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Acquainted with the night : excursions through the world after dark / Christopher Dewdney
Publication details: New York : Bloomsbury 2005, c2004.Edition: Paperback edISBN:- 9781582345994 (pbk.)
- 1582345996 (pbk.)
- GT3408 .D48 2005
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Summary: In Acquainted with the Night, author Christopher Dewdney takes readers on a fascinating journey through the nocturnal realm. Twelve chapters correspond to the twelve hours of an "ideal" night, starting at 6PM and ending at 6AM, and serve as points of departure for night's central themes: sunsets, nocturnal animals, bedtime stories, festivals of the night, fireworks, nightclubs, astronomy, sleep and dreams, the graveyard shift, ladies of the night, the art of night, and endless nights. With boundless curiosity, a lyrical, intimate tone, and an eye for nighttime beauties both natural and manmade.
First Night -- The Gardens of the Hesperides: Sunset--6 P.M. -- A Thousand Eyes: Nature at Night--7 P.M. -- The Children's Hour--8 P.M. -- Trip the Night Fantastic: The City at Night--9 P.M. -- Fire in the Night: Nocturnal Festivals--10 P.M. -- The Night Within: The Body at Night--11 P.M. -- Empire of Dreams--12 A.M. -- Things That Go Bump in the Night--1 A.M. -- Stargazing: The Mythology and Science of the Night Sky--2 A.M. -- Insomnia--3 A.M. -- Endless Nights--4 A.M. -- The Art of Darkness--5 A.M. -- Night's Last Stand.
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First Night -- The Gardens of the Hesperides: Sunset--6 P.M. -- A Thousand Eyes: Nature at Night--7 P.M. -- The Children's Hour--8 P.M. -- Trip the Night Fantastic: The City at Night--9 P.M. -- Fire in the Night: Nocturnal Festivals--10 P.M. -- The Night Within: The Body at Night--11 P.M. -- Empire of Dreams--12 A.M. -- Things That Go Bump in the Night--1 A.M. -- Stargazing: The Mythology and Science of the Night Sky--2 A.M. -- Insomnia--3 A.M. -- Endless Nights--4 A.M. -- The Art of Darkness--5 A.M. -- Night's Last Stand.
In Acquainted with the Night, author Christopher Dewdney takes readers on a fascinating journey through the nocturnal realm. Twelve chapters correspond to the twelve hours of an "ideal" night, starting at 6PM and ending at 6AM, and serve as points of departure for night's central themes: sunsets, nocturnal animals, bedtime stories, festivals of the night, fireworks, nightclubs, astronomy, sleep and dreams, the graveyard shift, ladies of the night, the art of night, and endless nights. With boundless curiosity, a lyrical, intimate tone, and an eye for nighttime beauties both natural and manmade.
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