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Your Home : The Inside Story of the Australian Home
Your Home The Inside Story of the Australian Home Author:John Archer Our houses are the outer shells of our inner selves. Concealed within their design, decoration and the very fabric of their construction are many secrets and symbols, stories and histories of thousand of years of human ingenuity, religious belief, fashion and technological advance. This book sheds light on common household appliances and feature... more »s, tracing their evolution through the centuries to the array of modern styles that we enjoy today. How did the refrigerator come to be? When were baths first enjoyed? And who was the bright spark who invented the toilet?« less