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At home : a short history of private life Cover Image Book

At home : a short history of private life / Bill Bryson.

Bryson, Bill, (author.).

Summary:

Explores the ways in which homes reflect history, from a bathroom's revelations about medicine and hygiene to a kitchen's exposure of the stories of trade and nutrition.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0767919394
  • ISBN: 9780767919395
  • Physical Description: 577 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: 1st Anchor Books edition
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Anchor Books, 2011, c2010.

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General Note:
Originally published: London : Doubleday, c2010.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-560) and index.

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Dwellings > Environmental aspects.
Dwellings > Psychological aspects.
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  • 4 of 4 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)

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Madison Main Library 643.1 BRY (Text) 30229100892743 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Henderson Main Branch 643.1 B (Text) 33258008592540 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield 643.1 Bryson (Text) 38950611491103 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Spruce Pine Public Library NFIC 643 BRY (Text) 34444002619963 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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