Men and Sheds (Men &)
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 | Product Details: Hardcover 96 pages Release Date: 01 October 2002 Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd ISBN: 1843303299 Rating:   Sales Rank: 48595 | | Look for similar books by subject:
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| | Customer Reviews: Very small book! (15 December 2008)I haven't yet read this book as it is a present for my father. However the first impression left me slightly disappointed. There is much emphasis on the photography in this book yet its dimensions are smaller than many fiction books and it is a lot thinner. The description led me to believe it would be a book with high visual impact when in fact this is a book that would easily be overlooked on a bookshelf or coffee table. However, having flicked through the content I am sure that my dad will love learning that there are people out there just like him :) Men and their Sheds - a great british institution. (10 December 2005)A book about men who have their own private den. A retreat away from the cares of life where they are free to engage in their hobbies be it a home made office, lab, workshop or simply a store for collecting things. A snapshot about life itself, showing diverse buildings and the many uses which people put their sheds to. One very minor gripe is that I would have preferred colour pictures which would have brought out a more individual feel, so characteristic of every proud shedder An Englishman's home is... his shed (17 May 2004)The shed is a powerful psychological totem for the Englishman. It is private space, sacred space, space for contemplation - oh and space for storing the debris of a life's hobbies, DIY, and assorted junk-gathering. This excellent little photo-essay on shedding covers a range of sheds and their owners ranging from the purely functional to the esoteric and eclectic. All human life (at least, all human life as comprehended by the Shed-Type Bloke) can be found within the walls of an outbuilding - the hopes, dreams and mad projects of the British male can be seen in extremis in this book. Oh and it's funny too ;) My only criticism is that the text lets it down a wee bit - I didn't feel that the author really gets to the bottom of the "shed thing", but tended instead to ramble on a bit about stuff that wasn't really relevant. That said, it's worth buying on the strength of the photos - you can't help but smile looking at them! | |
