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Rottmann, Markus; Meister, Michael

 
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ISBN 10: 3907293932 ISBN 13: 9783907293935
Editorial: Helvetiq, 2023

Sinopsis

The jobs we''ve lost are windows into the past

Gladiators 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.

All 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.

The stories behind: Mandarins, Wailing women, Body snatchers, Executioners, Whipping boys, Explorers, Walking toilets, Object swallowers, Fartists, Powder monkeys, Armpit-hair pluckers and many more...


Silver Medal winner of the California Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award 2023

Nominated for the Children''s Literature Association of Utah Beehive Awards 2025

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Markus Rottmann lives in Zurich, Switzerland with his wife and young daughter and writes for books, magazines, the stage and museums. He collaborates with photographers, directors, illustrators, artists and, recently, with a magician. He writes a regular column on mountain literature and has even produced and audio guide to the Zurich cemetery.

Michael Meister an award-winning Swiss illustrator. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Atlantic and many other publications around the world. He has illustrated five books, including Swisstory (Bergli Books, 2019), which won The Crystal Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. He lives with his family near Basel, Switzerland.

Ashley Curtis was born in California and grew up in Bern, Switzerland, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has have lived in Switzerland for the last 25 years. He holds B.A. and M.A.R. degrees from Yale University and is the author of Alles ist beseelt(Kommode Press, 2021), Hexeneinmaleins (Kommode Press, 2019), Error and Loss: A License to Enchantment (Kommode Press, 2018), “O Switzerland!” (Bergli Books, 2018), and Why Do the Swiss Have Such Great Sex? Extraordinary Answers to 66 Improbable Questions about Switzerland (Bergli Books, 2018). 

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Editorial
Helvetiq
Año de publicación
2023
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
3907293932
ISBN 13 
9783907293935
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
88
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
Helvetiq SA
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