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Edison
Morris, EdmundRandom House Publishing Group 2019NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris comes a revelatory new biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history. N...
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Light from Other Stars
Swyler, ErikaBloomsbury Publishing 2019A Long Island Reads 2020 Selection * A Real Simple Best Book of 2019 From the bestselling author of The Book of Speculation, a "tender and ambitious" (Vulture) novel about time, l...
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Loonshots : How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
Bahcall, SafiMacmillan Audio 2019 UnabridgedWashington Post's "10 Leadership Books to Watch for in 2019," Adam Grant's "19 New Leadership Books to Read in 2019," Inc.com's "10 Business Books You Need to Read in 2019," Busine...
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Leonardo da Vinci
Isaacson, WalterSimon & Schuster 2017The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is "a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achie...
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Curriculum Focus - History KS2
Hoad, ElizabethAndrews UK 2015 1. editionPart of a popular series that will inspire the teachers, especially the non-specialists, to teach history and geography with confidence. Each book contains: comprehensive backgroun...
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The Invention of Wings : A Novel (Original Publisher's Edition-No Annotations)
Kidd, Sue MonkPenguin Publishing Group 2014From the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees and the forthcoming novel The Book of Longings, a novel about two unforgettable American women. Writing at the height of her n...
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Fighting Traffic : The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City
Norton, Peter D.MIT Press 2011The fight for the future of the city street between pedestrians, street railways, and promoters of the automobile between 1915 and 1930.Before the advent of the automobile, users o...
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Voices of Famous Inventors
Edison, Thomas Alva; Watson, Thomas Augustus; Marconi, GuglielmoListen & Live Audio, Inc. 2017Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, includi...