Astonishing and Extinct Professions: 89 Jobs You Will Never Do - Markus Rottmann

Descriere Astonishing and Extinct Professions: 89 Jobs You Will Never Do - Markus Rottmann

\n \nThe jobs we've lost are windows into the past \n\n \nGladiators fought for glory. Ice harvesters chopped up lakes. In the USA, human computers, called rocket women, calculated the paths of the spaceships with pen and paper. \n\n \nAll these jobs really existed. Now they are gone. This is a book of extraordinary periods in history on six continents. It spans the centuries of the professional fartists and the walking toilets, of the brave riders of the Pony Express, and the lazy ornamental hermits. Marvel at Germany's feared coffee detectives and London's dreaded executioners. \n\n \n \n\n \nThe stories behind: \n \nMandarins\n \nWailing women\n \nBody snatchers\n \nExecutioners\n \nWhipping boys\n \nExplorers\n \nWalking toilets\n \nObject swallowers\n \nFartists\n \nPowder monkeys\n \nArmpit-hair pluckers\n \nAnd many more ...\n \n\n

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Helvetiq

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ENSTK

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9783907293935

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1

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