| Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things |  | Author: Charles Panati
Publisher: Harpercollins
Category: Book
Buy Used: £0.25
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1294195
Media: Paperback
Pages: 463
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.5
ISBN: 0060960930
Dewey Decimal Number: 031
EAN: 9780060960933
ASIN: 0060960930
Publication Date: June 1989
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Condition: Dispatched from the US -- Expect delivery in 2-3 weeks. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
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 comment about Levi Straus June 10, 1999
10 out of 21 found this review helpful
I've only seen the comment about Levi's and it's completly wrong. Levi was unemployed and made the pants out of sail cloth. Dyed them so they would look more like suit pants. A miner saw them and thought the tough material would make them good mining pants (1849 49ers). The pockets were added to carry rock samples. The rivets were added because the weight of the rock samples kept tearing the pockets loose. I wouldn't buy a book when the first thing I read was wrong.
 My whole family has used this book for years February 6, 1999
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
When I use this book in school or university people always marvel ask where I got such unique information
One book for a desert island! December 31, 1998
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I wore this book out. I read it, reread it, bookmarked it to death and referred to it so often. Now I need another one. I'm going to buy *two more*, just in case.
Excellent reading. November 19, 1998
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I didn't learn this much history in school. It is amazing to learn that customs we practice today have their roots hundreds, even thousands of years ago. Ages high school to 100 will enjoy this book.
great book for hard to buy-for in-laws July 7, 1998
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A great book for people interested in just about everything. Since the book is so diverse you are sure to find something for everyone. A wonderful choice if you need to get a gift for someone very hard to buy for. I've not met anyone who hasn't thoroughly enjoyed the book. Frankly, I think its a terrific "bathroom" or guestroom book.
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