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Now, you can learn the remarkable stories surrounding monumental inventions - and how consequential these inventions were to history. Taught by Professor W. Bernard Carlson of the University of Virginia, who is an expert on the role of innovation in history, these 36 enlightening lectures give you a broad survey of material history, from the ancient pottery wheel to the Internet and social media. Along with recounting the famous inventions you might expect, this course explores a number of surprising innovations, including beer, pagodas, and the operating room.

Incredible True Stories for Curious Kids isn't just another fact book. It's a collection of surprising, real-life stories told through fun characters and dialogue that make kids forget they're actually learning.

Leo and Remi have saved the wacky, wonderful Whippet Hotel, but their adventures aren't over. Anything is possible on the field of wacky inventions: some are scary (like a genetically altered twelve-foot chicken); some are dangerous (like a pond full of electric eels); some are completely out of control; and somehow, Leo and Remi will take it all in stride.

Welcome to Wildcat Crossing! There's horses to ride, a Wild West show - and a mysterious troublemaker on the loose!

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather, and they're fixing up their boxcar so they can ride it in the big Greenfield Founder's Day parade. There's just one problem: Someone has stolen the boxcar... with their dog Watch in it! If only they can find the missing boxcar, it will lead them to Watch.

The author of the acclaimed medieval mystery A Burnable Book once again brings fourteenth-century London alive in all its color and detail in this riveting thriller featuring medieval poet and fixer John Gower—a twisty tale rife with intrigue, danger mystery, and murder. Though he is one of...

Bloomsbury presents Bridget Vanderpuff and the Ghost Train by Martin Stewart, read by Andrea Matthea. When a ghost train is seen rattling into Belle-on-Sea, Bridget Vanderpuff must use her incredible powers of invention and detection to solve the mystery on her second spooky adventure…...

Bloomsbury presents Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing by Martin Stewart, read by Hamish Lloyd Barnes. '[A] thrilling story... a must-read for 8+ year olds' School Reading List Meet ocean explorer Sandy Fin, silver-scaled diver of the deep, puzzler of puzzles and hero of a new madcap middle...

Bloomsbury presents Bridget Vanderpuff and the Monster Mountain Mystery, by Martin Stewart. Read by Andrea Matthea. Bridget Vanderpuff is the Best Worst Baker in the World. A recipe for fun with villainy, cake and sprinkles of silliness, heart and hope. Bridget and Tom travel to Butterälp to...

Bloomsbury presents Sandy Fin: Mystery of the Phantom Diver by Martin Stewart, read by Hamish Lloyd Barnes. Meet ocean explorer Sandy Fin, silver-scaled diver of the deep, puzzler of puzzles and daring hero of a hilarious middle grade series by Martin Stewart, illustrated in black and white...

Jeremy Strong described Ivan's first Casper Candlewacks book as a "funny and engaging debut". This is the triumphant follow-up from the funniest new voice in fiction and once again unsung hero, Casper must save the day. Most villages have an idiot but Casper's village is full of them. So being...

A strange old theatre at the end of the pier is the setting for the next fantastic adventure full of magic and mayhem with unbeatable double act, Esme & Monty Pepper, and their madcap Uncle Potty… The Pepper twins, Esmé and Monty and their uncle Potty have been summoned to the Sea Spray...

The Aldens are making the journey to their Aunt Jane’s house on an overnight bicycle trip. But on their first night, the children are caught in a rainstorm and have to take shelter in an old, abandoned house where a most unusual mystery—a lost dog—finds them!

The Alden children are helping out at a radio station and they’re going to be actors in a live mystery show. Benny is excited to play the ghost dog! But some folks say the station is haunted—for real! Can the Boxcar Children catch the radio ghost before the station’s listeners are scared away?

Discover the extraordinary stories behind everyday things! Did you know that the ice cream sundae was invented because of a law forbidding the sale of ice cream on Sundays? Or that the first motorcycle was really just a tricycle with a motor? Would you believe that Mickey Mouse started out as a...