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Author: Catherine O'Reilly
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Published: 2008-11-17
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1602393478
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Background stories of everyday items, including the blender, the fire extinguisher, the cheese grater, the toiler, deodorant, Post Its, fabric softener, the clock radio.--From publisher description.
Author: Wallace Reyburn
Publisher:
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780133225600
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robert Hume
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9780954990930
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: W. Hodding Carter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2007-05-15
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 0743474090
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An anecdotal history of plumbing from the Harappan of 3000 B.C. to the modern world is a tribute to such engineering achievements as the lead pipes of the Roman empire, the sewers of London, and Japanese toilets.
Author: Sarah Albee
Publisher: Walker Childrens
Published: 2010-05-11
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780802798251
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Did lead pipescause the fall of the Roman Empire? How many toilets were in theaverage Egyptian pyramid? How did a knight wearing fiftypounds of armor go to thebathroom? Was poor hygiene thelast strawbefore the French Revolution? DidThomas Crapper really inventthe modern toilet? How doastronauts goin space? History finally comes out of thewater-closet inthis exploration of how people's need to relieve themselves shapedhumandevelopment from ancient times to the present. Throughout time, themostsuccessful civilizations were the ones who realized thateveryone poops, and theyhad better figure out how to get rid of it! From the world's firstflushing toiletinvented by ancient Minoan plumbers to castle moats in the middle agesthatused more than just water to repel enemies, Sarah Albee traces humancivilization using one revolting yet fascinating theme. A blend of historical photos and humorous illustrationsbring the answers to these questions and more to life, plus extra-grosssidebar information adds to the potty humor. This is bathroom readingkids, teachers,librarians, and parents won't be able to put down!
Author: Michael Quinion
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What is the true origin of the phrase 'one fell swoop'? Does the word 'honeymoon' really derive from an old Persian custom of giving the happy couple mead, a honey wine, for the first month after the wedding? The rapid growth of the internet and the use of email has increased the circulation of (usually) false tales about the evolution of language. In this entertaining and fascinating new book on the origins of words and expressions, Michael Quinion retells the mythic tales that have become popular currency - the word 'posh' deriving from 'port out, starboard home' - and also tries to find and explain the true stories behind the origins of phrases. Quinion offers explanations of why and how stories about words are created, and how misunderstanding word origins - while usually harmless - can have serious consequences.
Author: Elizabeth Raum
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9781432923501
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Looks at the origins, history, and technology of toilets.
Author: Harry Oliver
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2010-01-05
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 1101171243
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The fascinating and funny origins of everyday objects-bliss for history hounds, language lovers and trivia buffs. In this delightful volume, Harry Oliver reveals the most unusual and unexpected stories behind the household necessities, toys, common objects, technological advances, and everyday items we all take for granted. Who hasn't wondered: ?Whether Thomas Crapper really invented the toilet ?What accident led to the invention of the microwave ?Why it took nearly twenty years for someone to finally decide to slice bread ?How laziness resulted in the invention of the dishwasher ?Which discovery made the milkshake possible ?Which king's fancy for his mistress inspired the first elevator
Author: David Wilton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008-11-06
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 0199740836
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Do you "know" that posh comes from an acronym meaning "port out, starboard home"? That "the whole nine yards" comes from (pick one) the length of a WWII gunner's belt; the amount of fabric needed to make a kilt; a sarcastic football expression? That Chicago is called "The Windy City" because of the bloviating habits of its politicians, and not the breeze off the lake? If so, you need this book. David Wilton debunks the most persistently wrong word histories, and gives, to the best of our actual knowledge, the real stories behind these perennially mis-etymologized words. In addition, he explains why these wrong stories are created, disseminated, and persist, even after being corrected time and time again. What makes us cling to these stories, when the truth behind these words and phrases is available, for the most part, at any library or on the Internet? Arranged by chapters, this book avoids a dry A-Z format. Chapters separate misetymologies by kind, including The Perils of Political Correctness (picnics have nothing to do with lynchings), Posh, Phat Pommies (the problems of bacronyming--the desire to make every word into an acronym), and CANOE (which stands for the Conspiracy to Attribute Nautical Origins to Everything). Word Myths corrects long-held and far-flung examples of wrong etymologies, without taking the fun out of etymology itself. It's the best of both worlds: not only do you learn the many wrong stories behind these words, you also learn why and how they are created--and what the real story is.
Author: Doug Mayer
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2011-08-02
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1429984112
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A brilliant miscellany of all things scatalogical "You Don't Know Sh*t glides from the sublime heights of human ingenuity to the lowest of the lower depths. It's the ultimate human journey."—Frederick Kaufman, author of Wasteland It's part of all of our lives. But how much do you really know about poop, scat, sh*t, excrement? From the historical to the scientific, the cultural to the gross, You Don't Know Sh*t packs a load of solid information into one tidy volume: --how great civilizations have pooped through the ages --why some poop floats and other poop sinks --the final word on whether people have individual brands of bathroom smells --what your sh*t (and sh*tting style) says about you --how astronauts poop in space --a complete glossary of terms and euphemisms for man's most fundamental function --fun facts about everything from the first flush, the famous Thomas Crapper, and the differences in bathroom basics around the world --a cloud's worth of information about farts, too!
