Author: Gary Blackwood
Narrator: George Guidall
Unabridged: 3 hr 5 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 06/13/2014
Genre: Children & Young Adults Nonfiction - Technology - Inventions
History?s amazing secrets and codes?and how to crack them yourself. This fascinating look at history?s most mysterious messages is packed with puzzles to decode and ciphers that kids can use themselves. Here are the encrypted notes of Spartan warriors, the brilliant code-crackers of Elizabeth I, secret messages of the American Revolution, spy books of the Civil War, the famous Enigma Machine, and the Navajo code talkers. As computers change the way we communicate, codes today are more intriguing than ever. From invisible ink to the CIA, this exciting trip through history is a hands-on, interactive experience? so get cracking!
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Tells the story of how Alexander Graham Bell came up with the telephone, and how his invention changed the way people communicate.
Tells the story of Johann Gutenberg and the invention of the printing press. Written in graphic-novel format.
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