Who Invented This?

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

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...

DescriptionNearly a century before NASA, a visionary novelist wrote this adventure classic about an international space race. Jules Verne's eerily ...

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...

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...

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 ...

DescriptionFrench novelist Jules Verne -- "the man who invented the future" -- captured and intensified the human impulse to explore the world's hi...

Reducere. Discover the life of Alexander Hamilton--a story about working hard, blazing trails, and fighting for freedom Alexander Hamilton became one of the ...

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

Reducere. This is the official book that inspired the film The Imitation Game, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, and which has received e...

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...

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 ...

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...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Hair Washing Zorba comes to the aid of kids who have a hard time getting their hair washed. These lucky children get to experience t...

A gift that celebrates being yourself, in your own unique way. Do you ever feel different? A little weird, a little wacky? It's time to own it, bec...

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

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...

Reducere. What if the history of America's largest Indian nation is actually a polite modern fiction, one invented by "anthropologists and other friends"? In...

DescriptionPowerful pharaohs, deadly curses, beautiful queens, legendary cities, tombs filled with gold ... you'll know it all by the time you fini...

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. This book brings geometry to life with Euclid explaining the principles of Geometry to his friends. Full of fun, explanation and even jokes, thei i...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Hermann HesseThe title of this novel is a combination of two Sanskrit words, "siddha, " which is defined as "achieved, " an...

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...

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 ...

Reducere. Cabbage soup diet is probably one of the best-known diets in the world with no controversy In fact, I believe everybody who has ever needed to shed...

This Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented, both in Africa and beyo...

Reducere. 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' is the world's first surrealist book, written in 1865, at a time when the word surrealism had not yet been inven...

Whether or not you believe in the concept of reincarnation, if you are to enjoy this book you will need to keep an open mind. It is not a tradition...

Reducere. Facsimile of 1933 Edition. New English Translation especially for this edition. Jean de Brunhoff (1899-1937) was a French writer and illustrator an...

Reducere. A classic reissue of Richard Holmes's brilliant book on Samuel Johnson's friendship with the poet Richard Savage, which won the James Tait Black Pr...

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? ...

DescriptionWho invented pizza? Why do people shake hands? Why do we wear underwear? You'll find the answers to these questions and more in this new...

Reducere. As Little Cub and her family prepare to celebrate the most special day of the year, the curious young polar bear begins to wonder Who invented Chri...

Reducere. How well do you REALLY know Canada? Did you know: Santa Claus is a Canadian citizen? That hockey is NOT the official national sport of Canada? That...

Do you know how many things in your daily life were invented by accident? SANDWICHES came about when an English earl was too busy gambling to eat h...

Time is a weapon wielded by the rich, who have excess of it, against the rest, who must trade every breath of it against the promise of another day...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: MR Stanford K. PritchardABOUT THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE: UPDATED FOR PRESENT-DAY USE "The ancients wrote at a time when the gre...

Reducere. Whether you love him or hate him, C.I. Scofield was a giant in American theology. His Scofield Reference Bible was (and is) a best-seller. It pract...

Foundation for good movement is necessary. In this installment, H bert walks us through all the exercises relating to arm, leg, trunk, hopping, sup...

Contributor(s): Author: Ryan BriggsPhotographer: Zoran MicevskiYoga For Men Learn to increase core strength, improve flexibility and have better he...

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...

Complete collection of Tolkien's essays, including two on Beowulf, which span three decades beginning six years before The Hobbit to five years aft...

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. American Acrostics are back, with 50 more challenging quotation puzzles that bring history to life, and make it fun Volume 2 pays homage to America...

Reducere. What is modern astrology and why are so many people fascinated with it? Where did it come from and is there any truth to it? Find out what the sun,...

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...

Reducere. Travel with Alice down the rabbit hole into the fantastic world of Wonderland, and help a cast of extraordinary characters solve these tantalising ...

DescriptionWhen you think of pies, you probably have images of berries, peaches and apples come to mind. Nearly everyone is a fan of those wonderfu...

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...

Reducere. Although he is credited with changing history through his invention of printing, Johann Gutenberg remains mysterious. In Fine Print, author Joann J...

In their collaborative early writings, the Brontës created and peopled the most extraordinary fantasy worlds, whose geography and history they elab...

Although skill, leadership, strategy, and number of forces have been important factors in battles, armaments have played the most decisive role in ...

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

"Read this book immediately if you like truth, drugs, generation gaps, guitars, and lifelong quests for freedom and kicks." --Craig Finn, The Hold ...

Everyone wants to be loved--to find someone who will stick with them through all of life's ups and downs, someone who is in it for the long haul. B...

Explore the facts, myths, science, history, and more behind infectious diseases from around the world with this ultimate trivia collection that wil...

Reducere. "A stunningly intimate memoir. . . . Allende is that rare writer whose understanding of story matches her mastery of language."--Entertainment Week...

The idea of this book is that language is too interesting to be enjoyed exclusively by linguists.This is undoubtedly unfair to linguists--not peopl...

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...

The "best all-around book yet on fracking" (San Francisco Chronicle) from a Pulitzer Prize finalist: "Gold's work is a tour de force of contemporar...

Reducere. This is a gem of a book that will not fail to entertain, uplift and inspire. Short, snappy and sometimes humorous zen-like koans that give profound...

Reducere. The 17th-century Japanese poet Matsuo Basho practically invented the haiku. He's most famous for his travel journals. But how did he come to be suc...

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...

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...

The first and possibly the greatest sociological study of poverty in 19th-century London, this survey by a journalist invented the genre of oral hi...

Reducere. A brilliantly entertaining and innovative history of the ancient Athenians' consuming passions for food, wine and sex.Sex, shopping and fish-madnes...

The book presents an introduction to the science and the many advantages and benefits of "structured water." Contents include writings, articles by...

Reducere. How did the history of 1492 become so misinterpreted? What happened to teaching generations, past and present, the truth about the many contributio...

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