THE PRACTICAL NAPPER
Book ID/图书代码： 06840010B35972
English Summary/英文概要： THE PRACTICAL NAPPER is a small, humorous gift book written for
people who believe the phrase “good nap” is redundant. Sleepdeprived
parents, slacker students, and typically torpid retirees will find a wealth of
information to support and encourage their napping habit, such as:
*Napping is good for the environment. When you’re napping, you’re not
a) burning fossil fuels
b) procreating, thus increasing the pitterpatter
of little carbon footprints
c) engaging in slashandburn agriculture
*Naps are like Prozac, but without all the sexual side effects.
The book also features insightful napping quotes from celebrity
practitioners like Jack Handey, Dave Barry, Yogi Berra, and David
Sedaris. And it asks probing intellectual questions, like why is
catnapping a restful pastime, while dognapping
is a criminal act? For
everyone who loves a good nap (and who doesn’t?), THE PRACTICAL
NAPPER is the perfect gift.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 據斯坦福大學最近一項調查稱，美國人平均每晚睡眠不足7小時，約20%的人白天感覺困倦不堪。許多公司都提倡適度小睡，試圖避免每年因生產效率下降帶來的高達幾十億美元的損失。 谷歌公司在員工休息室建設方面走在了前面，在其位於加州山景城的園區內開設了許多風格前衛的睡眠艙…
越來越多的人意識到“適時小憩”的重要作用，不僅可以增強記憶力，恢復體能，並且能調節情緒，減輕壓力。而在本書The Practical Napper中作者Jennifer Eyre White首次將小憩歸為一種貴族消遣，另外還援引了大量的社會名流實例及學術研究成果，再結合作者擅長的詼諧手筆，定會帶給你一個全新的閱讀體驗，而對“適時的小憩”也定會有一個全面的認識。
“猫打盹儿”是消遣，“狗打盹儿”是犯罪？？“打盹儿”有助于世界和平？？？
The Practical Napper是一本理想的消遣讀本，小巧，精美且充滿樂趣。書中給出的關於小憩的半開玩笑的小貼士很管用，基於事實的研究和援引的來自社會名流的實例以及大量資料都可以證明小憩對身心健康頗有裨益。The Practical Napper首次提出了小憩實為一種貴族消遣：是一種小到周圍環境、大到世界和平于人于己都大有益處、值得提倡的好習慣。
但是在你準備打下一個小盹兒之前，要考慮一下以下情況：
*如果是在床上，最好不要嘗試此舉，因為你的伴侶可能會以為你已經對他失去興趣
*“午餐到晚餐之間你必須有一段時間的小睡，脫掉衣服鑽進被窩，這是我經常做的” —溫斯頓•邱吉爾
*告誡：上面一條援引的例子可能給你造成影響。如果你希望有一個完美的午休，千萬別去幻想邱吉爾脫去衣服的畫面…(Claire)
Awards/获奖情况：“A wonderful book.” A.
J. Jacobs, NY Times bestselling author of
THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY and THE GUINEA PIG
DIARIES
"If you put Monty Python in a blender with a bunch of sleep research,
you’d get this book. Totally hilarious." Dr.
Robert Stickgold, director
of the Center for Sleep and Cognition at Harvard Medical School
“A great gift for weary new parents, anxious parentstobe,
and wornout
moms like me!” Caroline
Grant, EditorinChief
of Literary Mama
(www.LiteraryMama.com)
About the Author/作者介绍： Jennifer Eyre White is an engineer and humor writer. She contributes regularly to the online magazine, Literary Mama, at LiteraryMama.com.
She also runs the popular website, HavingThreeKids.com: A Site for Those Who Have Three, Want Three or Fear Three. Jennifer’s humor pieces have appeared in numerous book anthologies, as well as Wondertime and San Francisco’s The Monthly. She was recently awarded a grant for a writing residency at the Vermont Studio Center for 2010.
Jennifer Eyre White是一位工程師，作家，線上雜誌Literary Mama（LiteraryMama.com）定期投稿人，另外她自己也創建有一個非常受歡迎的網站HavingThreeKids.com. Jennifer幽默詼諧的寫作手筆在她的很多的作品中都有體現。最近Jennifer Eyre White因2010年駐留弗蒙特州藝術中心而獲得補助金。
Format:电子手稿
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