The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention, Paperback - William Rosen

Reducere. Hardly a week passes without some high-profile court case that features intellectual property at its center. But how did the belief that one could ...

A history of the Industrial Revolution and the steam engine, as well as an account of how inventors first came to own and profit from their ideas a...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): AustNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 158 x 236 x 30Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecul ...

The life of Franklin Roosevelt's most trusted and powerful advisor, Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief "Fascinating...

Reducere. THE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS ORDINARY PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE EXTRAORDINARY GOALSMany years ago, author Mike Pettigrew started a quest to find answers to these...

The incredible true story of how a cycle of rain, cold, disease, and warfare created the worst famine in European history--years before the Black D...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: Walker Books LtdAuthor(s): Michael RosenNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 14Cover type: Paperback / soft...

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxAuthor(s): Silvia FerraraTranslator: Todd PortnowitzNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 216 x...

A code-cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention - the art of writing.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Michael Rosen embarks on a journey into the truth behind the fate of his relatives who disappeared during the Second World War, interspersing this ...

Beginning in 1939, young Solly in London exchanges letters with his teenaged cousin, Bernie, in Poland. While Solly is evacuated and adjusts to lif...

Reducere. For 3, 000 years, the woman known as Helen of Troy has been both the ideal symbol of beauty and a reminder of the terrible power beauty can wield.I...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. ...

Reducere. German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer wrote a strong text to explain his belief system in "The World as Will and Representation." Rather than view...

Reducere. German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer wrote a strong text to explain his belief system in "The World as Will and Representation." Rather than view...

Reducere. German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer wrote a strong text to explain his belief system in "The World as Will and Representation." Rather than view...

"I would like . . . to help dreamers, they find it hard to get on in life." -- Alfred Nobel Alfred Nobel, born in Sweden in 1833, was a brilliant i...

Reducere. THE BRA THAT CHANGED THE WORLD... The 1970s saw women coming into their own, working hard to create new roles at home and in sports, culture, polit...

It was a night to remember--when the ``unsinkable`` ship sunk. Introduce children to the unforgettable story of the Titanic. More than a century af...

A stunning collection of rare photographs documenting the last years of industrial steam around the world.Publisher: Amberley PublishingAuthor(s): ...

The changing relationships between science and industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, illustrated by the career of the "fat...

An essential aide-memoire for those with an interest in all aspects of whisky. It is an invaluable guide for anyone wondering about the place-name ...

Most people just laugh when they hear that the secret to success is giving ...Then again, most people are nowhere near as successful as they wish t...

These poems are an intimate portrait of a life set against the sweeping history of human exile and belonging, from ancient Persia to contemporary A...

Reducere. In 1943 a young official from the German foreign ministry contacted Allen Dulles, an OSS officer in Switzerland who would later head the Central In...

Reducere. DescriptionThe bestselling author delves into his past and discovers the inspiring story of his grandmother's extraordinary life She was black and ...

Reducere. "... the author's narrative is as much an inspiring business memoir as it isan absorbing chronicle of a surprisingly significant piece of sports cl...

Contributor(s): Author: Stephen L. CarterThe bestselling author delves into his past and discovers the inspiring story of his grandmother's extraor...

Reducere. From the bestselling authors of The Go-Giver, Go-Givers Sell More, and The Go-Giver Leader comes another compelling parable about the paradox of ge...

Reducere. "I was ready to go away, to fall asleep, and to never wake up again. Paul Rosen was ready to do what he had told everyone else NOT to do for so lon...

Reducere. When Compton Valance and his best friend Bryan Nylon discover the world's first TIME MACHINE (aka a mouldy, thirteen-week-old-cheese-and-pickled-eg...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. When this award-winning husband-and-wife team discovered that they each had sugar in their family history, they were inspired to trace the globe-sp...

Reducere. When this award-winning husband-and-wife team discovered that they each had sugar in their family history, they were inspired to trace the globe-sp...

I had drifted, gotten lost, strayed from the paths and places I love. I felt Shetland calling me, and in this moment, I began my slow, imperfect jo...