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The Toothpick: Technology and Culture
de Petroski, Henry
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0307266362
- ISBN 13
- 9780307266361
- Librería
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Kennebunkport, Maine, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Knopf, 2007-10-16. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 9x6x1. Stated First edition, first printing,. DJ intact. Unread and unmarked collectible book in gift giving condition.. Unconditional money back guarantee.
Sinopsis
A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil.From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of the American wooden toothpick industry, ensured toothpicks appeared in every restaurant, the toothpick has been an omnipresent, yet often overlooked part of our daily lives. Here, with an engineer's eye for detail and a poet's flair for language, Henry Petroski takes us on an incredible tour of this most interesting invention. Along the way, he peers inside today's surprisingly secretive toothpick-manufacturing industry, and explores a treasure trove of the toothpick's unintended uses and perils, from sandwiches to martinis and beyond.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Librería
- TangledWebMysteries
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 117391
- Título
- The Toothpick: Technology and Culture
- Autor
- Petroski, Henry
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0307266362
- ISBN 13
- 9780307266361
- Editorial
- Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, Ny
- Fecha de publicación
- 2007-10-16
- Tamaño
- 9x6x1
- X weight
- 26 oz
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TangledWebMysteries
Miembro de Biblio desde 2004
Kennebunkport, Maine
Sobre TangledWebMysteries
Tangled Web Mysteries and Oddities was started in 1995 as a bookstore in downtown historic Salem, MA, and is now based in beautiful Kennebunkport, Maine. We are a Mother and Daughter run business, and have been selling online since 2001. We specialize in hard to find mystery series, children's books, and other collectible and hard to find titles.
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