History
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The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention
$21.00 Add to cartHardly a week passes without some high-profile court case that features intellectual property at its center. But how did the belief that one could own an idea come about? And how did that belief chan
- Author: Rosen, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: March 15 2012
- ISBN10: 0226726347
- Language: English
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The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
$19.99 Add to cartA revelatory look at our national power grid–how it developed, its current flaws, and how it must be completely reimagined for our fast-approaching energy future.
America’s electrical grid, an engine- Author: Bakke, Gretchen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 11 2017
- ISBN10: 1632865688
- Language: English
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The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects
$18.99 Add to cartLearn fascinating history and trivia you never knew about things we use on a daily basis from the host of highly popular THE STORY BEHIND podcast.
- Series: Story Behind
- Author: Prokop, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1633538281
- Language: English
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The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight
$22.00 Add to cartFor readers of The Astronaut Wives Club, The Mercury 13 reveals the little-known true story of the remarkable women who trained for NASA space flight.
In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into- Author: Ackmann, Martha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 13 2004
- ISBN10: 0375758933
- Language: English
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Apple: The First 50 Years
$50.00 Add to cartIn time for Apple’s 50th anniversary, CBS Sunday Morning correspondent David Pogue tells the iconic company’s entire life story: how it was born, nearly died, was born again under Steve Jobs, and beca… [more below]
- Author: Pogue, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1982134593
- Language: English
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Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture
$20.00 Add to cart“Mr. Dahlstrom…has written a superb history of the tractor and this long-forgotten period of capitalism in U.S. agriculture. We now know the whole story of when farming, business and the free-market… [more below]
- Author: Dahlstrom, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1637744986
- Language: English
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A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
$17.99 Add to cartToday, in a world in which news flashes around the globe in an instant, time lags are inconceivable. In the mid-nineteenth century, communication between the United States and Europe — the center of
- Author: Gordon, John Steele
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0060524464
- Language: English
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The Right Stuff
$20.00 Add to cart“Tom Wolfe at his very best” (The New York Times Book Review), The Right Stuff is the basis for the 1983 Oscar-winning film of the same name and the eight-part Disney+ miniseries.
Reissued for today’s- Author: Wolfe, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1250338352
- Language: English
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How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms
$18.99 Read moreFrom facial recognition–capable of checking people into flights or identifying undocumented residents–to automated decision systems that inform who gets loans and who receives bail, each of us moves
- Author: Wiggins, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1324074582
- Language: English
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Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge: Essays in Unintended Consequences
$34.95 Add to cartEssays by international bestselling author Edward Tenner that explore both the negative and positive surprises of human ingenuity
How did the addition of lifeboats after the Titanic shipwreck contribu- Author: Tenner, Edward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 585
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1606180274
- Language: English
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Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology
$17.99 Add to cartWhat is the least we need to achieve the most? With this question in mind, MIT graduate Eric Brende flipped the switch on technology. He and his wife, Mary, ditched their car, electric stove, refriger
- Author: Brende, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 02 2005
- ISBN10: 0060570059
- Language: English
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How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain
$28.00 Read moreNAMED A BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE
“Comic book fans will fall hard for this delightfully daffy guidebook. . . . Exuberant, optimistic, and just plain fun, How to Take Over the World w- Author: North, Ryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 059319201X
- Language: English
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Machines a Visual History: 100 Machines and the Remarkable Stories Behind Each Invention
$35.00 Add to cartThe Repair Shop‘s Dominic Chinea takes you on an exploration of 100 essential machines found in the workshops and studios of the world’s finest artisans and heritage craftspeople.
Filled with stunnin- Author: Chinea, Dominic
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0744089603
- Language: English
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Dam It!: Electrifying America and Taming Her Waterways
$32.95 Read moreAs told in Underwood’s crisp narratives and enhanced by his unique personal remembrances, Dam It! offers a riveting account of how dams restructured our landscape, powered our country, and became symb
- Author: Underwood, Robert L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 414
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 9798985245202
- Language: English
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A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
$23.00 Read more“The authoritative masterpiece” (L. A. Times) on the Apollo space program and NASA’s journey to the moon
This acclaimed portrait of heroism and ingenuity captures a watershed moment in human history.- Author: Chaikin, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 014311235X
- Language: English
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Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
$19.99 Read moreThe untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumph.
In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the U- Author: Kluger, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1250182514
- Language: English
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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
$20.00 Add to cartThe definitive history of America’s greatest incubator of innovation and the birthplace of some of the 20th century’s most influential technologies
“Filled with colorful characters and inspiring lesso- Author: Gertner, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 26 2013
- ISBN10: 0143122797
- Language: English
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Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture
$25.00 Add to cart“Mr. Dahlstrom…has written a superb history of the tractor and this long-forgotten period of capitalism in U.S. agriculture. We now know the whole story of when farming, business and the free-market… [more below]
- Author: Dahlstrom, Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1953295746
- Language: English
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1001 Inventions: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization: Official Companion to the 1001 Inventions Exhibition
$29.99 Add to cart1001 Inventions: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization takes readers on a journey through years of forgotten Islamic history to discover one thousand fascinating scientific and technological inve… [more below]
- Author: Al-Hassani, Salim T. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 28 2012
- ISBN10: 1426209347
- Language: English
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The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information Age
$34.95 Add to cartThe fascinating, untold story of how the Chinese language overcame unparalleled challenges and revolutionized the world of computing.
A standard QWERTY keyboard has a few dozen keys. How can Chinese–- Author: Mullaney, Thomas S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 0262047519
- Language: English
