternity.' --The Times
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Brunner's perky cultural history of the Moon in superstition, song, and indeed science encompasses many wonderful things both imaginary... and actual. Steven Poole, The Guardian
We know perfectly well that the Moon is a cold, rocky, lifeless little satellite, but where's the romance in that? Brunner shows how it has shone silver though our dreams and destinies. It is the inspiration for myths and marvels. --The Times
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Brunner's perky cultural history of the Moon in superstition, song, and indeed science encompasses many wonderful things both imaginary... and actual. Steven Poole, The Guardian
We know perfectly well that the Moon is a cold, rocky, lifeless little satellite, but where's the romance in that? Brunner shows how it has shone silver though our dreams and destinies. It is the inspiration for myths and marvels. The Times
'Keep calm and lie down: take a living lesson from the Buddha, who has perfected the art of lying down in eternity.' --The Times
Praise for the author
Brunner's perky cultural history of the Moon in superstition, song, and indeed science encompasses many wonderful things both imaginary... and actual. Steven Poole, The Guardian
We know perfectly well that the Moon is a cold, rocky, lifeless little satellite, but where's the romance in that? Brunner shows how it has shone silver though our dreams and destinies. It is the inspiration for myths and marvels. --The Times
Bernd Brunner is the author of Inventing the Christmas Tree, Moon: A Brief History, Bears: A Brief History, and The Ocean at Home: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium. His essay "The Wild Dogs of Istanbul" was selected for The Best American Travel Writing 2013. He lives in Istanbul, where he is at work on a novel set in Turkey. Visit him at www.berndbrunner.com. Lori Lantz has translated Bernd Brunner's Bears: A Brief History and Julia Voss's Darwin's Pictures: Views of Evolutionary Theory, 1837-1874.
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