Who Invented This?

Reducere. From simple to sophisticated, elegant to excessive, what we wear says who we are. This is the definitive visual guide to everything ever worn. From...

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...

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

Reducere. As the world rolls out transformational 5G services, it has become increasingly clear that China may be able to disrupt--or even access--the wirele...

Reducere. This book delves into the lives of various East Indian indentured servants bound to British sugar plantations in the Caribbean between 1838 and 191...

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...

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...

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

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. The Millionaires' Unit is the story of a gilded generation of young men from the zenith of privilege: a Rockefeller, the son of the head of the Uni...

Reducere. Who said ordinariness is boring? This book shows ordinary things, along with their origins and inventors, in a new light. Come explore their secret...

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

Reducere. Filmmaker Wakefield Poole wrote the rules for living on the edge with no safety net and no apologies. How a respected Broadway dancer, choreographe...

Reducere. Why would respected and famous Americans risk their reputations to create a web of deceit to fabricate, promote, and defend the myth that Abner Dou...

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. This remarkable book is the most ambitious work on mythology since that of the renowned Mircea Eliade, who all but single-handedly invented the mod...

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. Master your crock pot with easy and delicious recipes for two!Crock pots surely are one of the most useful kitchen gadgets ever invented. They are ...

The League of Nations - Perspectives from the Present is an accessible and richly illustrated edited volume displaying a wide variety of cutting-ed...

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...

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

Rudolf Zwirner, "the man who invented the art market, " as coined in Der Spiegel, reflects on more than sixty years in the art business in his auth...

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...

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

Reducere. Need a break? Hop to it The hundred poems in this book will get you moving from nose to toes You can climb like a cat, sign the phrase watch me, or...

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. Readers who have devoured Captain Underpants, Wimpy Kid, and the works of Raina Telgemeier will love the high-energy, hilarious antics of the Foot ...

Reducere. Damon is a normal man, with a wife, a child, and a love of hunting. He also happens to be a hitman at the centre of a never-ending gang war. From I...

The history of weapons and warfare is usually written about from the point of view of the battles fought and the tactics used. In naval warfare, in...

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

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

Reducere. This picture book biography tells the story of Meg Lowman, a groundbreaking female scientist called a real life Lorax by National Geographic, who w...

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...

Cy Endfield (1914-1995) was a filmmaker who was also fascinated by the worlds of close-up magic, science, and invention. After directing several di...

Reducere. Nearly a century after his wrenching death, the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) remains one of our most enigmatic writers. Believing he...

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. 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...

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...

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

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. 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. 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...

Nikola Tesla invented radio, robots, and remote control. His electric induction motors run our appliances and factories. In the early 1900s, he des...

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

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...

Reducere. ''''I would recommend Tony's new book to anybody who wants to improve their thinking and achieve Mind Map mastery themselves.'''' - Dominic O'Brien...

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. 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. 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...

Marrying the precise yet nuanced language of his earlier work with new, invented vocabularies and usages, Nicola Vulpe draws deep into the origins ...

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...

Read the story everyone is talking about: how a janitor struggling to put food on the table invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos in a secret test kitchen, ...

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

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

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...

Reducere. In the twenty-first century there are two ways to study logic. The more recent approach is symbolic logic. The history of teaching logic since Worl...

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...

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. 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. Earth tubes (earthtubes, or earth-air tubes) are underground tubes that use geothermal energy to cool or heat temper the air for your home. It work...

"I don't make culture, I sell it" Dick Clark once remarked. Indeed, the man who reigned as host of American Bandstand for nearly four decades may n...

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

Reducere. In Refusal, her searing new collection of poetry, Jenny Molberg draws on elements of the uncanny--invented hospitals, the Demogorgon of Dungeons & ...

Glamorous fashion editor Mary Russell's personal photographs capture the effervescence of the 1960s and 1970s from within the international fashion...

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...

Reducere. 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. The Russian word that is most frequently spoken throughout the world isn't Lenin, gulag or perestroika, it's 'Kalashnikov'. The reason for this is ...