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Project Gutenberg
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English
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“Records of a Family of Engineers” is a memoir by Robert Louis Stevenson that tells the story of his father's family and their work as engineers in Scotland. The book covers the history of the family, as well as the various projects they worked on, such as the construction of lighthouses, and provides an insight into the engineering profession during the 19th century. Through this memoir, Stevenson reflects on the lives of his ancestors and the...
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Questioneers volume 2
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English
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A young aspiring engineer must first conquer her fear of failure.
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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There are many thrilling incidents-all the more attractive because of their truth-in the study, the trials, the disappointments, the obstacles overcome, and the final triumph of the successful inventor. Every great invention, afterward marvelled at, was first derided. Each great inventor, after solving problems in mechanics or chemistry, had to face the jeers of the incredulous. The story of James Watt's sensations when the driving-wheels of his first...
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Series
Questioneers (Project books) volume 1
Publisher
ABRAMS, Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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With more than 40 things to invent, draw, and make, featuring art from the beloved New York Times bestselling picture book Rosie Revere, Engineer, this activity book contains kid-friendly projects of all kinds and is the perfect gift for curious young readers! Soon enough children will be engineering whizzes just like Rosie, and along the way she'll reassure them that failure, flops, mess-ups and cross-outs are part of the process. Do you like to...
11) Crescent dawn
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 21
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English
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In A.D. 327, a Roman galley barely escapes a pirate attack with its extraordinary cargo. In 1916, a British warship mysteriously explodes in the North Sea. In the present day, a cluster of mosques in Turkey and Egypt are wracked by explosions. Does anything tie them together?
12) The Traveling Engineers' Association: To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads
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Project Gutenberg
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English
17) Steve Jobs
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English
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"FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHIES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND ALBERT EINSTEIN, THIS IS THE EXCLUSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF STEVE JOBS. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur...
19) Poseidon's arrow
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 22
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English
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Ruthless Austrian entrepreneur Edward Bolcke has managed to steal a crucial component of the U.S. Navy's latest submarine technology--and he has found a way to hijack the world's supply of rare earth minerals. The three Pitts, along with longstanding sidekick Al Giordino, use their usual mix of brains and brawn to see that justice is served.
20) Elon Musk
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"When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist.
His father’s impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable...
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