inventions

After visiting the Hall of Flight at the Bearsonian Institution, the Bear cubs decide to invent their own airplanes. Incl. information about history of flight and instructions making balloon-powered ar.

Uncle Alberto's latest invention is F.I.D.O. -- Friendly Intelligent Dog Object! The robotic dog seems to invite trouble wherever it goes.

Presents an illustrated overview of the history of human invention, from the stone tools of early man, to advances in genetic engineering.

Describes the development of computers, their various components, and uses for entertainment, education, business, and other facets of life.

Profiles over one hundred quirky inventions, such as a mobile pet water bowl, a license plate holder that converts into a help sign, a shoulder dolly, and lighted slippers.

Text and illustrations explore several different inventions such as the submarine, photocopier, and telescope, with quizzes to test the reader's knowledge.

Examines the major inventions that have changed how people run their households including fireplaces and the introduction of central heating, indoor plumbing, the washing machine and sewing machine, commercial food production and refrigeration, and microwave ovens.

After his little sister Hannah becomes mortally ill, ten-year-old Joe follows a shadowy figure to the war-torn land of Asphodel, a mysterious and dangerous world of dying children, where he entrusts himself to a devious blind guide, faces ruthless killing machines, and discovers a shocking truth about himself.

Collection of cartoons telling amazing-but-true stories about unusual inventions and discoveries such as a gun that shoots around corners, an eyeball massager, ancient ice, and vegetables that grow to look like famous people.