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  • The Big Book of Celebrity Inventions

    by Mark Champkins ...
    Due to the complicated layout, this ebook is best viewed on a tablet.Ever wanted to see Harry Hill’s nuts? Fancy a cuppa with Karl Pilkington and his Clippable Coasters? Ever wondered how Michael Jackson defied gravity with his dance moves? Then read on!Our nation’s best-loved celebrities, from Jamie Oliver to Harry Hill, the Stig to Sherrie Hewson, Karl Pilkington to Peter Jones, Ruby Wax and ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

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  • Making Things Move DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists

    by Dustyn Roberts ...
    Get Your Move On!In Making Things Move: DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists, you'll learn how to successfully build moving mechanisms through non-technical explanations, examples, and do-it-yourself projects--from kinetic art installations to creative toys to energy-harvesting devices. Photographs, illustrations, screen shots, and images of 3D models are included for each project ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Free Innovation

    by Eric Von Hippel ...
    A leading innovation scholar explains the growing phenomenon and impact of free innovation, in which innovations developed by consumers and given away “for free.”In this book, Eric von Hippel, author of the influential Democratizing Innovation, integrates new theory and research findings into the framework of a “free innovation paradigm.” Free innovation, as he defines it, involves innovations ... Read more

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  • Birdseye

    The Adventures of a Curious Man

    by Mark Kurlansky ...
    Break out the TV dinners! From the author who gave us Cod, Salt, and other informative bestsellers, the first biography of Clarence Birdseye, the eccentric genius inventor whose fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American agriculture. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • The Pencil

    A History of Design and Circumstance

    by Henry Petroski ...
    Henry Petroski traces the origins of the pencil back to ancient Greece and Rome, writes factually and charmingly about its development over the centuries and around the world, and shows what the pencil can teach us about engineering and technology today. ... Read more

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  • Masters of the Word

    How Media Shaped History from the Alphabet to the Internet

    by William J. Bernstein ...
    A "riveting and thoroughly researched" history of language technology's effect on society across millennia—from Sumerian syntax to social media hashtags (Phil Lapsley).Writing was born thousands of years ago in Mesopotamia. Spreading to Sumer, and then Egypt, this revolutionary tool allowed rulers to extend their control far and wide, giving rise to the world's first empires. When Phoenician ... Read more

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  • 10 Amazing Inventions

    by Jack Goldstein ...
    In this entertaining eBooklet, renowned deep thinkers Jimmy Russell and Jack Goldstein discuss the ten greatest inventions they believe humankind has ever seen, using their own unique perspectives on the world in which we live. The result is an entertaining read, and - being careful to distinguish between inventions and discoveries - many readers may be surprised at what appears on the list and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius, 2E : 35 New Do-It-Yourself Projects

    35 New Do-It-Yourself Projects

    by Robert Iannini ...
    BUILD ALL-NEW FIENDISHLY FUN ELECTRONICS PROJECTS!Spark your creativity with this wickedly inventive guide. Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius, Second Edition, is filled with completely new, amped-up projects that will shock and amaze, such as super-big Tesla coils, lasers, plasma devices, and electrokinetics contraptions.Using affordable, easy-to-find components and equipment, each do-it ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Remaking the World

    Adventures in Engineering

    by Henry Petroski ...
    This collection of informative and pleasurable essays by Henry Petroski elucidates the role of engineers in shaping our environment in countless ways, big and small.In Remaking the World Petroski gravitates this time, perhaps, toward the big: the English Channel tunnel, the Panama Canal, Hoover Dam, the QE2, and the Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia, now the tallest buildings in the world. He ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Maker's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

    Defend Your Base with Simple Circuits, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi

    by Simon Monk ...
    Where will you be when the zombie apocalypse hits? Trapping yourself in the basement? Roasting the family pet? Beheading reanimated neighbors?No way. You’ll be building fortresses, setting traps, and hoarding supplies, because you, savvy survivor, have snatched up your copy of The Maker's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse before it’s too late. This indispensable guide to survival after Z-day, written ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The History of the Telephone

    by Herbert N. Casson ...
    First published in 1910, this book details the history of one of the most important inventions of the modern world: the telephone. ... Read more

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  • They Laughed at Galileo

    How the Great Inventors Proved Their Critics Wrong

    by Albert Jack ...
    A humorous account of great inventors and their critics who predicted failure.They Laughed at Galileo takes a humorous and reflective look at one thousand years of the development of humankind: those who dreamt, those who taught, those who opposed, and those who, ultimately, did.At some point in modern history, each and every one of our inventions and discoveries was first envisioned and then ... Read more

    $14.99 USD