[PDF] The Vacuum Cleaner eBook

Author : Carroll Gantz
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 40,99 MB
Release : 2012-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0786465522

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House cleaning has been an innate human activity forever but only since the early 19th century have mechanical devices replaced the physical labor (performed mostly by women). Mechanical carpet sweepers were replaced by manual suction cleaners, which in turn were replaced by electric vacuum cleaners in the early 20th century. Innovative inventors, who improved vacuum cleaners as electricity became commonly available, made these advances possible. Many early manufacturers failed, but some, such as Bissell, Hoover, Eureka and others, became household names as they competed for global dominance with improved features, performance and appearance. This book describes the fascinating people who made this possible, as well as the economic, cultural and technological contexts of their times. From obscure beginnings 200 years ago, vacuum cleaners have become an integral part of modern household culture.

Author : Robert Scotellaro
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 24,1 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Fathers
ISBN : 9780874066302

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After Daddy fixes it, the vacuum cleaner works so well that not even the baby's diaper is safe.

Author : Terry Pratchett
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 17,79 MB
Release : 2017-01-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 006265313X

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Do you believe in magic? Can you imagine a war between wizards? An exciting journey in an airship or down in a submarine? Would you like to meet the fastest truncheon in the Wild West? The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner is the second fabulously funny short-story collection from the late acclaimed storyteller Terry Pratchett. A follow-up to Dragons at Crumbling Castle, this second batch of storytelling gems features stories written when Sir Terry was just seventeen years old and working as a junior reporter. In these pages, new Pratchett fans will find wonder, mayhem, sorcery, and delight—and loyal readers will recognize the seeds of ideas that went on to influence his most beloved tales later in life. As Neil Gaiman says, “a Terry Pratchett book is a small miracle”—and The Witch’s Vacuum Cleaner proves to be another miracle taking its place alongside Pratchett’s astounding and cherished body of work.

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Publisher : Schocken Books Incorporated
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 20,23 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0805242872

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Traces the author's grandmother's darkly comic, obsessive cleaning behaviors that prompted her to receive most of her visitors outdoors, describing her relationship with a mysterious vacuum cleaner that was hidden away after its first use.

Author : Jen Beagin
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 12,24 MB
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1501182153

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From the Whiting Award–winning author of Pretend I’m Dead and one of the most exhilarating new voices in fiction, a “thoroughly delightfully, surprisingly profound” (Entertainment Weekly) one-of-a-kind novel about a cleaning lady named Mona and her struggles to move forward in life. Soon to be an FX television show starring Lola Kirke. Mona is twenty-six and cleans houses for a living in Taos, New Mexico. She moved there mostly because of a bad boyfriend—a junkie named Mr. Disgusting, long story—and her efforts to restart her life since haven’t exactly gone as planned. For one thing, she’s got another bad boyfriend. This one she calls Dark, and he happens to be married to one of Mona’s clients. He also might be a little unstable. Dark and his wife aren’t the only complicated clients on Mona’s roster, either. There’s also the Hungarian artist couple who—with her addiction to painkillers and his lingering stares—reminds Mona of troubling aspects of her childhood, and some of the underlying reasons her life had to be restarted in the first place. As she tries to get over the heartache of her affair and the older pains of her youth, Mona winds up on an eccentric, moving journey of self-discovery that takes her back to her beginnings where she attempts to unlock the key to having a sense of home in the future. The only problems are Dark and her past. Neither is so easy to get rid of. Jen Beagin’s Vacuum in the Dark is an unforgettable, astonishing read, “by turns nutty and forlorn…Brash, deadpan, and achingly troubled” (O, The Oprah Magazine). Beagin is “a wonderfully funny writer who also happens to tackle serious subjects” (NPR).

Author : Elaine Marie Alphin
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,45 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Vacuum cleaners
ISBN : 9781575050188

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Discusses the history and technical development of the vacuum cleaner, from the first carpet sweepers of the nineteenth century to twentieth-century improvements.

Author : Tomika C. Rolle
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 31,18 MB
Release : 2021-09-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1543497764

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This book is based on an actual incident. Sometimes from a distance a thing may appear one way, but when we take a closer look, it may not be as bad as it seemed. There are times we must face our fears in order to overcome them. We just might find out something new about ourselves.