Who Invented This?

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Reducere. Often human scientists try and solve a problem or invent a new tool and they realise that animals have already invented it for them. In this book y...

Humans think they invent everything, but the fact is, us animals have invented ways of solving problems, making unbelievable materials, ways of get...

Reducere. The ultimate collection of curious and inventive trivia for all you need to know about the origin of just about everything on the planet. This fact...

Reducere. Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Ar...

Reducere. Take a bite into the fascinating history of peanut butter and the man who invented it. Through leveled text and engaging photos, kids meet George W...

Reducere. Who Invented the traffic light? What about transportation itself? Farming? Art? Modern chemistry? Who made?Cats? What if I told you there was ONE a...

DescriptionEug ne Boban began life in humble circumstances in Paris, traveled to the California Gold Rush, and later became a recognized authority ...

Louis Le Prince invented the motion picture in 1890. The man's name was Thomas Edison. This book is the story of the birth of motion pictures, rest...

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Reducere. In this book, is a list of black inventors and scientist's patents of many African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discove...

Reducere. DescriptionSERE training info from the folks who invented it - the United States Air Force The team of USAF SERE experts who wrote this awesome man...

Intrepid travel historian Justin Marozzi retraces the footsteps of Herodotus through the Mediterranean and Middle East, examining Herodotus's 2, 50...

Reducere. DescriptionValmik Thapar first went to Ranthambhore, in 1976, at the age of twenty-three. He was a city boy, unsure of what lay ahead. When he ente...

Reducere. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's alltime leading scorer, champions a lineupof little-known African-American inventors in this l...

Reducere. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's alltime leading scorer, champions a lineupof little-known African-American inventors in this l...

Reducere. Eug ne Boban began life in humble circumstances in Paris, traveled to the California Gold Rush, and later became a recognized authority on pre-Colu...

Presents a story of the Golden Age of magic and of the world's legendary magicians: the personalities who patented the first ghost and competed fie...

DescriptionThis inspirational book tells the stories of more than 50 of today's teenagers who've dared to change the world they live in. It's been ...

Electric guitars have made a massive contribution to music over the last century. It's hard to imagine today's music without them! But how were the...

Beatrice Alemanga returns with a follow up to the charming Bugs in a Blanket. What happens when the bugs venture out into the big, wide garden to f...

Who invented slime? Why do we put money in piggy banks? How did Bubble Wrap come to be? You'll find the answers to these questions and more in the ...

Who invented what, and when did they do it? From the ancient Egyptians to Thomas Edison, from the telephone to the space shuttle, this book length ...

DescriptionMy Best Book of Early People is the perfect introduction to the advances of humankind from its primitive beginnings. How did Neanderthal...

Dressed by Chanel and Yves St Laurent, painted by Salvador Dali and Picasso and mingling with Colette and Proust, Helena Rubinstein not only enjoye...

Published in the year that The Olympics returns to Athens, this is the illuminating story of the making of the modern games, the multinational grou...

Reducere. "A highly-spirited adventure...Loopy and lovable characters."--The New York Times Book ReviewNobody knows the dark side of the Sunshine State like ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Robert LomasEverybody knows that Thomas Edison devised electric light and domestic electricity supplies, that Guglielmo Mar...

Reducere. NEVERMORETHE HAUNTED LIFE AND MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF EDGAR ALLAN POEThere are very few among those with a love for the supernatural who don't also hav...

DescriptionThe work of American artist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) is brought into brilliant focus in this definitive book, originally published to acco...

In this riveting work of narrative history, veteran reporter John Bainbridge, Jr. vividly brings to life five charismatic and idiosyncratic men who...

Reducere. The widely acclaimed study of what's gone wrong in American higher education.What do we know about the history, origin, design, and purpose of the ...

Reducere. In the 2015-16 NBA season, the Jewish presence in the league was largely confined to Adam Silver, the commissioner; David Blatt, the coach of the C...

In early 1882, before young Oscar Wilde embarked on his lecture tour across America, he posed for publicity photos taken by a famously eccentric Ne...

Reducere. This book is a thoroughly edited version of the original 1931 manuscript of Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson by G. Gurdjieff. The text is, for the...

Budding inventors and science fair nerds will love hunting down the TRUTH about some groundbreaking inventions--past and present--and the people be...

Reducere. Budding inventors and science fair nerds will love hunting down the TRUTH about some groundbreaking inventions--past and present--and the people be...

Reducere. An inspiring true story of a boy genius. Plowing a potato field in 1920, a 14-year-old farm boy from Idaho saw in the parallel rows of overturned e...

Contributor(s): Author: Josette ElayiThe history of the Phoenicians, explorers and merchants, is little known. What a paradox for this ingenious pe...

Description"Easily shareable with sibs of different ages, and they'll be delighted to join in on the goofy brotherly song." --Bulletin Center Child...

Reducere. In his new biography of James Jesus Angleton, Edward Jay Epstein answers the question: was Angleton right after all about penetrations in the CIA? ...

Reducere. Who built the first houses? What's the difference between an arch and an architrave? How does a dome stay up? Who invented concrete? Can you build ...

Reducere. This handbook is aimed at Maintenance Electrical Technician in Hazardous Areas Level.This advisory book sets out to look at Batteries and Battery S...

Accompanied with personal commentary from Baker herself and specially written contributions by Vivienne Westwood and Katharine Hamnett, this is the...

Reducere. The classic guide to cashing in on your million-dollar idea Whether you've invented a great new product, or you have an idea for an app, an online ...

Reducere. Louis Wain was one of the most popular commercial illustrators in the history of England. Born in 1860, his portrayals of cats captured the imagina...

Reducere. In 1946, two men battled for power in Las Vegas. Bugsy Siegel stole Billy Wilkerson's dream of a luxury hotel in the desert, and died in a hail of ...

Reducere. The epic, rollicking, up-and-down life of Muddy Waters, who went from Mississippi farmhand to musical legend, who invented electric blues and creat...

Reducere. Get ready to light up the world with Lewis Latimer in this exciting middle grade nonfiction biography. Perfect for fans of the Who Was and Little L...

Reducere. In this charming, sexy romance, a bookish beauty needs a fake boyfriend and finds a handsome cowboy who is just the man for the job. Return to Big ...

DescriptionFacts and fun about Christmas Trees from the creator of Strega Nona and Quiet. Who invented the first Christmas Tree? When and where did...

Reducere. Everyone remembers their secret imaginary world...but what if you discovered that yours was real? When Arthur and Rose were little, they were the h...

Reducere. Sam Cooke. His silky voice, dashing smile, and laundry list of hit records have managed to withstand the test of time. Now the extraordinary life o...

Everyone remembers their secret imaginary world...but what if you discovered that yours was real? When Arthur and Rose were little, they were the h...

Reducere. In this biography, the first in English for young readers ages 10 and up, explore the life of Hildegard of Bingen, 12th-century woman writer, compo...

Reducere. First there was Girt. Now comes ... True Girt In this side-splitting sequel to his best-selling history, David Hunt takes us to the Australian fron...

Reducere. Discover 15 inventors and inventions that changed the world in this guide for kids ages 8 to 12 Throughout history, Black inventors have achieved s...

Get ready to sing for justice with Mahalia Jackson in this exciting middle grade nonfiction biography. Perfect for fans of the Who Was and Little L...

Get ready to sing for justice with Mahalia Jackson in this exciting middle grade nonfiction biography. Perfect for fans of the Who Was and Little L...

In this book you will meet three dozen impatient people. They weren't satisfied with the slow, plodding, money-saving route to financial security, ...

A richly detailed graveyard history of the Florentine poet whose dead body shaped Italy from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the Risorgiment...

Reducere. This biography of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), a giant of American literature who invented both the horror and detective genres, is a portrait of e...

DescriptionHow were criminal children dealt with in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Over this hundred-year period, ideas about the wa...

Reducere. Discover the fascinating life of world-renowned scientist Jonas Salk, whose pioneering discoveries changed the world forever. Dr. Jonas Salk is one...

Reducere. By the bestselling author of Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll and Last Train the Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, this dazzling ...

Reducere. By the bestselling author of Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll and Last Train the Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, this dazzling ...

What do we know about Ren Lacoste? That he was a French tennis legend, the founder of the Lacoste brand, and a remarkable inventor? Lacoste (1904-1...

This book by the co-founder of the Vitamin C Foundation covers the greater than 50-year history of the vitamin C theory of heart disease as well as...

Reducere. This story of how Hell got "invented" is engaging, erudite, and illuminating. It could be the most important theology book you ever read. It is als...

Reducere. To many people, even many Christians, purgatory is a fantasy - or worse, a wicked lie invented by the Church to make salvation complicated and keep...