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⚙️ Victorian Engineering

Iron, steam, and audacious ambition — stories driven by the era's great builders and the monumental feats that reshaped the modern world.
Engineers of Dreams
by Henry Petroski • 1995
America's bridges were built by dreamers, rivals, and the hard lessons of catastrophic failure.
3.78
166
🏗️ Civil Engineering🌉 Bridge Design🏛️ Infrastructure History
Engineers of Dreams Summary
Engineers of Dreams 89%
America's bridges were built by dreamers, rivals, and the hard lessons of catastrophic failure.
by Henry Petroski 1995
3.78
166 ratings
🏗️ Civil Engineering🌉 Bridge Design🏛️ Infrastructure History
The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering
by T. O'Conor Sloane • 2009
An electrical engineering dictionary from the year the ether was real and the electron unknown.
3.08
137
⚡ Electrical Engineering📖 Scientific Dictionaries🔌 History Of Electricity
The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering Summary
The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering 89%
An electrical engineering dictionary from the year the ether was real and the electron unknown.
by T. O'Conor Sloane 2009
3.08
137 ratings
⚡ Electrical Engineering📖 Scientific Dictionaries🔌 History Of Electricity
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
by Andrew Lycett • 2007
Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.
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299
📚 Literary Biography👑 Victorian England🔍 Detective Fiction
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes 89%
Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.
by Andrew Lycett 2007
3.91
299 ratings
📚 Literary Biography👑 Victorian England🔍 Detective Fiction
Engineering in Plain Sight
by Grady Hillhouse • 2022
An illustrated field guide to the engineering secrets embedded in every street, pole, and bridge.
4.20
856
🏗️ Civil Engineering🏙️ Built Environment⚡ Infrastructure
Engineering in Plain Sight Summary
Engineering in Plain Sight 89%
An illustrated field guide to the engineering secrets embedded in every street, pole, and bridge.
by Grady Hillhouse 2022
4.20
856 ratings
🏗️ Civil Engineering🏙️ Built Environment⚡ Infrastructure
The Perfectionists
by Simon Winchester • 2018
From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.
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7k+
🔧 History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🔍 Microhistory
The Perfectionists Summary
The Perfectionists 89%
From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.
by Simon Winchester 2018
4.15
7k+ ratings
🔧 History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🔍 Microhistory
The Great Bridge
by David McCullough • 1972
The father died. The son collapsed. The daughter-in-law stepped in and built the Brooklyn Bridge.
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19k+
💰 Gilded Age History🌉 Civil Engineering History🏗️ Megaproject Narratives
The Great Bridge Summary
The Great Bridge 89%
The father died. The son collapsed. The daughter-in-law stepped in and built the Brooklyn Bridge.
by David McCullough 1972
4.26
19k+ ratings
💰 Gilded Age History🌉 Civil Engineering History🏗️ Megaproject Narratives
Civil Engineering
by David Muir Wood • 2012
Why bridges stand and dams hold: a compact tour of civil engineering, from soil to steel.
3.61
137
🏗️ Civil Infrastructure🧱 Construction Materials⚙️ Engineering Basics
Civil Engineering Summary
Civil Engineering 89%
Why bridges stand and dams hold: a compact tour of civil engineering, from soil to steel.
by David Muir Wood 2012
3.61
137 ratings
🏗️ Civil Infrastructure🧱 Construction Materials⚙️ Engineering Basics
Maintenance of Everything
by Stewart Brand • 2026
Civilization runs on maintenance nobody sees, values, or funds. Until it stops.
4.00
516
⚙️ History Of Technology🏗️ Infrastructure🧩 Systems Thinking
Maintenance of Everything Summary
Maintenance of Everything 89%
Civilization runs on maintenance nobody sees, values, or funds. Until it stops.
by Stewart Brand 2026
4.00
516 ratings
⚙️ History Of Technology🏗️ Infrastructure🧩 Systems Thinking
The Butchering Art
by Lindsey Fitzharris • 2017
Surgery was a death sentence until Joseph Lister found the invisible killer: germs.
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23k+
🏥 Medical History💉 Victorian Medicine🦠 Germ Theory
The Butchering Art Summary
The Butchering Art 88%
Surgery was a death sentence until Joseph Lister found the invisible killer: germs.
by Lindsey Fitzharris 2017
4.30
23k+ ratings
🏥 Medical History💉 Victorian Medicine🦠 Germ Theory
The Essential Engineer
by Henry Petroski • 2010
Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.
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270
🧠 Engineering Philosophy🛡️ Engineering Ethics⚖️ Risk Assessment
The Essential Engineer Summary
The Essential Engineer 88%
Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.
by Henry Petroski 2010
3.37
270 ratings
🧠 Engineering Philosophy🛡️ Engineering Ethics⚖️ Risk Assessment
Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party
by Edward Dolnick • 2024
Before Darwin, bizarre fossils had already cracked the God-ordained universe wide open.
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3k+
🎩 Victorian Science📜 History Of Science⛏️ Fossil Hunting
Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party Summary
Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party 88%
Before Darwin, bizarre fossils had already cracked the God-ordained universe wide open.
by Edward Dolnick 2024
3.74
3k+ ratings
🎩 Victorian Science📜 History Of Science⛏️ Fossil Hunting
Charles Dickens
by Claire Tomalin • 2011
He hid a secret mistress, idealized dead girls, and read aloud until it killed him.
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7k+
📚 Literary Biography🖋️ Victorian Authors💔 Childhood Trauma
Charles Dickens Summary
Charles Dickens 88%
He hid a secret mistress, idealized dead girls, and read aloud until it killed him.
by Claire Tomalin 2011
3.92
7k+ ratings
📚 Literary Biography🖋️ Victorian Authors💔 Childhood Trauma
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1892
Before forensics, one man solved impossible crimes through observation alone. Dr. Watson took notes.
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329k+
🔍 Amateur Sleuth🎩 Eccentric Detective🏙️ Victorian London
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 88%
Before forensics, one man solved impossible crimes through observation alone. Dr. Watson took notes.
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1892
4.30
329k+ ratings
🔍 Amateur Sleuth🎩 Eccentric Detective🏙️ Victorian London
Ada's Algorithm
by James Essinger • 2013
In 1843, Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer program and imagined machines that compose music.
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🖥️ Early Computing🔬 Women In Science📚 Scientific Biography
Ada's Algorithm Summary
Ada's Algorithm 88%
In 1843, Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer program and imagined machines that compose music.
by James Essinger 2013
3.27
2k+ ratings
🖥️ Early Computing🔬 Women In Science📚 Scientific Biography
The Spirit of London
by Boris Johnson • 2011
Fire and plague forged London's unbreakable commercial soul: a history told through its survivors.
3.85
881
🏙️ Urban History🇬🇧 London History👥 Collective Biography
The Spirit of London Summary
The Spirit of London 88%
Fire and plague forged London's unbreakable commercial soul: a history told through its survivors.
by Boris Johnson 2011
3.85
881 ratings
🏙️ Urban History🇬🇧 London History👥 Collective Biography
The Darwin Affair
by Timothy Mason • 2019
A detective hunting a royal assassin uncovers a conspiracy bent on destroying Charles Darwin.
3.66
11k+
🕵️ Victorian Detective📜 Historical Conspiracy👮 Disgraced Detective
The Darwin Affair Summary
The Darwin Affair 88%
A detective hunting a royal assassin uncovers a conspiracy bent on destroying Charles Darwin.
by Timothy Mason 2019
3.66
11k+ ratings
🕵️ Victorian Detective📜 Historical Conspiracy👮 Disgraced Detective
Brunelleschi's Dome
by Ross King • 1999
A goldsmith promised to build the world's largest dome without scaffolding. No one believed him.
3.91
28k+
🏛️ Architectural History🇮🇹 Renaissance Italy⚙️ Engineering Feats
Brunelleschi's Dome Summary
Brunelleschi's Dome 88%
A goldsmith promised to build the world's largest dome without scaffolding. No one believed him.
by Ross King 1999
3.91
28k+ ratings
🏛️ Architectural History🇮🇹 Renaissance Italy⚙️ Engineering Feats
Estudio en escarlata / La señal de los cuatro
by Arthur Conan Doyle • 2005
Pearls, a locked room murder, and lost treasure pull Holmes and Watson into a foggy hunt.
4.13
11k+
🕵️ Victorian Mystery🚪 Locked Room Mystery💰 Treasure Hunt
Estudio en escarlata / La señal de los cuatro Summary
Estudio en escarlata / La señal de los cuatro 88%
Pearls, a locked room murder, and lost treasure pull Holmes and Watson into a foggy hunt.
by Arthur Conan Doyle 2005
4.13
11k+ ratings
🕵️ Victorian Mystery🚪 Locked Room Mystery💰 Treasure Hunt
The Five
by Hallie Rubenhold • 2019
Jack the Ripper killed five women. The label pinned on three of them was a lie.
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69k+
🏙️ Victorian London📖 Social History✊ Feminist History
The Five Summary
The Five 88%
Jack the Ripper killed five women. The label pinned on three of them was a lie.
by Hallie Rubenhold 2019
4.09
69k+ ratings
🏙️ Victorian London📖 Social History✊ Feminist History
Engineering Mechanics
by Russell C. Hibbeler • 1992
From particles to rigid bodies: a methodical path through statics, dynamics, and vibrations.
4.06
205
⚙️ Engineering Mechanics🔧 Mechanical Engineering🏗️ Structural Analysis
Engineering Mechanics Summary
Engineering Mechanics 88%
From particles to rigid bodies: a methodical path through statics, dynamics, and vibrations.
by Russell C. Hibbeler 1992
4.06
205 ratings
⚙️ Engineering Mechanics🔧 Mechanical Engineering🏗️ Structural Analysis
To Forgive Design
by Henry Petroski • 2012
The safest bridges and planes are designed by studying the ones that fell down.
3.53
217
🏗️ Structural Engineering🔍 Forensic Engineering💭 Design Philosophy
To Forgive Design Summary
To Forgive Design 88%
The safest bridges and planes are designed by studying the ones that fell down.
by Henry Petroski 2012
3.53
217 ratings
🏗️ Structural Engineering🔍 Forensic Engineering💭 Design Philosophy
The Diamond Age
by Neal Stephenson • 1995
A stolen, sentient primer teaches a poor girl to read, then to lead an army.
4.16
94k+
📖 Sentient Book🤱 Surrogate Mother👑 Child Leader
The Diamond Age Summary
The Diamond Age 88%
A stolen, sentient primer teaches a poor girl to read, then to lead an army.
by Neal Stephenson 1995
4.16
94k+ ratings
📖 Sentient Book🤱 Surrogate Mother👑 Child Leader
The Professor Wore Prussian Blue
by Shelley Adina • 2022
Pirates take her fiancé. Daisy and her medium sister rally a found family to steal him back.
4.41
167
🚀 Steampunk Airships👻 Mediumship💣 Heist And Sabotage
The Professor Wore Prussian Blue Summary
The Professor Wore Prussian Blue 88%
Pirates take her fiancé. Daisy and her medium sister rally a found family to steal him back.
by Shelley Adina 2022
4.41
167 ratings
🚀 Steampunk Airships👻 Mediumship💣 Heist And Sabotage
Latter-Day Pamphlets
by Thomas Carlyle • 1850
An 1850 diagnosis: democracy is anarchy, philanthropy coddles scoundrels, and talk rules everything.
3.89
99
👑 Victorian Social Criticism📜 Political Pamphlets🗳️ Critique Of Democracy
Latter-Day Pamphlets Summary
Latter-Day Pamphlets 88%
An 1850 diagnosis: democracy is anarchy, philanthropy coddles scoundrels, and talk rules everything.
by Thomas Carlyle 1850
3.89
99 ratings
👑 Victorian Social Criticism📜 Political Pamphlets🗳️ Critique Of Democracy
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne • 1872
A London gentleman wagers everything on circling the globe in eighty days, tailed by a detective.
3.95
286k+
🎩 Victorian Adventure⏱️ Race Against Clock🤝 Unlikely Companions
Around the World in Eighty Days Summary
Around the World in Eighty Days 88%
A London gentleman wagers everything on circling the globe in eighty days, tailed by a detective.
by Jules Verne 1872
3.95
286k+ ratings
🎩 Victorian Adventure⏱️ Race Against Clock🤝 Unlikely Companions
Concrete Planet
by Robert Courland • 2011
Concrete is older than the wheel, built Rome, and now silently corrodes the modern world.
3.89
218
🏛️ Roman Engineering🏗️ Construction History🔬 Material Science
Concrete Planet Summary
Concrete Planet 88%
Concrete is older than the wheel, built Rome, and now silently corrodes the modern world.
by Robert Courland 2011
3.89
218 ratings
🏛️ Roman Engineering🏗️ Construction History🔬 Material Science
Halt Station India
by Rajendra B. Aklekar • 2014
Bombay's oldest railway still passes through the ruins of the city it replaced.
4.38
120
🚂 Indian Railways🇮🇳 Colonial India🛤️ Railway History
Halt Station India Summary
Halt Station India 88%
Bombay's oldest railway still passes through the ruins of the city it replaced.
by Rajendra B. Aklekar 2014
4.38
120 ratings
🚂 Indian Railways🇮🇳 Colonial India🛤️ Railway History
Bagehot
by James Grant • 2019
Taught central banks to halt a panic, and turned the money page into required reading.
3.67
161
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian England📰 Financial Journalism🏦 Central Banking
Bagehot Summary
Bagehot 88%
Taught central banks to halt a panic, and turned the money page into required reading.
by James Grant 2019
3.67
161 ratings
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian England📰 Financial Journalism🏦 Central Banking
The Ghost Map
by Steven Johnson • 2006
London, 1854: a doctor maps the cholera dead while a reverend hunts the outbreak's first victim.
3.89
57k+
🦠 Epidemiology🏥 Public Health🗺️ Disease Mapping
The Ghost Map Summary
The Ghost Map 88%
London, 1854: a doctor maps the cholera dead while a reverend hunts the outbreak's first victim.
by Steven Johnson 2006
3.89
57k+ ratings
🦠 Epidemiology🏥 Public Health🗺️ Disease Mapping
Structures
by J.E. Gordon • 1978
The hidden physics that keeps the world standing, and the surprising ways everything still breaks.
4.14
4k+
🏗️ Structural Engineering🧪 Materials Science💥 Structural Failure
Structures Summary
Structures 88%
The hidden physics that keeps the world standing, and the surprising ways everything still breaks.
by J.E. Gordon 1978
4.14
4k+ ratings
🏗️ Structural Engineering🧪 Materials Science💥 Structural Failure
The Road Taken
by Henry Petroski • 2016
The $121 billion congestion tax: what the history of pavement says about fixing America's roads.
3.44
529
🏛️ Infrastructure Policy🔧 Engineering History🛣️ Road Design
The Road Taken Summary
The Road Taken 88%
The $121 billion congestion tax: what the history of pavement says about fixing America's roads.
by Henry Petroski 2016
3.44
529 ratings
🏛️ Infrastructure Policy🔧 Engineering History🛣️ Road Design
To Engineer Is Human
by Henry Petroski • 1985
Every disaster is a lesson plan. Bridges stay up because engineers study the ones that fell.
3.69
3k+
🏗️ Structural Engineering💡 Design Thinking🔍 Failure Analysis
To Engineer Is Human Summary
To Engineer Is Human 88%
Every disaster is a lesson plan. Bridges stay up because engineers study the ones that fell.
by Henry Petroski 1985
3.69
3k+ ratings
🏗️ Structural Engineering💡 Design Thinking🔍 Failure Analysis
The Evolution of Useful Things
by Henry Petroski • 1994
Annoyance, not function, gave us forks, zippers, paper clips. The real driver of everyday design.
3.52
1k+
🏭 Industrial Design🥄 Everyday Objects🔄 Design Evolution
The Evolution of Useful Things Summary
The Evolution of Useful Things 88%
Annoyance, not function, gave us forks, zippers, paper clips. The real driver of everyday design.
by Henry Petroski 1994
3.52
1k+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Design🥄 Everyday Objects🔄 Design Evolution
The Engineer Wore Venetian Red
by Shelley Adina • 2020
Two sisters search steampunk San Francisco for their father and find a deadly plot beneath the city.
4.32
185
🕰️ Alternate History🤝 Found Family👯 Sisterly Bond
The Engineer Wore Venetian Red Summary
The Engineer Wore Venetian Red 88%
Two sisters search steampunk San Francisco for their father and find a deadly plot beneath the city.
by Shelley Adina 2020
4.32
185 ratings
🕰️ Alternate History🤝 Found Family👯 Sisterly Bond
The Book on the Bookshelf
by Henry Petroski • 1999
Why books once faced the wall and wore chains: the bookshelf as a history of engineering.
3.75
1k+
📦 Material Culture📖 History Of Reading🏛️ Library History
The Book on the Bookshelf Summary
The Book on the Bookshelf 88%
Why books once faced the wall and wore chains: the bookshelf as a history of engineering.
by Henry Petroski 1999
3.75
1k+ ratings
📦 Material Culture📖 History Of Reading🏛️ Library History
The Kidnapper's Accomplice
by C.J. Archer • 2020
Victorian London. Her cousin is kidnapped. Bombs threaten the city. The ransom: her rare magic.
4.05
7k+
🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy🎩 Victorian England🫂 Found Family
The Kidnapper's Accomplice Summary
The Kidnapper's Accomplice 88%
Victorian London. Her cousin is kidnapped. Bombs threaten the city. The ransom: her rare magic.
by C.J. Archer 2020
4.05
7k+ ratings
🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy🎩 Victorian England🫂 Found Family
Success through Failure
by Henry Petroski • 2006
Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.
3.60
201
🧱 Engineering Failures💡 Learning From Failure📐 Design Theory
Success through Failure Summary
Success through Failure 88%
Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.
by Henry Petroski 2006
3.60
201 ratings
🧱 Engineering Failures💡 Learning From Failure📐 Design Theory
My Inventions
by Nikola Tesla • 1935
Tesla's mind was his lab, his curse, and the only place his machines ever ran perfectly.
3.91
13k+
⚡ Electrical Engineering🕰️ Early Electrical Age📝 Inventor Memoirs
My Inventions Summary
My Inventions 87%
Tesla's mind was his lab, his curse, and the only place his machines ever ran perfectly.
by Nikola Tesla 1935
3.91
13k+ ratings
⚡ Electrical Engineering🕰️ Early Electrical Age📝 Inventor Memoirs
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
by Petroski • 1996
Paper clips, fax machines, bridges: what their shortcomings reveal about the logic of engineering.
3.75
351
🛠️ Engineering Design🏛️ History Of Technology💥 Failure Analysis
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing Summary
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing 87%
Paper clips, fax machines, bridges: what their shortcomings reveal about the logic of engineering.
by Petroski 1996
3.75
351 ratings
🛠️ Engineering Design🏛️ History Of Technology💥 Failure Analysis
How to Invent Everything
by Ryan North • 2018
Stranded in the past with nothing but your wits, and the flowchart says you're before 50,000 BCE.
4.14
6k+
🏛️ Civilization Building🛠️ History Of Technology⏳ Time Travel Conceit
How to Invent Everything Summary
How to Invent Everything 87%
Stranded in the past with nothing but your wits, and the flowchart says you're before 50,000 BCE.
by Ryan North 2018
4.14
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Civilization Building🛠️ History Of Technology⏳ Time Travel Conceit
Charles Dickens in Love
by Robert Garnett • 2012
Dickens' heroines didn't come from his imagination but from a broken heart and a hidden affair.
3.93
70
📚 Literary Biography🕰️ Victorian Literature💔 Unrequited Love
Charles Dickens in Love Summary
Charles Dickens in Love 87%
Dickens' heroines didn't come from his imagination but from a broken heart and a hidden affair.
by Robert Garnett 2012
3.93
70 ratings
📚 Literary Biography🕰️ Victorian Literature💔 Unrequited Love
Small Things Considered
by Henry Petroski • 2003
Why nothing works perfectly: the constraints hiding inside every object you use.
3.40
334
📐 Everyday Design🔧 Engineering Philosophy⚖️ Design Constraints
Small Things Considered Summary
Small Things Considered 87%
Why nothing works perfectly: the constraints hiding inside every object you use.
by Henry Petroski 2003
3.40
334 ratings
📐 Everyday Design🔧 Engineering Philosophy⚖️ Design Constraints
The Things We Make
by Bill Hammack • 2023
Engineering isn't applied science: it's the art of solving problems before anyone understands them.
3.75
1k+
🛠️ History Of Technology🏗️ Engineering Culture💡 Design Thinking
The Things We Make Summary
The Things We Make 87%
Engineering isn't applied science: it's the art of solving problems before anyone understands them.
by Bill Hammack 2023
3.75
1k+ ratings
🛠️ History Of Technology🏗️ Engineering Culture💡 Design Thinking
The Silence Factory
by Bridget Collins • 2024
Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.
3.42
4k+
🔗 Industrial Gothic👻 Victorian Gothic🕸️ Cursed Artifact
The Silence Factory Summary
The Silence Factory 87%
Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.
by Bridget Collins 2024
3.42
4k+ ratings
🔗 Industrial Gothic👻 Victorian Gothic🕸️ Cursed Artifact
The Pencil
by Henry Petroski • 1992
A pencil hides centuries of engineering failures, global trade, and the secret to good design.
3.80
657
🏭 History Of Technology🏺 Material Culture⚙️ Engineering Design
The Pencil Summary
The Pencil 87%
A pencil hides centuries of engineering failures, global trade, and the secret to good design.
by Henry Petroski 1992
3.80
657 ratings
🏭 History Of Technology🏺 Material Culture⚙️ Engineering Design
The Black Country
by Alex Grecian • 2013
A missing family. A sinking village. Two Scotland Yard detectives and a bogeyman locals believe in.
3.74
7k+
🔍 Victorian Mystery🌲 Folk Horror Atmosphere🏘️ Village Secrets
The Black Country Summary
The Black Country 87%
A missing family. A sinking village. Two Scotland Yard detectives and a bogeyman locals believe in.
by Alex Grecian 2013
3.74
7k+ ratings
🔍 Victorian Mystery🌲 Folk Horror Atmosphere🏘️ Village Secrets
Wizard
by Marc J. Seifer • 1996
Electrified the world, outsmarted by rivals, bankrupted by a giant tower: the Nikola Tesla story.
3.73
7k+
📝 Inventor Biography⚡ History Of Electricity⚔️ War Of Currents
Wizard Summary
Wizard 87%
Electrified the world, outsmarted by rivals, bankrupted by a giant tower: the Nikola Tesla story.
by Marc J. Seifer 1996
3.73
7k+ ratings
📝 Inventor Biography⚡ History Of Electricity⚔️ War Of Currents
Longitude
by Dava Sobel • 1995
Parliament offered millions for longitude. A clockmaker delivered. Astronomers moved the goalposts.
3.99
76k+
⚓ Maritime History🔬 History Of Science🕰️ Clockmaking
Longitude Summary
Longitude 87%
Parliament offered millions for longitude. A clockmaker delivered. Astronomers moved the goalposts.
by Dava Sobel 1995
3.99
76k+ ratings
⚓ Maritime History🔬 History Of Science🕰️ Clockmaking
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective
by Robert C. Allen • 2009
Britain's Industrial Revolution was an accident of wages and coal prices, not genius or empire.
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264
🕰️ Economic History🏭 Industrial Revolution⚙️ Technological Change
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective Summary
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective 87%
Britain's Industrial Revolution was an accident of wages and coal prices, not genius or empire.
by Robert C. Allen 2009
4.00
264 ratings
🕰️ Economic History🏭 Industrial Revolution⚙️ Technological Change
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1887
Sharing Baker Street, a reclusive genius and a war-weary doctor solve the crimes that baffle London.
4.51
218k+
🕵️ Consulting Detective🎩 Victorian London🔍 Classic Whodunit
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Complete Sherlock Holmes 87%
Sharing Baker Street, a reclusive genius and a war-weary doctor solve the crimes that baffle London.
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887
4.51
218k+ ratings
🕵️ Consulting Detective🎩 Victorian London🔍 Classic Whodunit
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