• The Way Things Work Now

    A New York Times Bestseller Explainer-in-Chief David Macaulay updates the worldwide bestseller The New Way Things Work to capture the latest developments in the technology that most impacts our lives. Famously packed with information on the inner workings of everything from windmills to Wi-Fi, this extraordinary and humorous book both guides readers through the fundamental principles of machines, and shows how the developments of the past are building the world of tomorrow. This sweepingly revised edition embraces all of the latest developments, from touchscreens to 3D printer. Each scientifi... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0544824385
    • ASIN: 0544824385
    • ISBN: 0544824385
    • Brand: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
    • Manufacturer: HMH Books for Young Readers

  • History Year by Year: The History of the World, from the Stone Age to the Digital Age

    Featuring more than 1,500 images that bring the story of the past to life through a detailed timeline, this visual world history book helps children navigate the influences, patterns, and connections between historical events, beginning with prehistory and running up to the Arab Spring.Budding historians will learn about the history of humans across the world in History Year by Year. Spreads highlight major historical eras including the Renaissance and the French Revolution, while quotations from primary and secondary sources provide further insight and give proper historical context. Kids wil... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1465414185
    • ASIN: 1465414185
    • ISBN: 1465414185
    • Brand: DK Publishing Dorling Kindersley
    • Manufacturer: DK Children

  • Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All

    IDEO founder and Stanford d.school creator David Kelley and his brother Tom Kelley, IDEO partner and the author of the bestselling The Art of Innovation, have written a powerful and compelling book on unleashing the creativity that lies within each and every one of us.Too often, companies and individuals assume that creativity and innovation are the domain of the "creative types."  But two of the leading experts in innovation, design, and creativity on the planet show us that each and every  one of us is creative.  In an incredibly entertaining and inspiring narrative that draws on countles... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B00CGI3DWQ
    • ASIN: B00CGI3DWQ
    • Brand: Crown Business
    • Manufacturer: Currency

  • Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Fariña, and Richard Fariña

    Tenth Anniversary EditionThe story of how four young bohemians on the make - Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mimi Baez, and Richard Farina - converged in Greenwich Village, fell into love, and invented a sound and a style that are one of the most lasting legacies of the 1960sWhen Bob Dylan, age twenty-five, wrecked his motorcycle on the side of a road near Woodstock in 1966 and dropped out of the public eye, he was recognized as a genius, a youth idol, and the authentic voice of the counterculture: and Greenwich Village, where he first made his mark as a protest singer with an acid wit and a barbwire th... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0312680694
    • ASIN: 0312680694
    • ISBN: 0312680694
    • Brand: Picador USA
    • Manufacturer: Picador

  • The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future (Captain Underpants Book 1)

    Tra-la-laaa! The wait is over! Dav Pilkey--ahem--we mean, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, the bestselling authors of THE ADVENTURES OF SUPER DIAPER BABY, are back with their second graphic novel!Meet Ook and Gluk, the stars of this sensationally silly graphic novel from the creators of Captain Underpants! It's 500,001 BC, and Ook and Gluk's hometown of Caveland, Ohio, is under attack by an evil corporation from the future. When Ook, Gluk, and their little dinosaur pal Lily are pulled through a time portal to 2222, they discover a future world that's even more devastated than their own. Lucki... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B009RZ3AS8
    • ASIN: B009RZ3AS8
    • ISBN: 0545175305
    • Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc.

  • Most Important Inventions Of All Time | Inventions for Kids | Children's Inventors Books

    A long time ago, people did not enjoy technology or inventions. Circumstances were different and much more difficult and these inspired brilliant minds to create devices that would improve life. What were these inventions? Find out in the next few pages. Know about the revolution of technology. Learn about the most important inventions of all time. Grab a copy now!

    • ASIN: 1541917057
    • ASIN: 1541917057
    • ISBN: 1541917057
    • Manufacturer: Tech Tron

  • Stranger in a Strange Land


    • ASIN: 0441790348
    • ASIN: 0441790348
    • ISBN: 0441790348
    • Brand: Ace
    • Manufacturer: Ace

  • Panchatantra - 51 short stories with Moral: Illustrated

    51 short and illustrarted stories from the Panchatantra. Panchatantra is from two Sankrit words "Pancha" means five and "tantra" means strategies. Panchantantra is part of Indian folklore for over 400 years now and has enchanted people all over the world. This book retells 51 short stories from the compilation and targeted for teens and youngsters. The stories revolves around the five strategies:- The Gain of Friends, Discord amongst friends, Of Crows and Owls, Loss of Gains and Imprudence. The illustrated stories in this volume are:- - Panchantantra Introduction - Four Friends and the Hunter ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 148232461X
    • ASIN: 148232461X
    • ISBN: 148232461X
    • Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

  • Sorry, Wrong Answer: Trivia Questions That Even Know-It-Alls Get Wrong

    Where were Venetian blinds invented? What color is the black box on a commercial airplane? Where did India ink originate?* Most of us know more than we think we know. We also think we know more than we actually do-because some of what we think we know simply "ain't so." We all harbor misconceptions that are accepted not only because they are popular but also because they make sense. It makes sense to believe, for example, that German chocolate originated in Germany rather than the truth: that German chocolate is so named because it was created by Sam German. It seems logical to believe tha... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0399535861
    • ASIN: 0399535861
    • ISBN: 9780399535864
    • Manufacturer: TarcherPerigee

  • Science Wiz - Chemistry Experiments Kit

    Chemistry is an award winning kit that comes with a 40 page highly visual, Step-by- step instruction book. All the materials are included your child will need to perform 35 experiments. A classic set of all time favorite children's experiments are combined to explore the matter of matter: make candles, squirt with water pressure, sink and float an egg, dye a flower from the inside out, squeeze an egg into a bottle, capturing a Co2 explosion and growing crystals. Step-by-step 3D directions and the use of everyday materials brings clarity to how things work.

    • ASIN: 1886978042
    • UPC: 700315679150
    • ASIN: 1886978042
    • ISBN: 1886978042
    • Brand: Science Wiz
    • Size: One Size
    • Manufacturer: SCDY9 - pallet ordering

  • The Adventurer's Guide to Successful Escapes

    A thrilling debut novel where fantasy and science fiction meet, dragons aren't as innocent as they look, and nothing is quite what it seems.Anne has spent most of her thirteen years dreaming of the day she and her best friend Penelope will finally leave Saint Lupin's Institute for Perpetually Wicked and Hideously Unattractive Children. When the big day arrives, a series of very curious happenings lead to Anne being charged with an epic quest. Anne, Penelope, and new questing partner Hiro have only days to travel to strange new locales, solve myriad riddles, and triumph over monstrous foes--or ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0316305286
    • ASIN: 0316305286
    • ISBN: 0316305286
    • Brand: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

  • Madam C. J. Walker and New Cosmetics (Inventions and Discovery)

    A digital solution for your classroom with features created with teachers and students in mind: • Perpetual license • 24 hour, 7 days a week access • No limit to the number of students accessing one title at a time • Provides a School to Home connection wherever internet is available • Easy to use • Ability to turn audio on and off • Words highlighted to match audio Tells the story of Madam C. J. Walker, who invented a line of African American hair products and cosmetics that her to become the first self-made female millionaire of any race. Written in graphic-novel format.

    • ASIN: 0736896473
    • ASIN: 0736896473
    • ISBN: 0736896473
    • Brand: Krohn, Katherine/ Dominguez, Richard (ILT)/ Hoover, Dave (ILT)/ Anderson, Bill (ILT)/ Barnett, Charl
    • Manufacturer: Capstone Press

  • Breathe


    • ASIN: B076C5DGMM
    • ASIN: B076C5DGMM

  • Command Picture Hanging Strips, Small, Holds 4 lbs, Decorate Damage-Free, Easy to Open Packaging (PH202-18NA)

    Decorate how you want, when you want without damaging your walls. Command Picture Hanging Strips let you fearlessly hang pictures without nails or tools. Not just for picture frames, these wall hangers are also great for creating a gallery wall, hanging college dorm decor, wooden letters, nursery décor, acoustic foam boards, and more. These picture-frame hangers click together to lock in place and keep your pictures level. When you're ready to redecorate your space, the Command Strips remove cleanly and damage-free.

    • ASIN: B073XS3CHW
    • UPC: 638060078587
    • ASIN: B073XS3CHW
    • Brand: Command
    • Size: 18 Pairs
    • Manufacturer: Command

  • Very Early TELEVISION John Logie Baird TV Invention Experiments 1928 Newspaper THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 10 only, April 22, 1928

    THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 10 only, April 22, 1928 * John Logie Baird - father of television * TV in it's infancy - inventions - experiments Page XX15 of this section has a banner headline: "RADIO VISION?--LEADERS TELL WHEN TO EXPECT IT" with subheads and related photos including one of Baird himself (see). Very significant reports during the founding of television, an invention which would change not only the worlds of entertainment & communication forever, but society as well. A significant issue for any collector of television history. Other topics throughout. Complete section 10 only with... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B077S4C7GK
    • ASIN: B077S4C7GK

  • The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Hardcover)

    ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl

    • UPC: 5087119
    • Rating: 4.575

  • The Invention of Wings : A Novel

    Traces the lives of a wealthy Charleston debutante who longs to break free from the strictures of her household and the urban slave who is placed in her charge as a child before finding courage

    • UPC: 42594375
    • Rating: 4.325

  • Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women

    Tells the story of how women throughout the ages have responded to situations confronting them in daily life by inventing such items as correction fluid, space helmets, and disposable

    • UPC: 1693602
    • Rating: 3.923

  • Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions (Hardcover)

    "You know the Super Soaker. It's one of top twenty toys of all time was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson

    • UPC: 49009821
    • Rating: 4.667

  • The Invention of Wings

    Hetty "Handful" Grimkae, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimkae household. The Grimkae's daughter Sarah has known from an early

    • UPC: 44715614
    • Rating: 4.321

  • The Invention of Nature : Alexander von Humboldt's New World

    The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world--and in the process created modern environmentalism. NATIONAL

    • UPC: 52289356
    • Rating: 3.962

  • Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution - eBook

    “Original and awe-inspiring . . . an exhilarating tour of some of the most profound and important ideas in biology.”—New ScientistWhere does DNA come from? What is consciousness? How did the eye evolve? Drawing on

    • UPC: 448104823
    • Rating: 4.0

  • 1001 Inventions: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization : Official Companion to the 1001 Inventions Exhibition

    Previously published as 1001 Inventions: Muslim heritage in our World in Manchester, Great Britain: Foundation for Science Technology and Civilisation,

    • UPC: 17024609
    • Rating: 5.0

  • The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla

    Originally published as The inventions of Nikola Tesla,

    • UPC: 28723412

  • Fires of Invention

    "Trenton Colman is exceptionally creative with a knack for all things mechanical. But his talents are viewed with suspicion in Cove, a steam-powered city built inside a mountain. In Cove, creativity is a crime and

    • UPC: 49741090
    • Rating: 3.667

  • Top 10 Inventions of All Time

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