Black Sheep : The Secret Benefits of Being Bad (9781473610828) by Stephens, Richard -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Dedication Acknowledgements Contents List of illustrations Foreword 1 Sleep around

New uses for old equipment Feel like a man/woman Frowns, scowls and grimaces More beautiful agony Sex, sex and more sex Sex chills The colour red Just say ‘no’ Emotion in motion

2 Drink up

Doctors versus Prohibition No such thing as an alcoholic Most luxurious housing for rats Your good health The ideas game Catching smiles Being original and funny The morning after the night before Last orders

3 Damn good

The when The who Fight or flight Pissing, shitting, fucking, cocks and cunts Fined for not giving a damn The ice bucket challenge A cry for help Unavoidable swearing Wrapping it up

4 Floor it

What kind of driver are you? Who d’you think you are – Nigel Mansell? The Formula 1 driver and the clinical psychologist Staying on the black stuff On the road We know where you live Thrills not spills A boring journey Motorcyclists of Taiwan Journey’s end

5 Fancy that

Love and cigarettes Two stooges short Love and vertigo Law of averages ‘What is love anyway?’ Love sick ‘Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)’ ‘When I’m 64’ A new hobby The upside of love ‘Love will tear us apart’

6 Stress more

One thousand, two thousand, three thousand, CHECK! Who are the danger chasers? Freefall recall A flash in the sky Gravity is an awesome thing Natural high Russian mountains Turning brown eyes blue Joining the EU

7 Waste time

Cheer up, sleepy Jean Chores for bores Renews vigour Oodles of time The ‘B’ word From lectures to laundry Turn on, tune in, zone out 1,536 arithmetic problems CD collectors Stupid ending

8 Die hard

A Frenchman visits Italy The curious case of the missing teeth Did you just nearly die? A most unusual science board Parascience versus science From nearly dying to really living Best Christmas ever This is the end