When Do Fish Sleep?. And Other Imponderables of Everyday Life

New York: Harper Perennial, 1990. Paperback. Crease to back cover. In his bestselling series of Imponderables the author has shown conclusively that there are answers to just about every question that has been baffling the human race in its relentless search for knowledge and self-improvement.Not the 'What-is=life?' sort of questions but the really daunting ones, like 'Why does Mickey Mouse have only four fingers?' or 'Why don't birds tip over when they sleep on a telephone wire?'. Where lesser mortals fear to tread, the author charges on undaunted and bow brings us his biggest, funniest, and richest collection of answers to the unanswerable. With more than 150 irresitible entries - many of them submitted by loyal Imponderables fanatics - this book guarantees that you will never again have to shrug your shoulders meekly in response to one of those questions. Illustrations. 260 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . 1st HarperPerennial Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Kassie Schwan. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback.