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  • Innovators and Their Greatest Achievements - 14 Classic Books

    Inventions of the Great War, Stories of Useful Inventions, Great Inventions and Discoveries, Marvels of Scientific Invention, Historic Inventions, etc.

    by A. Russell Bond, S. E. Forman, Willis Duff Piercy, Thomas W. Corbin, M. Grace Fickett, Gertrude L. Stone, Russell Doubleday, Harry E. Maule, Arthur May Mowry, William A. Mowry, Henry E. Baker, Rupert Sargent Holland, Edward Somerset Marquis of Worcester, J. A. V. Turck ...
    Innovators and Their Greatest Achievements - 14 Classic Books is a compelling anthology that celebrates the ingenuity and visionary accomplishments of individuals who have shaped our world through their groundbreaking inventions and ideas. This collection captures a sweeping range of literary styles, from objective analyses and descriptive accounts to narratives that vividly bring to life the ... Read more

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  • Inventions of the Past: 44 Books Reflecting on Centuries of Technological Innovations

    Stories of Useful Inventions, Marvels of Scientific Invention, Outspinning the Spider, etc.

    by James P. Boyd, Henry White Warren, A. Russell Bond, Hattie E. Macomber, Ray Stannard Baker, S. E. Forman, Willis Duff Piercy, M. Grace Fickett, Gertrude L. Stone, Archibald Williams, Derek J. de Solla Price, Russell Doubleday, Henry Bore, John H. White, American Railway Association, John Kimberly Mumford, Edwin A. Battison, Samuel Smiles, Harry E. Maule, Arthur May Mowry, William A. Mowry, Henry E. Baker, Rupert Sargent Holland, Abraham Lincoln, H. W. L. Hime, Henry Robinson, Edward W. Byrn, Grace Rogers Cooper, George Iles, Henry Dircks, Robert Routledge, Helen C. Knight, Theodore Low De Vinne, H. C. Forster, Harry Chase Brearley, Alfred Vail, George Grant, Elmer Ellsworth Burns, Thomas W. Corbin, Paul Severing ...
    Inventions of the Past: 44 Books Reflecting on Centuries of Technological Innovations presents a fascinating exploration of human ingenuity across time. This anthology collates an array of works that illuminate the remarkable journey of technological advancement, each piece a testament to the innovative spirit that has driven societies forward through the ages. From the groundbreaking ... Read more

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  • The Colored Inventor: A Record of Fifty Years

    Enriched edition. Unsung Heroes of Innovation: A Journey Through African American Ingenuity

    by Henry E. Baker, Kelsey Bates ...
    In "The Colored Inventor: A Record of Fifty Years," Henry E. Baker meticulously chronicles the impactful contributions of African American inventors over five decades. This work stands as a significant literary endeavor, characterized by its detailed historical accounts and critical analysis of the socio-economic barriers faced by inventors of color in a racially stratified society. Baker employs ... Read more

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  • Great Victorian Inventions

    Novel Contrivances and Industrial Revolutions

    by Caroline Rochford ...
    Who invented the flying machine? Was the Titanic really the first ‘unsinkable’ ship? How would one use a phonoscope? Using old Victorian documents, Caroline Rochford takes the reader on a guided tour of hundreds of fascinating nineteenth-century inventions from across the globe, some strange and some remarkably familiar. Think solar power is a modern concept? Think again! Today everyone has a ... Read more

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  • How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Updated For the Next Generation of Leaders

    by Dale Carnegie ...
    Series series Dale Carnegie Books
    Updated for the first time in more than forty years, Dale Carnegie’s timeless bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People—a classic that has improved and transformed the personal and professional lives of millions.This new edition of the most influential self-help book of the last century has been updated under the care of Dale’s daughter, Donna, introducing changes that keep the book fresh ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Great Inventors and Their Inventions

    by Frank P. Bachman ...
    Illustrated by Bernard Westmacott ...
    THIS book contains twelve stories of great inventions, with a concluding chapter on famous inventors of today. Each of the inventions described has added to the comforts and joys of the world. Each of these inventions has brought about new industries in which many men and women have found employment. These stories, therefore, offer an easy approach to an understanding of the origin of certain ... Read more

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  • Automobile Biographies

    by Lyman Horace Weeks ...
    Writers of that day recorded with a great deal of particularity the experimenting with boilers, engines, machinery and carriages, and the promoting of companies for the transportation of passengers and the hauling of goods. Modern students and historians of this subject find themselves greatly indebted to the writers of that epoch, like Gordon, Herbert and others, who preserved, with such ... Read more

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  • A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine

    by Robert Henry Thurston ...
    Robert Henry Thurston's present book 'A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine', as evident from the title itself, gives the history of the development and changes in the model of the steam engine. It was first published in the year 1886. ... Read more

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  • The Wonder Book of Knowledge: The Marvels of Modern Industry and Invention the Interesting Stories of Common Things the Mysterious Processes of Nature Simply Explained

    by Various ...
    This book is presented to those, both young and old, who wish to have a non-technical account of the history, evolution and production of some of the every-day wonders of the modern industrial age; coupled with occasional glimpses of the wonderful object-lessons afforded by nature in her constructive activities in the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms; and simple, understandable answers to ... Read more

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  • The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking

    by Dale Carnegie ...
    Public Speaking is an important skill which anyone can acquire and develop. The book consists of basic principles of effective speaking, technique of effective speaking, and the three aspects of every speech and effective methods of delivering a talk. All this relates to business, social and personal satisfaction which depend heavily upon our ability to communicate clearly to others. A must read ... Read more

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  • Mechanics - The Science of Machinery

    by A. Russell Bond ...
    Although strictly speaking the term "Mechanics" applies to that branch of Physics that deals with the actions of forces on material bodies, originally the word had a broader meaning embracing all machinery and mechanical inventions. To-day popular usage is restoring to the term its original broad interpretation, and it is in this popular but rather unorthodox sense that "Mechanics" has been chosen ... Read more

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  • Heroes of the Telegraph

    by John Munro ...
    Prof. John Munro (1849-1930) was the author of Heroes of the Telegraph (1891), The Story of Electricity (1896) and A Trip to Venus (1897). "In plain English, at 4 a. m., a ray of light had been observed on the disc of the planet Mars in or near the "terminator"; that is to say, the zone of twilight separating day from night. The news was doubly interesting to me, because a singular dream of ... Read more

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