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TITLE: |
Stories behind everyday things / [editor, Jane Polley ; contributing writers, Peter Chaitin ... et al.]. |
PUBLISHED: |
Pleasantville, NY : Reader's Digest Association, c1980. |
DESCRIPTION: |
416 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
NOTES: |
Includes index. |
NOTES: |
Presents 300 articles containing little-known information about "things" that figure in everyday life, such as advertising, shoe polish, ketchup, pajamas, and zippers. |
SUBJECT: |
Encyclopedias and dictionaries. |
ADDED ENTRY: |
Polley, Jane, ed. |
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