An Uncommon History of Common Things

An Uncommon History of Common Things
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 9781426212277
ISBN-13 : 1426212275
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Book Synopsis An Uncommon History of Common Things by : Bethanne Patrick

Download or read book An Uncommon History of Common Things written by Bethanne Patrick and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pop culture fans and trivia lovers will delight in National Geographic’s highly browsable, freewheeling compendium of customs, notions and inventions that reflect human ingenuity throughout history. Dip into any page and discover extraordinary hidden details in the everyday that will inform, amuse, astonish, and surprise. From hand tools to holidays to weapons to washing machines, this book features hundreds of colorful illustrations, timelines, sidebars, and more as it explores just about every subject under the sun. Who knew that indoor plumbing has been around for 4,600 years, but punctuation, capital letters, and the handy spaces between written words only date back to the Dark Ages? Or that ancient soldiers baked a kind of pizza on their shields— when they weren’t busy flying kites to frighten their foes?


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