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Benjamin Franklin
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World's weirdest gadgets
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Death on the lizard
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The Man Who Invented the Computer
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James Watt, inventor of a steam engine
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What color is my world?
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Guglielmo Marconi
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Vincent Shadow, toy inventor
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The Idea Factory
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The Sisters Brothers
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Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die. The enigmatic and powerful man known only as the Commodore has ordered it, and his henchmen, Eli and Charlie Sisters, will make sure of it. Though Eli doesn't sha… |
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Before we went wireless
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"The first biography of the brilliant inventor and practical experimenter in late 19th century telegraphy, telephony, metal detection, and audiology, British-born David Edward Hughes"--Provided by pu… |
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Becoming Ben Franklin
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The man who invented the electric guitar
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"Read about the genius of Les Paul and how he invented the electric guitar"--Provided by publisher. |
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Sky high
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"Charlie has lots of ideas. Need something to go sky high? Ah-ha! The zinger-winger! Need to launch a cheese popper into soup? The amazing popper-upper! But the zinger-winger zings more than wings an… |
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