inventors

A biography that recounts the life of scientist Nikola Tesla who helped develop the technology that harnessed alternating-current electricity.

Presents an annotated edition of Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, begun and abandoned in 1771, continued in 1784, and left unfinished at the time of his death in 1790, and includes an introductory essay that provides information about the statesman and the history of his memoirs.

When his grandfather sends him a steam ball--a device that allows for grand, but potentially destructive, steam power--Ray Steam finds himself caught between his grandfather and his father, conservative inventors and greedy American business men, and revolutionizing steam technology or possibly destroying the world.

Celebrates the contributions women have made to every aspect of life, describing the inventions which were conceived and developed by women.

Profiles ten inventions that have had a large influence on the history of sports.

Eleven-year-old inventor Sol must recover his self-confidence if he and his eight-year-old sister, Connie, are to escape the clutches of Hansel and Gretel's witch, to whom they have been led by their new stepmother and the man they believe to be their father.

Jem is led on an adventurous journey to find the final resting place of Leonardo da Vinci after his scientist father turns himself into a nine-foot-tall orangutan.

When Norton and Marigold Bicker's time machine backfires, their children, twelve-year-old Marie and nine-year-old Eddie, try to save them as they mentally become younger and younger. Sequel to "The Tiny Parents.".

Chronicles the life of Benjamin Franklin, discussing his many inventions, the many contradictions in his life, his vast writings, and the impact he had on American history.