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  • They Made America

    From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators

    An illustrated history of American innovators—some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating—by the author of the bestselling The American Century.The real inventor of the steam engine. The creator of the bra. The man who invented modern banking. The creator of the computer operating system. These and scores of others are the characters who populate Harold Evans's rollicking, brilliant history ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Founding Conservatives

    How a Group of Unsung Heroes Saved the American Revolution

    par David Lefer ...
    “It is not only the cause, but our manner of conducting it, that will establish character.”—John Dickinson, 1773A nation at war and widespread mistrust of the military. A financial crash and an endless economic crisis. A Congress so divided it barely functioned. Bitter partisan disputes over everything from taxation and the distribution of wealth to the role of banks and corporations in society. ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $10.99 CAD Maintenant $7.99 CAD

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    They Made America

    From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine - Two Centuries of Innovators

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    An illustrated history of American innovators—some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating—by the author of the bestselling The American Century.The real inventor of the steam engine. The creator of the bra. The man who invented modern banking. The creator of the computer operating system. These and scores of others are the characters who populate Harold Evans's rollicking, brilliant history ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

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    50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive

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    5 heure 20 min

    Learn how small changes can make a big difference in your powers of persuasion with this New York Times bestselling introduction to fifty scientifically proven techniques for increasing your persuasive powers in business and life.Every day we face the challenge of persuading others to do what we want. But what makes people say yes to our requests? Persuasion is not only an art, it is also a ... En savoir plus

    $26.99 CAD

  • Where Good Ideas Come From

    par Steven Johnson ...
    A fascinating deep dive on innovation from the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now and Unexpected LifeThe printing press, the pencil, the flush toilet, the battery--these are all great ideas. But where do they come from? What kind of environment breeds them? What sparks the flash of brilliance? How do we generate the breakthrough technologies that push forward our lives, our ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Life of a Slave Girl

    par Harriet Jacobs ...
    I was born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away. My father was a carpenter, and considered so intelligent and skilful in his trade, that, when buildings out of the common line were to be erected, he was sent for from long distances, to be head workman. On condition of paying his mistress two hundred dollars a year, and supporting himself, he was allowed to ... En savoir plus

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  • James May's Magnificent Machines

    How men in sheds have changed our lives

    Our world has been transformed beyond recognition, particularly in the twentieth century, and so were our lives and our aspirations.Throughout James May's Magnificent Machines, our Top Gear guide explores the iconic themes of the past hundred years: flight, space travel, television, mechanised war, medicine, computers, electronic music, skyscrapers, electronic espionage and much more.But he also ... En savoir plus

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  • The Lunar Men

    The Inventors of the Modern World 1730-1810

    par Jenny Uglow ...
    Led by Erasmus Darwin, the Lunar Society of Birmingham was formed from a group of amateur experimenters, tradesmen and artisans who met and made friends in the Midlands in the 1760s. Most came from humble families, all lived far from the centre of things, but they were young and their optimism was boundless: together they would change the world. Among them were the ambitious toy-maker Matthew ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • Our Revolution

    A Future to Believe In

    par Bernie Sanders ...
    The New York Times–bestselling memoir by the longest-serving political independent in Congressional history.When Bernie Sanders began his race for the presidency, it was considered a "fringe" campaign by the political establishment and the media—something not to be taken seriously. After all, he was just an Independent senator from a small state with little name recognition. His campaign had no ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD

  • Idiot America

    How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free

    NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe three Great Premises of Idiot America:· Any theory is valid if it sells books, soaks up ratings, or otherwise moves units· Anything can be true if someone says it loudly enough· Fact is that which enough people believe. Truth is determined by how fervently they believe itWith his trademark wit and insight, veteran journalist Charles Pierce delivers a gut-wrenching, side ... En savoir plus

    $5.99 CAD

  • Small Things Considered

    Why There Is No Perfect Design

    par Henry Petroski ...
    Why has the durable paper shopping bag been largely replaced by its flimsy plastic counterpart? What circuitous chain of improvements led to such innovations as the automobile cup holder and the swiveling vegetable peeler? With the same relentless curiosity and lucid, witty prose he brought to his earlier books, Henry Petroski looks at some of our most familiar objects and reveals that they are, ... En savoir plus

    $6.99 CAD

  • The First Salute

    A View of the American Revolution

    Barbara W. Tuchman, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the classic The Guns of August, turns her sights homeward with this brilliant, insightful narrative of the Revolutionary War.In The First Salute, one of America’s consummate historians crafts a rigorously original view of the American Revolution. Barbara W. Tuchman places the Revolution in the context of the centuries-long conflicts between ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD