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What s in a Name?: From Joseph P. Frisbie to Roy Jacuzzi, How Everyday Items Were Named for Extraordinary People
de Dodd, Philip
- Usado
- as new
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 1592404324
- ISBN 13
- 9781592404322
- Librería
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Barberton, Ohio, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Gotham., 2008. Book. As New. Trade Paperback. As New Trade Paperback book..
Sinopsis
A brilliant and personal literary journey, in which Philip Dodd tells the curious tales of people whose names?deliberately or by chance?became household words What?s in a name? For Philip Dodd, this question led to an international tour, sleuthing the history of some of our most intriguing eponyms. The result is a collection of surprising, stranger-than-fiction stories from history, the arts, the halls of science, and sometimes simply the realm of serendipity. This armchair traveler?s delight contains little-known tales of such immortal figures as: · Roy Jacuzzi, alive and well and still bubbling with ideas in Happy Valley, California · Joseph P. Frisbie, the baker whose pie tins inspired Wham-O?s ubiquitous flying disc · Ernst Gräfenberg, for whom the G-spot was named ? Samuel Maverick, the Texas pioneer who refused to brand his calves · And many other colorful figures From Belgium to Buenos Aires, from Orlando to Los Angeles, Dodd?s readers go along for the ride. What?s In a Name? is a marvelous tribute to people who changed our language?whether through hard work, creativity, or the luck of the draw.
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- Librería
- Snowball Bookshop
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- SE3406
- Título
- What s in a Name?: From Joseph P. Frisbie to Roy Jacuzzi, How Everyday Items Were Named for Extraordinary People
- Autor
- Dodd, Philip
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- ISBN 10
- 1592404324
- ISBN 13
- 9781592404322
- Editorial
- Gotham.
- Fecha de publicación
- 2008
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Sobre el vendedor
Snowball Bookshop
Miembro de Biblio desde 2004
Barberton, Ohio
Sobre Snowball Bookshop
A charming used bookstore in a renovated building in beautiful Downtown Barberton, OH. A general bookstore with over 1000,000 volumes of very nice condition hardcover and paperback books in all categories. Store hours are Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-4.
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