01097cam a2200277 4500 388579494 TxAuBib 20041222120000.0 800903s1980||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 79088053 9780895770684 0895770687 (OCoLC)163324 DLC DLC KSLCL TxAuBib Stories behind everyday things / [editor, Jane Polley ; contributing writers, Peter Chaitin ... et al.]. Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, 1980. 416 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. At head of title: Reader's digest. Includes index. Presents 300 articles containing little-known information about "things" that figure in everyday life, such as advertising, shoe polish, ketchup, pajamas, and zippers. 20070321. Encyclopedias and dictionaries. Polley, Jane. Chaitin, Peter. Reader's Digest Association.