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A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life from the Stone Age to the Phone Age

Greg Jenner

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Description:Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock? Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old.Structured around one ordinary day, A Million Years in a Day reveals the astonishing origins and development of the daily practices we take for granted. In this gloriously entertaining romp through human history, Greg Jenner explores the gradual and often unexpected evolution of our daily routines. This is not a story of politics, wars, or great events. Instead, Jenner has scoured Roman rubbish bins, Egyptian tombs, and Victorian sewers to bring us the most intriguing, surprising, and sometimes downright silly nuggets from our past.Drawn from across the world, spanning a million years of humanity, this book is a smorgasbord of historical delights. It is a history of all those things you always wondered - and many you have never considered. It is the story of your life, one million years in the making."It would be a staggering learned person who could not glean anything new from this work" - WALL STREET JOURNAL"You will love Greg Jenner's jolly account of how we have more in common with our ancestors than we might think ... all human life is here, amusingly conveyed in intriguing nuggets of gossipy historical anecdote" - DAILY MAIL"One of my all time favourite books about history: erudite, witty and packed with things you've never thought about" - DR PETER FRANKOPAN, author of THE SILK ROADS: A NEW HISTORY OF THE WORLDWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life from the Stone Age to the Phone Age. To get started finding A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life from the Stone Age to the Phone Age, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock? Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old.Structured around one ordinary day, A Million Years in a Day reveals the astonishing origins and development of the daily practices we take for granted. In this gloriously entertaining romp through human history, Greg Jenner explores the gradual and often unexpected evolution of our daily routines. This is not a story of politics, wars, or great events. Instead, Jenner has scoured Roman rubbish bins, Egyptian tombs, and Victorian sewers to bring us the most intriguing, surprising, and sometimes downright silly nuggets from our past.Drawn from across the world, spanning a million years of humanity, this book is a smorgasbord of historical delights. It is a history of all those things you always wondered - and many you have never considered. It is the story of your life, one million years in the making."It would be a staggering learned person who could not glean anything new from this work" - WALL STREET JOURNAL"You will love Greg Jenner's jolly account of how we have more in common with our ancestors than we might think ... all human life is here, amusingly conveyed in intriguing nuggets of gossipy historical anecdote" - DAILY MAIL"One of my all time favourite books about history: erudite, witty and packed with things you've never thought about" - DR PETER FRANKOPAN, author of THE SILK ROADS: A NEW HISTORY OF THE WORLDWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life from the Stone Age to the Phone Age. To get started finding A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life from the Stone Age to the Phone Age, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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