{"product_id":"an-uncommon-history-of-common-bethanne-patrick-9781426204203","title":"An Uncommon History of Common Things","description":"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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bethanne Patrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1426204205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781426204203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Geographic Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.54h x 7.62w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2009 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2009 pg. 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLJ Best Reference Sources\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2009 pg. 42","brand":"Bethanne Patrick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072950268159,"sku":"9781426204203","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f27d36c-ccbb-46b9-ad29-d44f61c80150.jpg?v=1685444904","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-uncommon-history-of-common-bethanne-patrick-9781426204203","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}