Results for: books tagged ‘Inventors’
Inventing the Victorians: Matthew Sweet
Suppose that everything we think we know about 'The Victorians' is wrong? That we have persistently misrepresented their culture, perhaps to make ourselves feel more satisfyingly liberal and sophisticated? What ... More
Living Dolls: Gaby Wood
Living Dolls looks at humanity's age-old obsession with moving dolls and speaking robots, intelligent machines and bionic men. It tells the remarkable story of men who wanted to play God ... More
The Lunar Men: Jenny Uglow
Led by the larger-than-life Erasmus Darwin, the Lunar Society of Birmingham were a group of eighteenth-century amateur experimenters who met monthly on the Monday night nearest to the full moon. ... More
The Cryptographer: Tobias Hill
'People like to think that money and love are opposites. Anna Moore, tax inspector A2 Grade, has come to be less sure . . .'Anna is assigned to investigate John ... More
Backroom Boys: Francis Spufford
A rapturous history of British engineering, a vivid love-letter to quiet men in pullovers, Backroom Boys tells the story of how this country lost its industrial tradition and got back ... More
The Flight of the Silver Turtle: John Fardell
Sam and Marcia are back in Edinburgh with Zara, Ben and Professor Ampersand. The friends are helping to build an amazing electric-powered flying boat when they stumble across an old ... More
The Inventors: Alexander Gordon Smith
Nate and Cat absolutely love inventing. And they've just won a scholarship with the world's richest, cleverest, most charismatic inventor, Ebenezer Saint. Along with 23 of the brightest minds in ... More
The Inventors and the City of Stolen Souls: Alexander Gordon Smith
Nate and Cat thought they had destroyed the evil inventor Ebenezer Saint. But they were wrong. Now everybody seems to be acting strangely. It’s only when Nate and Cat witness ... More
The Flying Fizzler: Tim Walker
Polly and Tom set sail aboard Shipley Manor on a special mission. But it's hard work helping the world 'Get the Fizzle', especially when's there's adversary's like Venetia Pike about. More
Conquerors of Time: Trevor Fishlock
Conquerors of Time celebrates 150 years of courage, energy, innovation, resourcefulness and grand ideas, from the late 17th century to the early 20th. It's about the seafarers, engineers, inventors and trailblazers ... More
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