Product Description: The best-loved comedian in Britain heads off on the most famous highway in the world for an unforgettable journey through America  Having always dreamed about taking a trip on the legendary Route 66, Billy Connolly is finally heading off on the ride of a lifetime...read more

Product Description: Over the last 500 years, life has been steadily transformed by the inventions of British scientists, and their landmark discoveries have revealed the astonishing beauty of the universe. This is the story of the flashes of inspiration experienced by generations of scientists as they realized they were about to change the world...read more

The popular film stars best known for their respective appearances in the latest Star Wars trilogy recount their three-month, twenty-thousand-mile motorbike journey through some of the harshest terrains on Earth, in a personal account that describes how they flew MiG jets in Russia, built igloos in Alaska, trained under Kung Fu masters in China, and more. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

This complete illustrated history of inventions and inventors that have shaped civilization and the modern world is a useful reference guide and source of inspiration for would-be inventors of all kinds, young and old alike.

An award-winning inventor presents a fascinating scientific history that traces the greatest inventions, from the canoe and the wheel to language, maps, currency, and law, following human technological advances through each age and exploring the motives and circumstances behind these inventions.