How to construct wireless outfits, boats, camp equipment, aerial gliders, kites, self-propelled vehicles engines, motors, electrical apparatus, cameras and hundreds of other things which delight every boy.
The boyhood of an American inventor. He often made and mended things as a boy. When he grew up he invented the cotton gin, and began the system of manufacturing guns with interchangeable parts.
Presents eco-friendly, thrifty and really cool activities--from turning ketchup bottles into nifty soap dispensers and building a window greenhouse for plants to making a power-generating windmill. Also features useful shortcuts for conserving our resources.
This nostalgic flashback to a simpler time is filled with illustrated projects that range from the everyday (birdhouse, bean shooter) to the unusual (ice glider, magnetic theater).
Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi—navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea. Mma Precious Ramotswe is content. Her business is well established with many satisfied customers, and in her mid-thirties (“the finest age to be”) she has a house, two adopted children, a fine fiancé. But, as always, there are troubles. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni has not set the date for their marriage. Her able assistant, Mma Makutsi, wants a husband. And worse, a rival detective agency has opened in town—an agency that does not have the gentle approach to business that Mma Ramotswe’s does. But, of course, Precious will manage these things, as she always does, with her uncanny insight and her good heart.
He takes a knitting class (it was that or his father?s mechanic class) under the impression that it's taught by the hot teacher all the boys like. Turns out, it?s not. Perfect.