Product Description: This book deals with two key aspects of the history of steam engines, a cornerstone of the Industrial Revolution, specifically the road that led to its discovery and the process of diffusion of the early steam engines. The first part of the volume outlines the technological and scientific developments which took place between the 16th and 18th centuries, proving critical for the invention of this strategic technology...read more

Product Description: Hardly a week passes without some high-profile court case that features intellectual property at its center. But how did the belief that one could own an idea come about? And how did that belief change the way humankind lives and works? William Rosen, author of Justinian's Flea, seeks to answer these questions and more with The Most Powerful Idea in the World...read more

Product Description: The Industrial Revolution had a profound and lasting effect on socioeconomic and cultural conditions in Britain.The Birth of Industrial Britain examines the impact of early industrialisation on British society in the century before 1850, coinciding with Britain’s transition from a late pre-industrial economy to one based on industrialisation and urbanisation...read more

Updates the classic study of the industrial revolution, while exploring Britain's rise and subsequent decline from industrial power

An extraordinary and disturbing collaborative novel documents the decades prior to the Millennium and ends with an apocalyptic story of terror by such notable dark fantasy writers as Faust, David Morrell, F. Paul Wilson, Clive Barker, and others. Reprint. K.