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Seabourne, Mike

 
9798261939993: The Secret Lives of Everyday Utensils: True stories of hidden inventions, rivalries, and the surprising history behind the tools we use every day
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ISBN 13 : 9798261939993
Editeur : Independently published, 2025

Synopsis

Your House is a battlefield of forgotten innovation. The humble tools you reach for every day — wooden spoons, clothes pegs, rubber bands, and rolling pins — each have secret pasts shaped by revolutionaries, inventors, political movements, and culinary rebels. The Secret Lives of Everday Utensils uncovers these astonishing histories, revealing the dramatic, sometimes bizarre stories behind the world’s most ordinary cooking tools.

Discover how a spatula sparked a fight over industrial patent rights, how a clothes peg became a symbol of modern progress and government fear, and why a simple rubber band was once at the center of international scientific reform. Through vivid storytelling and surprising historical detail, this book transforms everyday utensils into windows into human creativity, conflict, and change.

Perfect for curious readers, history lovers, food enthusiasts, and anyone who enjoys uncovering the strange truths behind familiar objects, this immersive collection proves that the drawer is far more thrilling than it appears.

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Éditeur
Independently published
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 13 
9798261939993
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
188
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