The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind: Creating Currents Of Electricity And Hope

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Book Title: Boy Who Harnessed the Wind : Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

Item Length: 9in

Item Height: 0.9in

Item Width: 6in

Author: William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Features: Large Type

Topic: Environmental / Water Supply, Mechanical, Personal Memoirs, Power Resources / Electrical, Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable, Natural Resources, Science & Technology, Sociology / Rural

Publisher: HarperCollins

Publication Year: 2009

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering, Nature, Social Science

Item Weight: 15.7 Oz

Number of Pages: 442 Pages