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London 1884. Electricity pioneer Simon Borthwick lights up Victorian London with a stunning illuminations display - then shoots himself in a hansom cab. Plucky Fleet Street reporter Penny Green witnesses the inventor's death and suspects the clue to his suicide lies in a mysterious letter he left behind. But can she persuade Inspector James Blakely of Scotland Yard that a crime has been committed? Borthwick isn't the only person who died that day, and Penny soon encounters a shadowy world which the police can't get close to.

Joe’s candidacy was successful beyond his wildest dreams. Between driving the elves out of dwarven sovereign territory, utterly destroying an army of thousands, and using resources he could have used for himself to bring back the fallen on his own side...his reputation begins to precede him once more. The human was so successful that many people even within the dwarven faction have decided that they need to step forward to stop him. Realizing that he’s been in the public eye too long, Joe decides that it’s time to step out of fighting the war.

In Stories of Inventors, Doubleday takes you on a fascinating journey through the history of everyday inventions that have shaped the technological landscape we know today. While some of these inventions may have faded into obscurity, each tale highlights the inventors resilience, creativity, and keen observations. Doubleday provides a fresh and engaging background on each technology, illustrating how even outdated innovations paved the way for modern advancements. For instance, Edisons incandescent bulb may be giving way to energy-efficient CFLs, but his groundbreaking work in indoor lighting...

Just as the big trees of the Pacific Northwest inspired the legend of Paul Bunyan, so did the Palouse Hills of southeastern Washington--where fantastic fields of wheat were raised on incredibly steep slopes--spawn tall tales about farmers, steamboat men, and the ingenious methods they used to get their grain to market. Though thirty-three-mule hitches and headers (whose downhill wheels were three times larger than the uphill ones) solved the harvesting problems, transporting the sacked grain two thousand vertical feet down to the steamboat landings took sheer genius.

Dive into the world of fascinating inventors and their groundbreaking inventions. This captivating journey takes you through the lives of such great inventors as Alexander Bell, Wrights, Morse, Gutenberg, and Edison. Listen to the stories of their trials, tribulations, and triumphs, starting with the maiden voyage of Fultons Folly, the Clermont. Discover how the evolution of boat-making, from primitive rafts to the majestic galleys of the Phoenicians, culminated in the first trip of the Clermont, a momentous event that marked the end of oars and the advent of sails. This book is not just about...

Curiosidade e inquietude são os traços que movem o protagonista do conto "O inventor", de Florbela Espanca. Nele, a procura incessante do motor perfeito – vivem-se os primórdios da aviação – ecoa os sentimentos da própria Florbela Espanca: ansiedade, frustração, desalento. O conto vem do livro póstumo intitulado "As máscaras do destino".

Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store. Alger’s heroes are honest, temperate, generous, and brave, good in a fight and ready to protect a weaker boy from a bully. Alger stresses work, study, and thrift as ways to escape poverty. Alger’s villains, on the other hand, are usually dishonest, sometimes alcoholic or brutal.