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In this new 2023 high-definition program, learn all about the origins and history of ancient inventions that we still use today like toothpaste, toothbrushes, hair combs, alarm clocks, paper, sailboats, jewelry, the compass, the wheel, and many more. You will appreciate that people long ago had the ingenuity to solve problems facing them as a society to make life better and easier, just as we continue to do to this day.
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A book by the bestselling, American Book Award-winning author.
In Lies Across America, James W. Loewen continues his mission, begun in the award-winning Lies My Teacher Told Me, of overturning the myths and misinformation that too often pass for American history. This is a one-of-a-kind examination of historic sites all over the country where history is literally written on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, historic houses,...
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It's the twenty-first century and let's be honest—things are a little disappointing. Where are the ray guns, the flying cars, and the hoverboards that we expected? In this entertaining book, roboticist Daniel H. Wilson takes a hilarious look at the future we imagined for ourselves, the world we always wanted.
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Did you know that aloe vera - now found in countless products, including sunscreens and soaps - was first used by Africans? They ground it into powder and used it to treat burns and other skin conditions, and hunters used it to disguise their scent from animals. They also used the nutritious oil from the fruit of the oil palm tree in everything from cooking to medicines to wine. And the marimba, better known to us as the xylophone, is believed to...
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Discover the inventions that changed our world! Make reading your superpower with DK's beautiful, leveled nonfiction. Use your reading superpowers to learn all about inventions that change how we live - a high-quality, fun, nonfiction reader - carefully leveled to help children progress. Which Inventions Changed the World? is a beautifully designed reader all about inventions that changed people's lives - from helping us to navigate or communicate...
9) Ingenious
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"A rags-to-riches story of two friends, a small-time inventor and a sharky salesman, who hit rock bottom before coming up with a gizmo that becomes a worldwide phenomenon"--from www.imdb.com.
17) Inventions
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Looks at incredible inventions in the fields of entertainment, communication, transportation, and medicine.
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Printing words in books originated in China with the invention of movable type. But books aren't the only way we've communicated throughout history. Find out who invented the first radio, which complicated code took 267 years to crack, and how cloth weaving inspired computer programs. Fact-packed text and fun illustrations reveal wacky inventions (a machine that translates your dog's barks!) and wayward predictions (the Internet was supposed to collapse...
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