Taking the Piss
A Potted History of Pee
Will be published approx. on 10. October 2006
Book
Hardback
190 pages
978-1-84588-351-5 (ISBN)
Description
Broadcast as an award winning radio-programme on BBC Radio 4 under the title of "Taking the Piss out of London", this work contains anecdotes and tales, from Marilyn Monroe to the Victorians, together with some discoveries about an area with which we are familiar.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 168 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84588-351-5 (9781845883515)
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Persons
Adam Hart-Davis is a freelance photographer, writer and broadcaster. Educated at Eton College and Oxford and York universities, he worked in publishing and television production before becoming a presenter. He is best known for his television series Local Heroes, What the Stuarts Did For Us, What the Tudors Did For Us, What the Victorians Did For Us and What the Romans Did For Us. He has twelve honorary doctorates in addition to the DPhil that he earned in organometallic chemistry and is an honorary member of the British Toilet Association.