1001 Inventions That Changed the World (1001 Series)

Typewriters: Iconic Machines from the Golden Age of Mechanical Writing (Writers Books, Gifts for Writers, Old-School Typewriters)

The Inventor's Complete Handbook How to Develop, Patent, and Commercialize Your Ideas: How to Develop, Patent, and Commercialize Your Ideas

Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages

Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way

Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure

Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society

The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance

Great American Inventions

The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another (Mit Press)