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Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Dateby Robert X. CringelyISBN 0887308554 (0-88730-855-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date'Book summary:Robert X. Cringely manages to capture the contradictions and everyday insanity of computer industry empire building, while at the same time chipping away sardonically at the PR campaigns that have built up some very common businesspeople into the household gods of geekdom. Despite some chuckles at the expense of all things nerdy, white, and male in the computer industry, Cringely somehow manages to balance the humor with a genuine appreciation of both the technical and strategic accomplishments of these industry luminaries. Whether you're a hard-boiled Silicon Valley marketing exec fishing for an IPO or just a plain old reader with an interest in business history and anecdotal storytelling, there's something to enjoy here. [via]
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- Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date: ISBN 0887306217 (0-88730-621-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins - Accidental Empires : How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition and Still Can't Get a Date: ISBN 0201570327 (0-201-57032-7)
Hardcover, Pearson Education Canada - Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date: ISBN 0887308554 (0-88730-855-4)
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Afro-Bets Book of Black Heroes from A to Z: An Introduction to Important Black Achievers for Young Readersby Wade Hudson, Valerie Wilson WesleyISBN 0940975025 (0-940975-02-5)
Softcover, Just Us Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Afro-Bets Book of Black Heroes from A to Z: An Introduction to Important Black Achievers for Young Readers'Book summary:Black heroes are presented alphabetically in this classic title for children 8 - 12. A great classroom resource. [via]
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Alexander Graham Bell: An Inventive Lifeby Elizabeth MacLeodISBN 1550744585 (1-55074-458-5)
Softcover, Kids Can Pr
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Apple Confidential 2.0:The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Companyby Owen W. LinzmayerISBN 1593270100 (1-59327-010-0)
Softcover, No Starch Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Apple Confidential 2.0:The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company'Book summary:Owen Linzmayer's Apple Confidential is subtitled The Real Story of Apple Computer, Inc., and while nobody will ever know the complete, "real" story about Apple, Linzmayer's is probably as close as they come. Having covered Apple news since 1980, he offers extensive insider details about Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, John Sculley, Gilbert Amelio, Bill Gates, and other major players whose lives were (and are) intertwined with Apple's history. And along the way, we also learn about lesser-known figures whose stories have remained hidden in the Apple myth: Ronald Gerald Wayne, for example, who was actually a partner with Wozniak and Jobs in the original incarnation of the company, but who sold his share when he realized he would be financially vulnerable if it should fail.
Linzmayer's tale does have a few drawbacks. Because he mixes a chronological narrative with chapters that focus on key points in the Apple story, he sometimes repeats himself. Case in point: the chapter "Big Bad Blunders" makes a great record of Apple's failures, but the story of the exploding Powerbook 5300s is duplicated at later points. Nonetheless, Apple Confidential is rife with gems that will appeal to Apple fanatics and followers of the computer industry. Especially enjoyable are the revelation of "Easter eggs" that are hidden in several versions of the Mac operating system; the many screen shots, timelines, and telling quotes from Jobs, Gates, Wozniak and others that populate the margins and concluding sections of each chapter; the "Code Names Uncovered" section that makes public the monikers of several secret Apple projects; and Bill Gates's 1985 letter to John Sculley and Jean Louis Gassee pleading for Apple to license Mac technology and develop a "standard personal computer." --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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- Apple Confidential 2.0:The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company: ISBN 188641128X (1-886411-28-X)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc - Apple Confidential 2.0:The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company: ISBN 1593270100 (1-59327-010-0)
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The Autobiography and Other Writingsby Benjamin Franklin, Thomas J. FlemingISBN 0882250310 (0-88225-031-0)
Hardcover, Newsweek
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklinby Benjamin Franklin, Charles W. EliotISBN 140650551X (1-4065-0551-X)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin'Book summary:Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography is one of the most famous works in American literature. He started it as a private collection of anecdotes for his son, but soon it was transformed into a work of history. This is a charming, self-portrait of one of America's greatest forefathers. [via]
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Softcover, Wordsworth Edition - The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: ISBN 1588276686 (1-58827-668-6)
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Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffinby Francis SpuffordISBN 0571214967 (0-571-21496-7)
Hardcover, Faber and Faber
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Ben and Meby Robert LawsonISBN 0881037540 (0-88103-754-0)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Ben Franklin America's Original Entrepreneur: Americas Original Enterpreneur Franklin's Autobiography Adapted for Modern Timesby Blaine McCormickISBN 1932531688 (1-932531-68-8)
Hardcover, Entrepreneur Pr
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Benjamin Franklinby Edmund S. MorganISBN 0300101627 (0-300-10162-7)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Benjamin Franklin'Book summary:Benjamin Franklin is perhaps the most remarkable figure in American history: the greatest statesman of his age, he played a pivotal role in the formation of the American republic. He was also a pioneering scientist, a best-selling author, the country's first postmaster general, a printer, a bon vivant, a diplomat, a ladies' man, and a moralist - and the most prominent celebrity of the 18th century. Franklin was, however, a man of vast contradictions, as Edmund Morgan demonstrates in this biography. A reluctant revolutionary, Franklin had desperately wished to preserve the British Empire, and he mourned the break even as he led the fight for American independence. Despite his passion for science, Franklin viewed his groundbreaking experiments as secondary to his civic duties. And although he helped to draft both the Declaration of Independence and the American Constitution, he had personally hoped that the new American government would take a different shape. Seeking to unravel the enigma of Franklin's character, Morgan shows that he was the rare individual who consistently placed the public interest before his own desires. [via]
Benjamin Franklinby Carl Van DorenISBN 193154185X (1-931541-85-X)
Softcover, Simon Pubns
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Lifeby Walter IsaacsonISBN 074325807X (0-7432-5807-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Benjamin Franklin: An American Life'Book summary:Benjamin Franklin, writes journalist and biographer Walter Isaacson, was that rare Founding Father who would sooner wink at a passer-by than sit still for a formal portrait. What's more, Isaacson relates in this fluent and entertaining biography, the revolutionary leader represents a political tradition that has been all but forgotten today, one that prizes pragmatism over moralism, religious tolerance over fundamentalist rigidity, and social mobility over class privilege. That broadly democratic sensibility allowed Franklin his contradictions, as Isaacson shows. Though a man of lofty principles, Franklin wasn't shy of using sex to sell the newspapers he edited and published; though far from frivolous, he liked his toys and his mortal pleasures; and though he sometimes gave off a simpleton image, he was a shrewd and even crafty politician. Isaacson doesn't shy from enumerating Franklins occasional peccadilloes and shortcomings, in keeping with the iconoclastic nature of our time--none of which, however, stops him from considering Benjamin Franklin "the most accomplished American of his age," and one of the most admirable of any era. And heres one bit of proof: as a young man, Ben Franklin regularly went without food in order to buy books. His example, as always, is a good one--and this is just the book to buy with the proceeds from the grocery budget. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Benjamin Franklin: Young Printerby Augusta StevensonISBN 0020419201 (0-02-041920-1)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships: Great Inventions in Communicationsby Alannah Hegedus, Kaitlin Rainey, Bill SlavinISBN 0887764525 (0-88776-452-5)
Softcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd
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Champions of Scienceby John H. TinerISBN 0890512809 (0-89051-280-9)
Softcover, New Leaf Pr
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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox Parc and the Dawn of the Computer Ageby Michael HiltzikISBN 0887309895 (0-88730-989-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Discoverersby Daniel Joseph BoorstinISBN 0394256336 (0-394-25633-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Discoverers'Book summary:Perhaps the greatest book by one of our greatest historians, The Discoverers is a volume of sweeping range and majestic interpretation. To call it a history of science is an understatement; this is the story of how humankind has come to know the world, however incompletely ("the eternal mystery of the world," Einstein once said, "is its comprehensibility"). Daniel J. Boorstin first describes the liberating concept of time--"the first grand discovery"--and continues through the age of exploration and the advent of the natural and social sciences. The approach is idiosyncratic, with Boorstin lingering over particular figures and accomplishments rather than rushing on to the next set of names and dates. It's also primarily Western, although Boorstin does ask (and answer) several interesting questions: Why didn't the Chinese "discover" Europe and America? Why didn't the Arabs circumnavigate the planet? His thesis about discovery ultimately turns on what he calls "illusions of knowledge." If we think we know something, then we face an obstacle to innovation. The great discoverers, Boorstin shows, dispel the illusions and reveal something new about the world.
Although The Discoverers easily stands on its own, it is technically the first entry in a trilogy that also includes The Creators and The Seekers. An outstanding book--one of the best works of history to be found anywhere. --John J. Miller [via]
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- The Discoverers: ISBN 0140080546 (0-14-008054-6)
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Hardcover, J.M. Dent & Sons - The Discoverers: ISBN 0810932075 (0-8109-3207-5)
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The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himselfby Daniel BoorstinISBN 1842122274 (1-84212-227-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself'Book summary:Perhaps the greatest book by one of our greatest historians, The Discoverers is a volume of sweeping range and majestic interpretation. To call it a history of science is an understatement; this is the story of how humankind has come to know the world, however incompletely ("the eternal mystery of the world," Einstein once said, "is its comprehensibility"). Daniel J. Boorstin first describes the liberating concept of time--"the first grand discovery"--and continues through the age of exploration and the advent of the natural and social sciences. The approach is idiosyncratic, with Boorstin lingering over particular figures and accomplishments rather than rushing on to the next set of names and dates. It's also primarily Western, although Boorstin does ask (and answer) several interesting questions: Why didn't the Chinese "discover" Europe and America? Why didn't the Arabs circumnavigate the planet? His thesis about discovery ultimately turns on what he calls "illusions of knowledge." If we think we know something, then we face an obstacle to innovation. The great discoverers, Boorstin shows, dispel the illusions and reveal something new about the world.
Although The Discoverers easily stands on its own, it is technically the first entry in a trilogy that also includes The Creators and The Seekers. An outstanding book--one of the best works of history to be found anywhere. --John J. Miller [via]
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The Discoverers Set: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himselfby Daniel J. Boorstin, Clare Boothe LuceISBN 0394402294 (0-394-40229-4)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Discoverers Set: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself'Book summary:Perhaps the greatest book by one of our greatest historians, The Discoverers is a volume of sweeping range and majestic interpretation. To call it a history of science is an understatement; this is the story of how humankind has come to know the world, however incompletely ("the eternal mystery of the world," Einstein once said, "is its comprehensibility"). Daniel J. Boorstin first describes the liberating concept of time--"the first grand discovery"--and continues through the age of exploration and the advent of the natural and social sciences. The approach is idiosyncratic, with Boorstin lingering over particular figures and accomplishments rather than rushing on to the next set of names and dates. It's also primarily Western, although Boorstin does ask (and answer) several interesting questions: Why didn't the Chinese "discover" Europe and America? Why didn't the Arabs circumnavigate the planet? His thesis about discovery ultimately turns on what he calls "illusions of knowledge." If we think we know something, then we face an obstacle to innovation. The great discoverers, Boorstin shows, dispel the illusions and reveal something new about the world.
Although The Discoverers easily stands on its own, it is technically the first entry in a trilogy that also includes The Creators and The Seekers. An outstanding book--one of the best works of history to be found anywhere. --John J. Miller [via]
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The Empress's Tombby Kirsten MillerISBN 1599900920 (1-59990-092-0)
Softcover, Bloomsbury USA
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Eureekaaargh!: A Spectacular Collection of Inventions That Nearly Workedby Adam Hart-DavisISBN 1854794841 (1-85479-484-1)
Hardcover, Michael O'Mara Books
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Exploring Great Inventionsby Philip KoslowISBN 1561565407 (1-56156-540-7)
Hardcover, Kidsbooks
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From Ground to Air With the Wright Brothersby Deborah HedstromISBN 1576732584 (1-57673-258-4)
Hardcover, Multnomah Pub
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From Telegraphs to Light Bulbs With Thomas Edisonby Deborah HedstromISBN 1576734498 (1-57673-449-8)
Hardcover, Multnomah Pub
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George Crum and the Saratoga Chipby gaylia Taylor, Frank MorrisonISBN 1584302550 (1-58430-255-0)
Hardcover, Lee & Low Books
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George Washington Carver: Man's Slave Becomes God's Scientistby David CollinsISBN 091513490X (0-915134-90-X)
Softcover, Mott Media
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Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Womenby Catherine Thimmesh, Melissa SweetISBN 0618195637 (0-618-19563-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women'Book summary:In kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted chicken coops, women and girls have invented ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better. Their creations are some of the most enduring (the windshield wiper) and best loved (the chocolate chip cookie). What inspired these women, and just how did they turn their ideas into realities?[via]More editions of Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women:
Gizmos & Gadgetsby Jill Frankel Hauser, Michael KlineISBN 1885593260 (1-885593-26-0)
Softcover, Ideals Pubns
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Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empireby James Wallace, Jim EricksonISBN 0887306292 (0-88730-629-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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How to Be an Inventorby Murray SuidISBN 1878279599 (1-878279-59-9)
Softcover, Monday Morning Books
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In Praise of Our Fathers and Our Mothers: A Black Family Treasury by Outstanding Authors and Artistsby Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis HudsonISBN 0940975599 (0-940975-59-9)
Hardcover, Just Us Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Praise of Our Fathers and Our Mothers: A Black Family Treasury by Outstanding Authors and Artists'Book summary:Forty nine distinguished writers, artists and photographers contributed to this important anthology. A wonderful tribute to the enduring spirit of the black family and community, this is a book the entire family can enjoy reading together. Contributors include Newbery, Caldecott, Pulitzer, Coretta Scott King and other award-winning writers and visual artists --Gwendolyn Brooks, Ashley Bryan, Virginia Hamilton, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, Leo and Diane Dillon, Floyd Cooper, Nikki Grimes, Tom Feelings, Haki Madhubuti, Javaka Steptoe, Walter Dean Myers and a host of others. [via]
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Incredible Inventionsby Philip WilkinsonISBN 1564589560 (1-56458-956-0)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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Incredible Women Inventorsby Sandra BraunISBN 1897187157 (1-897187-15-7)
Softcover, Second Story Pr
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Inventionsby Valerie WyattISBN 1553374045 (1-55337-404-5)
Softcover, Kids Can Pr
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Isaac Newton: The True Story of His Lifeby John Hudson TinerISBN 0915134950 (0-915134-95-0)
Softcover, Mott Media
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Learning Works Enrichment Series: Inventions Robots Futureby Sherie M. ButterfieldISBN 088160108X (0-88160-108-X)
Softcover, Creative Teaching Pr
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Les Decouvreursby Daniel J. Boorstin, Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress)ISBN 222105587X (2-221-05587-X)
Hardcover, Robert Laffont
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Decouvreurs'Book summary:760pages. in8. Poche. Copernic, Einstein, Galilée, Christophe Colomb, Newton, Kepler, Marx, Freud. Autant d'individus exceptionnels qui ont, avant les autres, soulevé un coin du voile de l'inconnu. À travers de passionnantes biographies écrites sur un ton très personnel, l'auteur propose rien de moins qu'une histoire de la découverte du monde de l'Antiquité à nos jours. En quatre livres - le temps, la terre et les mers, la nature et la société -, il passe de l'astrologie chinoise à la découverte de l'Amérique par les Vikings, et de l'exploration de l'Univers à celle du corps humain. Cette histoire - jamais achevée -de la curiosité humaine est aussi celle du courage et de l'inextinguible désir de nouveauté qui caractérise l'homo sapiens sapiens. Un grand classique, doté d'une bibliographie et d'un index très complets qui en font une excellente introduction à l'histoire des sciences et des grandes découvertes. -Arthur Hennessy [via]
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Mr Bell Invents the Telephoneby K.B. ShippenISBN 0394903307 (0-394-90330-7)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internetby Stephen SegallerISBN 1575000881 (1-57500-088-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Nikola Tesla And The Taming Of Electricityby Lisa J. AldrichISBN 193179846X (1-931798-46-X)
Hardcover, Morgan Reynolds Pub
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Penicillin: A Breakthrough in Medicineby Richard TamesISBN 1575724170 (1-57572-417-0)
Hardcover, Heinemann Library
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The Printing Press: A Breakthrough in Communicationby Richard TamesISBN 1403491437 (1-4034-9143-7)
Hardcover, Heinemann/Raintree
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Robo's Favorite Placesby Wade Hudson, Cathy JohnsonISBN 0940975858 (0-940975-85-8)
Softcover, Just Us Books Inc
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Samuel F.B. Morse: Artist With a Messageby John Hudson Tiner, Shirley YoungISBN 0880621370 (0-88062-137-0)
Softcover, Mott Media
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So You Want to Be an Inventor?by Judith St. George, David SmallISBN 0142404608 (0-14-240460-8)
Softcover, Puffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'So You Want to Be an Inventor?'Book summary:The creators of the Caldecott Medalist So You Want to Be President? mirror that successful format in this enthusiastic, fact-filled picture-book tribute to predominately American and European inventors. Kids may be inspired to make history themselves when they learn that Benjamin Franklin was concocting new inventions by age 12. Solid advice such as "If you want to be an inventor, find a need and fill it" or "If you want to be an inventor, be a dreamer" precedes sections on people who did just that. Famous innovations such as Eli Whitney's cotton gin share equal billing with ideas that never really took off, like Andrew Jackson Jr.'s adjustable eyeglasses for chickens or Franz Vester's coffin with escape hatch (in case the person inside was still alive.) The brief anecdotes about each inventor and invention don't offer much historical context, but readers will devour fascinating facts on the origins of Velcro (cockleburs on a Swiss engineer's pants) and the story of where the expression "the real McCoy" came from (the train lubricators of Elijah McCoy). Two female inventors--one who was fed up with dishpan hands and invented the first dishwasher, and actress Hedy Lamarr, who helped invent a system for guiding torpedoes by radio signals in World War II--accompany the otherwise male-heavy cast of characters. One-sentence biographical notes in the back list the inventors in alphabetical order and a bibliography concludes the book. David Small's lively, color-washed illustrations steal the show, zeroing in on comical moments in history and creative gleams of discovery to great effect. (Ages 7 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
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The Soul of a New Machineby Tracy KidderISBN 0896213420 (0-89621-342-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Press
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Spirit of Wonderby Kenji TsurutaISBN 1569712883 (1-56971-288-3)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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Steve Wozniakby Martha E. KendallISBN 0945783086 (0-945783-08-6)
Softcover, Highland Pub Group
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The Story of Thomas Alva Edisonby Margaret CousinsISBN 0394848837 (0-394-84883-7)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story of Thomas Alva Edison'Book summary:Beginning with Thomas Edisons childhood, when he set up his first laboratory in his basement as a 10-year-old, and following through his many jobs before he was able to support himself as an inventor, this is the true story of the man who brought the world the phonograph, motion pictures, and even the electric light bulbrevolutionary inventions that forever changed the way people live.
One of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling childrens book series ever published. The New York Times
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The Story of Thomas Alva Edison, Inventor: The Wizard of Menlo Parkby Margaret DavidsonISBN 0590424033 (0-590-42403-3)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story of Thomas Alva Edison, Inventor: The Wizard of Menlo Park'Book summary:It was eight o'clock at night, on October 19, 1879 That was teh evening Tom Edison turned electricity into light with the invention of the electric light bulb. Thomas Edison also invented the phonograph and an early form of motion pictures. This is the amazing story of his life---and of his inventions that changed the world. [via]
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Teslaby Margaret CheneyISBN 158663187X (1-58663-187-X)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tesla'Book summary:Called a madman by some, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla created astonishing, world-transforming devises that were virtually without theoretical precedent. Tesla not only discovered the rotating magnetic field, the basis of most alternating current machinery, but also introduced the fundamentals of robotry, computers, and missile science and helped pave the way for such technologies as satellites, microwaves, beam weapons, and nuclear fusion.
Almost supernaturally gifted, Tesla was also unusually erratic, flamboyant, and neurotic. He was J. P. Morgan's client, counted Mark Twain as a friend, and considered Thomas Edison an enemy. But above all, he was the hero and mentor to many of the last century's most famous scientists.
In a meticulously researched, engagingly written biography, Margaret Cheney presents the many different dimensions of this extraordinary man, capturing his human qualities and quirks as she chronicles a lifetime of discoveries that continue to alter our world. [via]
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Tesla: Man Out of Timeby Margaret CheneyISBN 044039077X (0-440-39077-X)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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Almost supernaturally gifted, Tesla was also unusually erratic, flamboyant, and neurotic. He was J. P. Morgan's client, counted Mark Twain as a friend, and considered Thomas Edison an enemy. But above all, he was the hero and mentor to many of the last century's most famous scientists.
In a meticulously researched, engagingly written biography, Margaret Cheney presents the many different dimensions of this extraordinary man, capturing his human qualities and quirks as she chronicles a lifetime of discoveries that continue to alter our world. [via]
Thomas A. Edisonby Sue GuthridgeISBN 0020418507 (0-02-041850-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Thomas Alva Edisonby Louis SabinISBN 0893758418 (0-89375-841-8)
Hardcover, Troll Communications Llc
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Thomas Alva Edison: Young Inventorby Louis Sabin, George UlrichISBN 0893758426 (0-89375-842-6)
Softcover, Troll Communications L.L.C.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thomas Alva Edison: Young Inventor'Book summary:The "Easy Biographies" series focuses on the childhood and young-adult years of famous men and women who overcame obstacles to achieve greatness. Inspirational and informative reading for students with big dreams. [via]
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Thunderstruckby Erik LarsonISBN 1400080665 (1-4000-8066-5)
Hardcover, Crown Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thunderstruck'Book summary:A true story of love, murder, and the end of the worlds great hush
In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two menHawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communicationwhose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time.
Set in Edwardian London and on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod, and Nova Scotia, Thunderstruck evokes the dynamism of those years when great shipping companies competed to build the biggest, fastest ocean liners, scientific advances dazzled the public with visions of a world transformed, and the rich outdid one another with ostentatious displays of wealth. Against this background, Marconi races against incredible odds and relentless skepticism to perfect his invention: the wireless, a prime catalyst for the emergence of the world we know today. Meanwhile, Crippen, the kindest of men, nearly commits the perfect crime.
With his superb narrative skills, Erik Larson guides these parallel narratives toward a relentlessly suspenseful meeting on the waters of the North Atlantic. Along the way, he tells of a sad and tragic love affair that was described on the front pages of newspapers around the world, a chief inspector who found himself strangely sympathetic to the killer and his lover, and a driven and compelling inventor who transformed the way we communicate. Thunderstruck presents a vibrant portrait of an era of séances, science, and fog, inhabited by inventors, magicians, and Scotland Yard detectives, all presided over by the amiable and fun-loving Edward VII as the world slid inevitably toward the first great war of the twentieth century. Gripping from the first page, and rich with fascinating detail about the time, the people, and the new inventions that connect and divide us, Thunderstruck is splendid narrative history from a master of the form. [via]More editions of Thunderstruck:
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Tinkerby Wen SpencerISBN 0743498712 (0-7434-9871-2)
Softcover, Baen Books
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The Toy and Game Inventor's Handbookby Richard Levy, Ronald O. WeingartnerISBN 1592570623 (1-59257-062-3)
Softcover, Alpha Books
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Tube: The Invention of Televisionby David E. Fisher, Marshall Jon FisherISBN 1887178171 (1-887178-17-1)
Hardcover, Counterpoint
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The Usborne Book of Inventorsby Struan Reid, Patricia FaraISBN 0881106984 (0-88110-698-4)
Hardcover, Edc Pub
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What's Inside Great Inventionsby Hilary HockmanISBN 1564582205 (1-56458-220-5)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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Wolf Who Rulesby Wen SpencerISBN 1416520554 (1-4165-2055-4)
Hardcover, Baen Books
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Wright Brothersby Russell Freedman, Orville Wright, Wilbur WrightISBN 082341082X (0-8234-1082-X)
Softcover, Holiday House
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Wright Brothers: A Flying Startby Elizabeth MacLeodISBN 1550749358 (1-55074-935-8)
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La Costa de los Mosquitosby Paul TherouxISBN 8483105381 (84-8310-538-1)
Hardcover, Tusquets Editores
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Hoyos: El libro de la pelicula, la maldicion de los hoyosby Louis Sachar, Elena AbosISBN 8434878607 (84-348-7860-7)
Softcover, Ediciones Sm
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De Ontdekkers: De Zoektocht Van De Mens Naar Zichzelf En Zijn Wereldby Daniel J. Boorstin, Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress)ISBN 9010059316 (90-10-05931-6)
Hardcover, Elsevier
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