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Both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford started off as insatiably curious tinkerers. Their curiosity led them to become inventors, but with very different results. As Edison invented hit after commercial hit, gaining fame and fortune, Henry struggled to make a single invention (an affordable car) work. Witnessing Thomas's glorious career from afar, a frustrated Henry wondered about the secret to his success. This little-known story is a fresh, kid-friendly...
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"Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he wasn't quite perfect. The inventor's sudden death left him unfinished, with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon Lady took him home to live with her family. And so began Edward's fantastic adventures in a pastel paradise known as Suburbia." -...
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[2016]
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English
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A quest for some instant Christmas spirit sends Marty and the Brown family back to Charles Dickens' merry olde England. Before long, the scroogish Ebiffnezer Tannen kidnaps Clara and a young pickpocket swipes the keys to the time-traveling DeLorean. Now, only Marty's ghostly masquerade can save him and his friends from spending the rest of their lives in Christmas past.
9) The thin man
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The thin man: Nick and Nora Charles investigate the disappearance of an inventor.
After the thin man: "New Year's Eve and a new mystery surrounding the philandering husband of Nora's cousin."--Container.
Another thin man: "And baby makes three. Meet Nick, Jr. (and join the boithday bash thrown by some of da boys) in this breezy outing that takes the Charleses to the Long Island estate of an industrialist who turns out to be a murder target."--Container.
Shadow...
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Join mega smart space cadets Scarp and Hub for a journey of learning and discovery like never before! This time around the duo embarks on a mighty adventure to meet and learn about the greatest inventors that ever lived in this neuron-blasting new documentary that will power the brain to higher knowledge!
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1996.
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Cry of the cat: Allison found a strange cat named Rip that scratches her, but the scratches glow and heal quickly. As the story progresses, the girl becomes more and more like a cat, and finds out that the cat has a disease that turns its victims cat-like and eventually kills them.
Say Cheese and Die: Greg's new camera is taking some awfully weird pictures, pictures that predict a horrifying future. When Greg tries to return it, he meets its mad...
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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A newly-hired night watchman at the Museum of Natural History discovers that the exhibits come to life every night after dark and sets out to control the chaos they cause; now at the head of his own company as an inventor, former security guard Larry Daley travels to the Smithsonian to rescue his old exhibit friends from storage, and stop an evil pharaoh from raising an army to take over the world.
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