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1	Thunderstruck more books like this by Erik Larson add to wishlist The bestselling author of "The Devil in the White City" tells the amazing, interwoven stories of two men--Hawley Crippen, a doctor and an unlikely murderer, and Gugliemo Marconi, the obsessive genius who invented the wireless--whose stories converge during the greatest criminal chase of all time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable more books like this by John Steele Gordon add to wishlist Shedding fascinating new light on an American saga, Gordon explores the laying of the transatlantic cable in 1866--one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers more books like this by Tom Standage add to wishlist This lively account traces the history of the telegraph and examines how this first global communications network--and such seemingly modern phenomena as on-line romances and high-tech crimes--affected Victorians. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.94! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency more books like this by Nikola Tesla add to wishlist A short time ago I had the honor to bring before our American Institute of Electrical Engineers some results then arrived at by me in a novel line of work. I need not assure you that the many evidences which I have received that English scientific men and engineers were interested in this work have been for me a great reward and encouragement. I ... see all copies from $3.93! new only from $3.93! \| SVS
5	The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of AT&T more books like this by Steve Coll add to wishlist The true story behind the headline-making event of AT&T's breakup that assesses the long-range implication of divestiture for consumers and for the future of telephone services. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $49.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Telephone: The First Hundred Years more books like this by John Brooks add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse more books like this by Kenneth Silverman add to wishlist Biographer Kenneth Silverman tells the story of Samuel F. B. Morse, best known as the inventor of the telegraph. The author gives detailed coverage of Morse's conception and invention of the electromagnetic telegraph, and to how the telegraph transformed commerce, the military, and journalism. He reveals a man full of other talents--including ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Guglielmo Marconi and the Story of Radio Waves more books like this by Susan Zannos add to wishlist see all copies from $5.51! new only from $27.11! \| SVS
9	After the Breakup: Assessing the New Post-At& T Divestiture Era more books like this by Professor Barry G Cole (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.75! new only from $74.95! \| first editions
10	Morse, Marconi, and You more books like this by Irwin Math add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
11	The Cable: The Wire That Changed the World more books like this by Gillian Cookson add to wishlist This is the compelling story of how the first transatlantic cable was laid - the people who dared, the people who lost, and the people who profited. It tells of the dramatic attempts to cross the Atlantic during the 1850s and 1860s from the first failed attempts to the project that finally succeeded. An inconceivably audacious attempt to overcome ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.75! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Disconnecting Parties: Managing the Bell System Break-Up: An Inside View more books like this by W Brooke Tunstall add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13	Incredibly American: Releasing the Heart of Quality more books like this by Marilyn R Zuckerman, Lewis Hatala add to wishlist A complete, non-technical resource about the human side of the quality issue in America, Incredibly American was selected by the American Quality Foundation as the basis for the Personal Quality Improvement Process project. This book offers case studies, human interest stories and charts that enhance reader identification with procedures for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14	Telegram!: Modern History as Told Through More Than 400 Witty, Poignant, and Revealing Telegrams more books like this by Linda Rosenkrantz add to wishlist A fascinating and delightful exploration of the history of the last 150 years is revealed through its most urgent messages--more than 400 telegrams. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Adaptive Corporation more books like this by Alvin Toffler add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.09! \| first editions \| SVS
16	The ITT Wars more books like this by Rand V Araskog add to wishlist The startling account of a hostile takeover attempt of a major American corporation (annual revenues, $20 billion). It is a story of greed, corruption, and the failure of big business during the Reagan years. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17	Heritage & destiny : reflections on the Bell System in transition more books like this by Alvin Von Auw add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18	On the Line: The Men of MCI--Who Took on AT&T, Risked Everything, and Won! more books like this by Larry Kahaner add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.35! \| first editions \| SVS
19	The Sovereign State of ITT more books like this by Anthony Sampson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20	Communication and Empire: Media, Markets, and Globalization, 1860-1930 more books like this by Dwayne R Winseck, Robert M Pike add to wishlist Filling in a key chapter in communications history, Dwayne R. Winseck and Robert M. Pike offer an in-depth examination of the rise of the 'global media' between 1860 and 1930. They analyze the connections between the development of a global communication infrastructure, the creation of national telegraph and wireless systems, and news agencies and ... see all copies from $16.65! new only from $24.95! \| SVS
21 view cover	Emulation and Invention more books like this by Brooke Hindle add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.72! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Making of American Industrial Research: Science and Business at GE and Bell, 1876-1926 more books like this by Leonard S Reich add to wishlist This book tells the story of how and why industrial research was established in America by two large and innovative corporations: General Electric, formed in a merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston in 1892, and the dominant force in the American electrical industry ever since; and American Telephone and Telegraph, the commercial ... see all copies from $22.00! new only from $43.34! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Vacuum tubes in wireless communication, a practical text book for operators and experimenters more books like this by Elmer Eustice Bucher add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! new only from $17.87! \| SVS
24 view cover	The Atlantic telegraph more books like this by William Howard Russell add to wishlist After several unsuccessful attempts, on 27th July 1866 the great transatlantic telegraph cable was hauled ashore in Heart's Content, Newfoundland. After several botched attempts, the continents of Europe and America were joined. At a length of 1686 nautical miles, no less a vessel than the Great Eastern was used to transport the vast length of ... see all copies from $8.69! new only from $16.56!
25 view cover	The Bellwomen: The Story of the Landmark AT&T Sex Discrimination Case more books like this by Marjorie A Stockford add to wishlist In the early 1970s, lawyers from the American Equal Employment Opportunity Commission confronted the executives of AT&T over the company's treatment of its female and minority employees. Marjorie Stockford takes a look at this landmark sex discrimination case. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.37! \| first editions

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