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Brief Histories of Everyday Objects

Brief Histories of Everyday Objects

Hardback (17 Oct 2016)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This volume features hilarious, entertaining, and illustrated histories behind some of life's most common and underappreciated objects - from the paper clip to the toothbrush to the sports bra and roller skates.

About the Publisher

Picador

Picador

Picador publishes outstanding international writing, fiction and non-fiction, in both hardback and paperback, and has numerous prize winners on its list. Picador has established a reputation for literary fiction with a broad commercial appeal, groundbreaking non-fiction, (particularly, reportage, literary biography and memoir) and a formidable poetry list, which has consistently won many of the major prizes.

Book information

ISBN: 9781250078650
Publisher: Picador
Imprint: Picador
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.09
DEWEY edition: 23
Weight: 444g
Height: 161mm
Width: 224mm
Spine width: 22mm

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