{"product_id":"9781035432769","title":"35 Inventions that Built Our World : The Making of Modern Life - Signed First Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Elledge, Jonn | Prose: non-fiction \u003cbr\u003ePublished 27\/08\/2026 by Headline Publishing Group (Wildfire) in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003eHardback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e240 x 156mm | 0g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned First Edition - Hardback - Publishes August 27th\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor over 10,000 years, we humans have been busy altering our environment and embracing 'progress', evolving seamlessly from hunter gatherers to the modern urban sophisticates we see ourselves as today. But what are the ideas and inventions that enabled humanity to become, by the early 21st century, a majority urban species for the first time? How did the essential infrastructure of modern life - the innovations that we barely even notice, but without which our world would fall apart - actually come to be? With his characteristic wit and boundless curiosity, Jonn Elledge invites us to join him on a fascinating and often surprising tour of the ideas and technologies that made modernity possible. From elevators to electric lighting, parks to pedestrian crossings, he guides us through the history of civilisation itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57037704790391,"sku":"9781035432769","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9781035432769.jpg?v=1776933639","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781035432769","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}