Author of this book is a very well-known writer and broadcaster. This title includes numerous illustrations. This is the perfect book to keep by the loo. "Thunder, Flush and Thomas Crapper" is a dictionary of all things lavatorial, from the Abbot of St Albans (allegedly the first Englishman to have a W.C., c. 1115) to the zero-gravity loo (as ...
Some children are frightened by the sight and sounds of a toilet. This book aims to make toilet-training both easy and rewarding by reassuring children that the toilet is not something to be afraid of, but part of the growing up process. It also features a "toilet flushing sound".
Who would have supposed that the Romans had lagged hot-water pipes? that Queen Elizabeth I had a valve water-closet? that Louis XIV had cushions in his bath? that sponges have sex? This book, says the author, "is meant to entertain, even if scholarship does keep breaking through". This book offers an excursion into the household's most private ...
In this expanded version of her classic book , Lucinda Lambton explores the development of the lavatory. She describes over 150 jewels of sanitation, all of them eag erly nosed out in private houses, pubs, gentlemen''s clubs an d department stores. '
The biography of one of the great unsung engineers of the Victorian era. Thomas Crapper was the man who revolutionized the nation's water closets through his invention of Crapper's Valveless Water Waste Preventer in 1872, the forerunner of the modern cistern system.
Elvis died on one and Charles V, ruler of Germany and Spain, was born on one. Although we use them every day, most of us know very little about toilets. This unique toilet history contends that civilization began, not with the written word, but with the toilet. Through advertisements, diaries, museum catalogs and anecdotes, this book explores the ...
When itas time for potty training, both toddlers and parents will have fun with this book. Told in verse, itas the story of Suzy Sue, who has something very important to do! The truth is, she needs to pooabut someone has snatched her potty away! Kids will laugh at the big, bright color illustrations as they turn each page, and as Mom or Dad reads ...
For the dolls' house enthusiast, this book contains 21 projects which interpret "the smallest room in the house" - from period plumbing masterpieces to fantasy creations - all made from household odds and ends. It shows how to create little loos quickly and cheaply.
Youngsters approaching the sometimes scary task of toilet-training can read about a mysterious potty that appears in the jungle, designated for the "best bottom of all." Snake, Zebra, and other animals try it out, to no avail--they are all too big to fit. When a young African boy rests comfortably on the potty, the animals approve, and offer him ...
At the beginning of the third millennium civilised households around the world had at least one water closet. This British invention dates from 1592, but the first patent was not registered until the late eighteenth century. Although pottery was made by the earliest civilisations, the sanitary pottery industry whas existed for only 150 years. ...
Some children are frightened by the sight and sounds of a toilet. This book aims to make toilet-training both easy and rewarding by reassuring children that the toilet is not something to be afraid of, but part of the growing up process. It also features a "toilet flushing sound".
A collection of wilderness tales to savour round the camp fire. Forewarded by the author of "How to Shit in the Woods" and packaged as a companion book, this text is aimed at campers, hikers, walkers, soldiers, and survivalists.
Now children can enjoy their own private bathroom-reading about the subjects they like best. ""Whaddaya Doin' in There?"" contains outrageous humor, brain-teasers, chapters on pop culture, urban legends, science, history, and more--all loaded with Planet Dexter's proven kid appeal.
A classic is back in print! One of the favorite books of 1970s back-to-the-landers, The Toilet Papers is an informative, inspiring, and irreverent look at how people have dealt with their wastes through the centuries. In a historical survey, Van der Ryn provides the basic facts concerning human wastes, and describes safe designs for toilets that ...
No one can make Joe Kohler put down the toilet seat. But then Joe meets his match. He realizes too late that the toilet isn't a toilet after all. And by that time he's aboard an alien spaceship.
Anne Anderson, at 81, paints portraits of toilets as 25 famous artists might have painted them. Readers are challenged to guess each artist (answers at the back of the book). "Painting people is my grandest passion, but painting toilets has been neglected by other artists. Somebody has to do it".--Anne Anderson. Full color.
The Ace Place" series combines historical information with jokes, riddles and various activities. This title looks at the history of toilets from castle garderobes to communal toilets in monasteries."
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