"Describes some of the oddest, strangest, and most bizarre inventions from around the world"--

Profiles eleven inventors between the ages of eight and fourteen, describes the steps involved in inventing a new product, and discusses contests, patents, lawyers, and clubs.

Photographs and text explore such inventions as the wheel, gears, levers, clocks, telephones, and rocket engines.

Overturns the myths and misinformation that too often pass for American history. Loewen provides an examination of historic sites all over the country where history is literally written on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, historic houses, forts, and ships. The author uses his investigation of these public versions of history, often literally written in stone, to correct historical interpretations that are profoundly wrong, to...

Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Winchester illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings and ponders whether the historic work of uniting the States has succeeded, and to what degree.

Describes how inventors think and work, explains how one invention--plastic--has changed the world, and briefly discusses seventy-five other important inventions, from the jet engine to the potato chip.

This book shares the big ideas behind more than thirty of the world's greatest innovations.

Surveys inventions throughout history in relation to the needs, skills, and technologies of the people living at particular times.

Rescuing Jet Fusion, Jimmy comes face-to-face with his old enemy, Professor Calamitous.

Conservative journalist Malkin provides an eclectic journey of American capitalism, from the colonial period to the Industrial Age to the present, spotlighting little-known "tinkerpreneurs" who achieved their dreams of doing well by doing good. Learn how Paul Revere became America's first tech titan, how famous patent holders Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain championed the nation's unique system of intellectual property rights, and more.