How cars changed the world

How Cars Changed the World

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How Iceland Changed the World

The untold story of how one tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic has shaped the world for centuries.

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Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World

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Month that Changed the World

The dramatic step-by-step account of how the assassination of an Austrian archduke in the Balkans led to the cataclysm of the First World War over fiv

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Brief History of How the Industrial Revolution Changed the World

The ideas, people and inventions that built the modern world

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Edinburgh's Literary Heritage and How it Changed the World

The fascinating history of Edinburgh's astonishing literary legacy. Covering authors, books, journals, ideas, festivals, attractions and landmarks.

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Transported: 50 Vehicles That Changed the World - Ralphs Matt

Anotace: A fascinating book about the vehicles that have shaped our world, written by narrowboat captain and children`s author Matt Ralphs, with stunning colour illustrations on every page by Rui Ricardo.From ancient chariots and Viking longships to racing cars, rockets and solar-powered aeroplanes, our world has been changed by the pioneering development of many incredi...

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Transported: 50 Vehicles That Changed the World - Matt Ralphs

<p>A fascinating book about the vehicles that have shaped our world, written by narrowboat captain and children's author Matt Ralphs, with stunning colour illustrations on every page by Rui Ricardo. From ancient chariots and Viking longships to racing cars, rockets and solar-powered aeroplanes, our world has been changed by the pioneering development of many incred...

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Jet: The Engine that Changed the World

Taking a look at its history and how the world has changed since its invention, it is time to appraise the Age of the Jet.

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Transported: 50 Vehicles That Changed the World

A fascinating book about the vehicles that have shaped our world, with stunning colour illustrations on every page. From Viking longships to solar-powered aeroplanes, our world has been changed by the pioneering development of many incredible vehicles. Take a journey through time to discover how these 50 ground-breaking inventions changed the world and how they might even...

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Seventeen Equations that Changed the World

Examines seventeen groundbreaking equations that have altered the course of human history. This book explores how Pythagoras' Theorem led to GPS and S

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Seven Elements That Have Changed The World

Uranium, carbon, iron, titanium, gold, silver and silicon - former BP CEO John Browne explains how seven elements are shaping the 21st century, for go

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Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars

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Artists Who Changed History

This visual celebration of the world's most celebrated thinkers tells the fascinating stories of their lives and pioneering ideas. Artists Who Changed History places well-known artists in their historical and cultural context, showing you how they came to influence Art as we know it today. This illustrated guide is ideal for those interested in art, sculptures and the his...

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Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way) - Roma Agrawalová

<p>'A masterclass in storytelling... Agrawal is the perfect narrator: her curiosity, technical knowledge and excitement fill every page. It left me inspired by the ingenuity of historic engineers and optimistic for future innovation.' - Jess Wade, physicist and author of Nano'Inside this wonderfully engaging book is a profound message: that so much of technology com...

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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (0393343405)

Kniha - autor Stephen Greenblatt, 356 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling story of discovery, in which one manuscript, plucked from a thousand years of neglect, changed the course of human thought and made possible the world as we know it.

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How to Build a Car : The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Formula 1 Designer - Adrian Newey

<p>'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun. An immensely likeable man.' Damon Hill The world's foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain's greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir. How to Build a Car explores the story of Adri...

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Written World

The true story of literature -- of how writing changed civilizations, cultures and the history of the world.

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How the Camel got his Hump

Once, when the world was new, Camel had no hump. This is the tale of how that changed. A charming retelling of one of Rudyard KiplingÂ’s beloved Just

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World Away

The 1950s and 1960s were a transformative period in Britain, and an important part of this was how BritonsÂ’ lives were changed when they began flying

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How to Support a Champion

If you are contemplating working with a champion, a potential champion, or anyone with untapped talent - be prepared, be very prepared. In 1998 Sir Steve Redgrave stared at Ingham and demanded to know, "Are you going to make me go faster?" Ingham had been trained and developed as a scientist, but in that single instance he questioned everything he thought he knew. Applied...

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How to Build a Car

'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun. An immensely likeable man.' Damon Hill The world's foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain's greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir. How to Build a Car explores the story of Adrian's unri...

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How AI Thinks: How we built it, how it can help us, and how we can control it - Nigel Toon

<p>'Artificial intelligence is going to have a massive impact on everyone's lives... an accessible and sensible read that helps demystify AI' Deborah Meaden, entrepreneur and star of Dragon's Den'Nigel Toon is a visionary leader in the field of artificial intelligence... a must-read' Marc Tremblay, Distinguished Engineer, MicrosoftThose who understand how AI thinks ...

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History and Natural History of Spices

The dramatic search for spices through history, and how the pursuit of rare flavours changed and opened up our world

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The New Breed: How to Think About Robots - Kate Darling

<p>'A must read for anyone interested in the emerging ethics of robotics' Irene M. PepperbergA bold, optimistic exploration of the relationship between robots and humans based on our history with animals, from a renowned MIT researcherThe robots are here. They make our cars, they deliver fast food, they mine the sea floor. And in the near-future their presence will...

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How to Think Like an Economist : The Great Economists Who Shaped the World and What We Can Learn From Them Today

An entertaining collection of biographical portraits of history's most influential and inspiring economists from Aristotle to Keynes, and Karl Marx to Friedrich Hayek and what they can teach us about the world today. We all live in the economy, whether we know it or not. The current cost-of-living crisis is an economic problem. Brexit might be a political project, but it ...

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How to Win a Grand Prix: From Pit Lane to Podium - the Inside Track - Bernie Collins

<p>Race-winning team strategist shows how F1 really works. Welcome to Bernadette 'Bernie' Collins' world. Formula 1 drivers are the public face of Grand Prix racing but behind every driver is a team of several hundred people sharing the same passionate desire to win. On race day it's the Team Strategist who calls the shots, working under immense pressure to make spl...

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A World Transformed: Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global Power - James Walvin

<p>A major study of how slavery and enslaved people shaped the modern worldFor the best part of four centuries, enslaved Africans were the human cogs in a vast machine which transformed the face of the Americas, enhanced the well-being of the Western world, and created cultural habits we are familiar with today. In A World Transformed, celebrated historian James Wal...

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The Power of Geography : Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World - Marshall Tim

Anotace: *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*`I can`t imagine reading a better book this year´ Daily MirrorTim Marshall`s global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation´s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn´t changed. But the world has.In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are se...

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The Power of Geography : Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World - Tim Marshall

<p>*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 'I can't imagine reading a better book this year’ Daily Mirror Tim Marshall's global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation’s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn’t changed. But the world has. In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that a...

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Bounce! The Wonderful World of Rubber Upper Intermediate Book with Online Access

It's in our shoes, cars, bikes, golf balls, clothing, kitchens ...what would we do without rubber? Learn about where rubber comes from, how we use it, and how we depend on it more and more.

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Cambridge Discovery Education Interactive Readers B2 Bounce! The Wonderful World of Rubber Cambridge University Press

It´s in our shoes, cars, bikes, golf balls, clothing, kitchens . . . what would we do without rubber? Learn about where rubber comes from, how we use it, and how we depend on it more and more....

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The Notebook

Diaries, sketchbooks, common-places, notebooks, ledgers and ships' logs: how the blank book changed the way we think, and helped us change the world.

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The Fabric of Civilization

From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, an "expansive" global history that highlights "how textiles truly changed the world" (Wall Street Journal)

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Round the Bend

Avoiding the legions of power-crazed traffic wombles attempting to block highway and byway, this title: shows how the world of performance cars may be

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Lenin on the Train

A gripping account of how during WWI, Russia's greatest revolutionary was taken in a 'sealed train' across Europe and changed the history of the world. Merridale recreates Lenin's journey from harmless exile in Zurich, across a Germany falling to pieces from the war's deprivations, to the edge of Lapland to his ecstatic reception by the revolutionary crowds at Petrograd's...

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The Secret History (1400031702)

Kniha - autor Donna Tartt, 576 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofThe Goldfinch. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misf...

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Staying On the Track - Mansell Nigel

Anotace: `EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING...REMARKABLY FRANK` DAILY TELEGRAPH 50 GREATEST SPORTS BOOKS OF ALL TIME After finishing as runner-up three times in the drivers` world championship, in 1992 Nigel Mansell finally secured the title. It was the crowning achievement of a hugely successful career, in which he won 31 Grand Prix, a record for a British driver that stood until ...

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Imagine You Were There... Winning the Vote for Women

Learn how the women's suffrage movement changed the world and about the people who made it happen.

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Imagine You Were There... Walking on the Moon

Discover how the Moon landing changed the world and learn about the fascinating people who made it happen!

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Imagine You Were There... Walking on the Moon

Discover how the Moon landing changed the world and learn about the fascinating people who made it happen!

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Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest (0241389356)

Kniha - autor Suzanne Simard, 256 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná From the world’s leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest–a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery. In her first book, Simard brings us into her world, the intimate world of the trees...

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Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North - Joyceová Rachel

Anotace: The final novel in the Harold Fry trilogy, this is a heart-stopping story told from the view point of his wife Maureen as she takes her own journey and discovers how to reconnect with the world.Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on his epic journey on foot to save a friend. But the story doesn`t end there.Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make.Maur...

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Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North

The final novel in the Harold Fry trilogy, this is a heart-stopping story told from the view point of his wife Maureen as she takes her own journey and discovers how to reconnect with the world. Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on his epic journey on foot to save a friend. But the story doesn't end there. Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make. Maureen ...

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Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North - Rachel Joyce

<p>The final novel in the Harold Fry trilogy, this is a heart-stopping story told from the view point of his wife Maureen as she takes her own journey and discovers how to reconnect with the world. Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on his epic journey on foot to save a friend. But the story doesn't end there. Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make. ...

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Australia & the Pacific: A history

Anotace: There are many ways to present a history of Australia and its Pacific neighbourhood, though there have been remarkably few attempts to do so. Had I worked as a reporter, administrator, aid worker or entrepreneur my insights would be very different. So, too, if I were a missionary or the son of the same. Instead, I am a historian... Australia & the Pacific is a r...

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The Greatest Secret - Byrne Rhonda

Anotace: From Rhonda Byrne, the author of the worldwide phenomenon The Secret, comes The Greatest Secret-a long-awaited major new work that offers revelations and practices to end suffering and discover lasting happiness. Ancient traditions knew that to hide a secret it should be put in plain sight, where no-one will think to look for it. Billions of people on our plane...

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The Greatest Secret - Rhonda Byrne

<p>From Rhonda Byrne, the author of the worldwide phenomenon The Secret, comes The Greatest Secret-a long-awaited major new work that offers revelations and practices to end suffering and discover lasting happiness. Ancient traditions knew that to hide a secret it should be put in plain sight, where no-one will think to look for it. Billions of people on our planet...

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The Worst Princess - Kemp Anna

Anotace: Forget about all the things you think a princess is SUPPOSED to do - Princess Sue is not that kind of royalty! Princess Sue sits in a tower, waiting for her prince to come. But then she realises . . . she doesn`t need a prince at all! Find out how this feisty princess escapes the clutches of her twit of a prince in this funny, feminist twist on the traditional p...

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The Worst Princess - Anna Kemp

<p>Forget about all the things you think a princess is SUPPOSED to do - Princess Sue is not that kind of royalty! Princess Sue sits in a tower, waiting for her prince to come. But then she realises . . . she doesn't need a prince at all! Find out how this feisty princess escapes the clutches of her twit of a prince in this funny, feminist twist on the traditional pr...

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Einstein´s Fridge : The Science of Fire, Ice and the Universe - Sen Paul

Anotace: Einstein`s Fridge tells the story of how scientists uncovered the least known and yet most consequential of all the sciences, and learned to harness the power of heat and ice.The laws of thermodynamics govern everything from the behaviour of atoms to that of living cells, from the engines that power our world to the black hole at the centre of our galaxy. Not on...

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Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind

Positioning, a concept developed by the authors, has changed the way people advertise. The reason? It's the first concept to deal with the problems of communicating in an overcommunicated society. With this approach, a company creates a 'position' in the prospect's mind, one that reflects the company's own strengths and weaknesses as well as those of its competitors. Witt...

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The Dreamer : An Autobiography - Richard Cliff

Anotace: Cliff Richard tells his story, in his own words, in his highly anticipated new autobiography.Achieving a hit in every decade since the 1950s, Cliff Richard stands alone in pop history. Coming of age in 1950s London, he began his music career at Soho`s legendary 2i`s Cafe, and now he`s approaching his 80th birthday with record sales of over 250m and counting.Clif...

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The Dreamer : An Autobiography - Cliff Richard

<p>Cliff Richard tells his story, in his own words, in his highly anticipated new autobiography. Achieving a hit in every decade since the 1950s, Cliff Richard stands alone in pop history. Coming of age in 1950s London, he began his music career at Soho's legendary 2i's Cafe, and now he's approaching his 80th birthday with record sales of over 250m and counting. C...

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Defiant: The Fourth Skyward Novel - Sanderson Brandon

Anotace: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes the final book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction. Spensa made it out of the Nowhere, but what she saw in the space between the stars has changed her forever. She came face to face with the Delvers, and finally got answ...

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Defiant: The Fourth Skyward Novel - Brandon Sanderson

<p>From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes the final book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction. Spensa made it out of the Nowhere, but what she saw in the space between the stars has changed her forever. She came face to face with the Delvers, and finally got answe...

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What´s the Point of Science? - kolektiv autorů

Anotace: Wonderful storytelling and hand-drawn illustrations reveal the wonder of scientific discovery through history, ages 9-12Bored of biology? Crushed by chemistry? Perplexed by physics? DOES SCIENCE REALLY MATTER ANYWAY? Oh, only for... JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING!From how to stop a virus to defy gravity, and from how to predict the future to how to see the past, this boo...

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What´s the Point of Science? - autorů kolektiv

<p>Wonderful storytelling and hand-drawn illustrations reveal the wonder of scientific discovery through history, ages 9-12 Bored of biology? Crushed by chemistry? Perplexed by physics? DOES SCIENCE REALLY MATTER ANYWAY? Oh, only for... JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING! From how to stop a virus to defy gravity, and from how to predict the future to how to see the past, this...

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The Choice, 1. vydání - Edith Eva Egerová

THE AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERby Edith Eger, as seen on BBC BreakfastEven in hell, hope can flower'I'll be forever changed by her story' - Oprah Winfrey 'One of those rare and eternal stories you don't want to end' - Desmond Tutu'A masterpiece of holocaust literature. Her memoir, like her life, is extraordinary, harrowing and inspiring in equal measure' – The ...

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100 Movies of the 2010s - Jürgen Müller

<p>The 2010s saw Netflix take on Hollywood, indie movies make history, and Star Wars strike back. Look back on the very best of film from 2011–2020 in this new compendium distilling the big-screen spirit of the decade. Entries featuring stills, detailed synopses, and trivia guide us across the Marvel Universe and through landmark projects such as Boyhood, Get Out, a...

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