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The Toothpick
The Toothpick
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307492005
Our Price: $15.95
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The Toothpick
Technology and Culture
Written by Henry Petroski


Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $15.95

A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil.

From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.
The Toothpick
The Toothpick
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307279439
Our Price: $15.95
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The Toothpick
Technology and Culture
Written by Henry Petroski


Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $15.95

A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil.

From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
The Toothpick
The Toothpick
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307266361
Our Price: $27.95
 Quantity: 1 
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The Toothpick
Technology and Culture
Written by Henry Petroski


Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $27.95

Like The Pencil, Henry Petroski’s The Toothpick is a celebration of a humble yet elegant device. As old as mankind and as universal as eating, this useful and ubiquitous tool finally gets its due in this wide-ranging and compulsively readable book. Here is the unexpected story of the simplest of implements—whether... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
Fair Use, Free Use, and Use by Permission
Fair Use, Free Use, and Use by Permission
Written by Lee Wilson
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781581154320
Our Price: $24.95
 Quantity: 1 
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Fair Use, Free Use, and Use by Permission
How to Handle Copyrights in All Media
Written by Lee Wilson


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2005
Price: $24.95

• Who needs this book? Only every writer, photographer, illustrator, designer,
businessperson, musician, songwriter,
filmmaker, teacher, researcher, advertiser, and Web designer in the United States


• How to find copyright owners, request
permissions, and keep records


• Easy-reference copyright duration chart, form agreements,
form letters, resources, and checklists


Permissions—they’re enough to make anyone... Read more >
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