{"product_id":"31-inventions-that-built-our-world-signed-hardback-pre-order-jonn-elledge","title":"35 Inventions That Built Our World - Signed Copy","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"226\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"197\" data-end=\"226\"\u003eSIGNED HARDBACK PRE-ORDER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"312\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"312\"\u003eSigned Hardback Pre-Order | \u003cem data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"294\"\u003e31 Inventions that Built Our World\u003c\/em\u003e by Jonn Elledge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"656\"\u003ePre-order a signed hardback copy of \u003cem data-start=\"350\" data-end=\"386\"\u003e31 Inventions that Built Our World\u003c\/em\u003e by Jonn Elledge, the Sunday Times bestselling author of \u003cem data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"481\"\u003eA History of the World in 47 Borders\u003c\/em\u003e. This fascinating non-fiction book explores the inventions that shaped the world around us, revealing the surprising stories behind everyday ideas, objects and breakthroughs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"658\" data-end=\"900\"\u003ePublished by Wildfire, this 368-page hardback includes black and white chapter opener line drawings throughout, making it a brilliant choice for readers interested in history, geography, innovation, culture and accessible popular non-fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"902\" data-end=\"1015\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"902\" data-end=\"923\"\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 27 August 2026. All signed hardback pre-orders will be dispatched as soon as stock arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1017\" data-end=\"1143\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eSecure your signed copy today from an independent UK bookshop. Carefully packaged to ensure it arrives in excellent condition.\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":"Archway Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56666287767938,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/31-inventions-that-built-our-world-jonn-elledge-archway-bookshop.jpg?v=1779443016","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/31-inventions-that-built-our-world-signed-hardback-pre-order-jonn-elledge","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}