inventors

Photographs, illustrations, and facts provide information on the life of Benjamin Franklin and on the topics covered in Magic Tree House #32 'To the Future, Ben Franklin!'.

This is the story of how Les Paul created the world's first solid- body electric guitar, countless other inventions that changed modern music, and one truly epic career in rock and roll. How to make a microphone? A broomstick, a cinderblock, a telephone, a radio. How to make an electric guitar? A record player's arm, a speaker, some tape. How to make a legendary inventor? A few tools, a lot of curiosity, and an endless faith in what is possible. Featuring richly detailed, dynamic illustrations by Brett Helquist, this unforgettable biography will resonate with inventive readers young and old.

Profiles ten of history's most significant inventions, including the printing press, the steam train, camera, telephone, car, radio, airplane, television, the microchip, and the World Wide Web, and discusses their effect on the world.

"Figment, Capri, and Spark search for Dreamfinder in the Doubtfinder's mindscape, but can they survive the experience?"--Amazon.com.

Describes scientific discoveries and inventions throughout history and discusses how they have changed the way people live.

In the years after the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee Datum Earth to myriad Long Earth worlds. Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang are all involved in this perilous rescue work when, out of the blue, Sally is contacted by her long-vanished father and inventor of the original Stepper device, Willis Linsay. He tells her he is planning a fantastic voyage across the Long Mars and wants her to accompany him. But Sally soon learns that Willis has an ulterior motive for his request.

A biography of the writer, inventor, and American statesman.

Flint Lockwood and his friends set out to clean up in Swallow Falls, but soon find out that things on the island aren't as they seem.

A graphic novel biography of Benjamin Franklin, discussing his childhood, family life, and career in science and politics.

A biography of Milton Bradley, known for creating the Milton Bradley Company to produce board games, crayons, and school supplies.