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What Mrs. Fisher Knows About So. Cooking, USA, Applewood Books, Paperback

What Mrs. Fisher Knows About So. Cooking, USA, Applewood Books, Paperback This is a wonderful collection of one-hundred and sixty authentic and tasty recipes of the Old South. Originally published in 1881, it was the first African-American cookbook. Prior to Applewood’s edition, it had been reprinted only once in a limited edition of one hundred copies.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, USA, Books of American Wisdom, Hardback

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, USA, Books of American Wisdom, Hardback In 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt served as chairwoman of the United Nations committee to create this declaration of moral conscience, now used by Amnesty International as their founding document. This hardcover edition contains the international document in six languages: English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian, and Arabic.

McGuffey’s First Eclectic Reader, USA, McGuffey Readers, Paperback

McGuffey’s First Eclectic Reader, USA, McGuffey Readers, Paperback The tried and true McGuffey’s First Eclectic Reader develops basic reading comprehension skills for children as young as three all the way to adults learning to read. Using stories, word lists, phonics charts, and 19th-century illustrations, it is a timeless teaching tool. This is the revised 1879 edition. The McGuffey Readers are among the best known schoolbooks in the history of American education, having sold more than 120 million copies since the time of their first publication in 1836.

My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla Paperback

My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla Paperback 2018 Reprint of 1919 Edition. Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Was a Prophet of the Electronic Age. His Research Laid Much of the Groundwork for Modern Electrical and Communication Systems, and His Impressive Accomplishments Include Development of the Alternating-Current Electrical System, Radio, the Tesla Coil Transformer, Wireless Transmission, and Fluorescent Lighting. Tesla’s Research Was So Groundbreaking That Many of His Contemporaries Failed to Understand It, and Other Scientists Are Unjustly Credited for His Innovations. the Visionary Scientist Speaks for Himself in This Volume, Originally Published in 1919 as a Six-Part Series in Electrical Experimenter Magazine. Tesla Recounts His Boyhood in Croatia, His Schooling and Work in Europe, His Collaboration with Thomas Edison, and His Subsequent Research. Written with Wit and éLan, This Memoir Offers Fascinating Insights into One of the Great Minds of Modern Science. Chapters Include: My Early Life; My First Efforts in Inventions; My Later Endeavors: the Discovery of the Rotating Magnetic Field and the Discovery of the Tesla Coil and Transformer; the Magnifying Transmitter; the Art of Telautomatics.