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Adventures from the Technology Underground
Catapults, Pulsejets, Rail Guns, Flamethrowers, Tesla Coils, Air Cannons, and the Garage Warriors Who Love Them
Written by William Gurstelle

Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $15.00

The technology underground is a thriving, humming, and often literally scintillating subculture of amateur inventors and scientific envelope-pushers who dream up, design, and build machines that whoosh, rumble, fly—and occasionally hurl pumpkins across enormous distances. In the process they astonish us with what is possible when human imagination and ingenuity meet... Read more >

War of Nerves
Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda
Written by Jonathan Tucker

Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $17.95

Statesmen, generals, and diplomats have long debated the military utility and morality of chemical warfare. In 1925, the use of chemical weapons in war was prohibited by international treaty; in 1997 the ban on the use of chemical weapons was extended to cover their development, production, and stockpiling. Nevertheless, Iraq employed... Read more >

Whoosh Boom Splat
The Garage Warrior's Guide to Building Projectile Shooters
Written by William Gurstelle

Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $16.95

These are the homemade machines that you’ve dreamed of building, from the high-voltage Night Lighter 36 spud gun to the Jam Jar Jet, the Marshmallow Shooter, and the Yagua Blowgun. Including detailed diagrams and supply lists, Gurstelle’s simple, step-by-step instructions help workshop warriors at any skill level achieve impressively powerful results... Read more >

War of Nerves
Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda
Written by Jonathan Tucker

Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $17.95

In this important and revelatory book, Jonathan Tucker, a leading expert on chemical and biological weapons, chronicles the lethal history of chemical warfare from World War I to the present.

At the turn of the twentieth century, the rise of synthetic chemistry made the large-scale use of toxic chemicals on the battlefield... Read more >

Adventures from the Technology Underground
Catapults, Pulsejets, Rail Guns, Flamethrowers, Tesla Coils, Air Cannons, and the Garage Warriors Who Love Them
Written by William Gurstelle

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $15.00

The technology underground is a thriving, humming, and often literally scintillating subculture of amateur inventors and scientific envelope-pushers who dream up, design, and build machines that whoosh, rumble, fly—and occasionally hurl pumpkins across enormous distances. In the process they astonish us with what is possible when human imagination and ingenuity meet... Read more >

Adventures from the Technology Underground

Written by William Gurstelle
Read by Marc Cashman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 3, 2006
Price: $15.00

The technology underground is a thriving, humming, and often literally scintillating subculture of amateur inventors and scientific envelope-pushers who dream up, design, and build machines that whoosh, rumble, fly—and occasionally hurl pumpkins across enormous distances. In the process they astonish us with what is possible when human imagination and ingenuity meet... Read more >

Our Own Devices
How Technology Remakes Humanity
Written by Edward Tenner

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $15.95

This delightful and instructive history of invention shows why National Public Radio dubbed Tenner “the philosopher of everyday technology.” Looking at how our inventions have impacted our world in ways we never intended or imagined, he shows that the things we create have a tendency to bounce back and change us.

The... Read more >