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  • The Story of a Prolific Inventor: Thomas Edison

    by Elbert Hubbard, George Shaw, Alfred Mayer ...
    This book deals with the story of Thomas Edison. This remarkable inventor, of whom the public has heard so much, was born in 1847 at the little village of Milan, Ohio. His mother was of Scotch parentage, but born in Massachusetts; she was finely educated, literary and ambitious, and had been a teacher in Canada. Young Edison's only schooling came from his mother, who taught him spelling, reading, ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

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  • The Alchemy of Us

    How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another

    by Ainissa Ramirez ...
    A “timely, informative, and fascinating” study of 8 inventions—and how they shaped our world—with “totally compelling” insights on little-known inventors throughout history (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction)In The Alchemy of Us, scientist and science writer Ainissa Ramirez examines 8 inventions and reveals how they shaped the human experience:• Clocks• Steel ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Vida De Lazarillo De Tormes Y De Sus Fortunas Y Adversidades

    by Anonymous ...
    Vida De Lazarillo De Tormes Y De Sus Fortunas Y Adversidades ... Read more

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  • Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

    by Margaret Frith, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by John O'Brien ...
    Series series Who Was?
    One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison’s inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie camera. As a boy, observing a robin catch a worm and then take flight, he fed a playmate a mixture ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Banvard's Folly

    Thirteen Tales of Renowned Obscurity, Famous Anonymity, and Rotten Luck

    by Paul Collins ...
    "Hearteningly strange . . . Collins exhumes little-known figures [and] recounts their perversely inspiring battles against the more logical ways of the world." — The OnionHere are thirteen unforgettable portraits of forgotten people: men and women who might have claimed their share of renown but who, whether from ill timing, skullduggery, monomania, the tinge of madness, or plain bad luck—or ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Edison

    His Life and Inventions

    by Dyer, Thomas Commerford Martin ...
    Edison, His Life and Inventions is a comprehensive biography detailing the remarkable life and achievements of Thomas Alva Edison. Written by Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin, the book explores Edison’s journey from his humble beginnings to becoming one of the world’s greatest inventors. It delves into his inventive genius, relentless work ethic, and the creation of groundbreaking ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • AC/DC

    The Savage Tale of the First Standards War

    by Tom McNichol ...
    AC/DC tells the little-known story of how Thomas Edison wrongly bet in the fierce war between supporters of alternating current and direct current. The savagery of this electrical battle can hardly be imagined today. The showdown between AC and DC began as a rather straightforward conflict between technical standards, a battle of competing methods to deliver essentially the same product, ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Young Thomas Edison

    by Sterling North ...
    Unable to hear, Thomas Edison seemed unlikely to become one of America?s greatest inventors, but as a hardworking young man, he wasn?t about to let a minor obstacle stop him. He invented the phonograph, the incandescent lightbulb, and motion pictures, to name but three of his many important inventions. Eventually he was named ?the greatest living American.? Follow Thomas Edison?s life from losing ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Thomas Edison

    by David Colbert ...
    Series series 10 Days
    You're about to be an eyewitness to the top ten days in Thomas Edison's life, including:An instinctive moment of bravery that launched a careerA lucky break that freed him for a life of inventionAn incredible boast that he quickly proved trueA flash of insight that lit the worldAnd the creation of our favorite pastime, the movies.These days and five others shook Edison's world - and yours. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Edison: A Biography

    by Matthew Josephson ...
    A great folk hero in American history, Edison is viewed by the public as a facile inventor, the electrical wizard and the perfect symbol of the self-made and practical creator. But he was also a paradoxical figure: deaf, impoverished and with no formal education as a youngster, Edison nevertheless became a fertile and versatile inventor, accumulated fortunes for himself and others but remained ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • Great Inventors and their Inventions

    by David Angus ...
    Nine remarkable men produced inventions that changed the world. The printing press, the telephone, powered flight and recording and many others have made the modern world what it is. But who were the men who had these ideas and made reality of them? As David Angus shows, they were very different quiet, boisterous, confident, withdrawn but all had a moment of vision allied to single-minded ... Read more

    $7.54 CAD

  • Edison

    The Man Who Made the Future

    by Ronald Clark ...
    It is almost a century since Thomas Alva Edison, the world's greatest inventor, gave the world electric light - and exactly one hundred years since he built the first successful phonograph (forerunner of the gramophone). The man who declared that "genius is 1 per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration," and who on average lodged a patent every two weeks of his adult life, was the most ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD