House of Invention: The Secret Life of Everyday Products

by David Lindsay

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David Lindsay tours the typical home to examine the most taken-for-granted objects, and finds incredible stories behind everyday items. From the intercom, the letterbox, the microwave oven, pencils, ballpoint pens, sticky tape, and Post-its to the screw thread, the yo-yo, blue jeans, zippers, and even condoms, here are the fascinating stories of the quotidian objects whose history is little known.
  • ISBN10 1585746258
  • ISBN13 9781585746255
  • Publish Date 1 February 2005 (first published 1 March 2000)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 6 August 2014
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
  • Imprint The Lyons Press
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Language English