These amazing, original cross-section drawings take readers right inside 18 of the world's most fascinating structures. There's something new to find with every look at the extraordinarily detailed illustrations, depicting the insides of a steam train, a coal mine, a castle, the Queen Mary, and more. Full color.
Biesty, the bestselling creator of the Incredible Cross-Sections books, turns his attention to ten actual castles, as they were from the 12th to the 19th century. Each castle is illustrated over a double-page spread, followed by a lively and informative two-page account of the history of the castle in its time. Full color.
The year is 1230 B.C., during the reign of Ramses the Great in ancient Egypt. Follow the thirty-day voyage of the eleven-year-old Dedia and his father as they sail down the Nile River.Travel along with father and son as they visit the bustling harbor at Elephantine; the massive stone quarry at Gebel el-Silsila; the temples at Karnak; underground ...
The creator of Incredible Cross-Sections presents an extraordinarily detailed look deep inside an 18th-century warship. Each turn of the page peels back a layer, moving through the vast ship from bow to stern, as the colorful spreads reveal fully-annotated cut-away illustrations that offer a wealth of information about the ship, activities and ...
Set in 128 AD, "Rome" follows one day in the life of a father and his nine-year-old son, Titus Cotta Maximus, as they spend a public holiday together. Full color.
Highly detailed color illustrations and text are used to introduce readers to the inner workings of such diverse places and things as a space station, an airport, a windmill, a movie studio, and the city of Venice, Italy.
New from the award-winning, bestselling team that created "Incredible Cross-Sections". Over 1,000 intricate drawings show how almost everything is manufactured, built, extracted or crafted from chocolates on a conveyor belt to the sway of a suspension bridge. Includes a giant poster-quality gatefold. Full color.
This unique collection of amazing views of the world lets readers discover how everyday things are made, from false teeth to Formula 1 racing cars and what holds up the Empire State Building. Full color.
Visual comparisons allow readers to understand differences in sizes, heights, speeds, and numbers. Gatefold pages contain large-scale color illustrations that allow readers to further comprehend the comparisons made in the text.
Enter through the keep and be transported back in time to everyday life in a medieval castle. The format draws readers into this hive of activity in realistic and compelling detail - the luxurious apartments of the lord and the lady of the manor, the squalor of the cesspit cleaner, and prisoners left to rot in the secret dungeons, all embellished ...
This picture book shows readers what goes on inside 18 of the world's largest buildings and machines. Each illustration is based on the actual plans or architects' drawings so that readers know they are looking inside real structures - not a figment of some artist's imagination. Two of these illustrations are printed on fold-out pages which are a ...
Packed with fascinating facts on some of the world's most famous buildings and such novelty elements as two posters, a tunnel viewer, stickers, and a riddle card, this book lets readers join Bietsy on a whirlwind quest around the world to find the Lost City of Gold. Full color. Consumable.
How is a space ship put together? What is really going on in the ground under your feet? How does a windmill work? Taking its title from the first artwork in the book, an exploded view, the book goes on to present each subject in an unusual way. It may be cross-sectioned, viewed from a fish-eye perspective or illustrated inside-out to show what's ...
This book tells the story of precious gold, created when stars explode, mined in Ancient Egypt, made into a mummy mask and buried with a king. But the tomb is robbed, the mask is stolen and made into something new...And so the gold changes hands and changes shape as centuries pass. It's a prize at the Colosseum in Rome, a gift for Queen Elizabeth ...
Each illustration in this book traces a craft or manufacturing process from raw materials through to the finished product. The illustrations make many of the processes self-explanatory, and where further explanation is needed, "Chester the Tester" and "Q" provide the answers, along with the text.
Designed to hang on a wall, a colorful 3-D pop-up poster takes viewers on an incredible journey across 10 billion year--from the Big Bang to today. Informative and witty details give life to the Earth's own history.
Pop-ups, pull-tabs, and all manner of other ingenious paper engineering combine with meticulously detailed illustrations to give the reader an incredible large-format experience. Adding movement to the cross-section drawings, children find a fire engine's ladder extends to the top of a burning building, a helicopter flies, and an astronaut floats ...
Children will be fascinated by this exciting book which explores the remarkable history and culture of ancient Egypt. Full-color illustrations reveal interesting details of the ancient Egyptian civilization. A great social studies tool.
An introduction to life in the middle ages. Topics covered include art, religion, city life, country life, knights, and the crusades. Color illustrations accompany the text.
A collection of all the favourite Biesty titles: "Incredible Cross-Sections", "Incredible Explosions", "Man-of-War", "Castle", "Incredible Body", and "Incredible Everything", together with new illustrations, never seen before. This book reveals the insides of buildings, machines and landscapes, shows how many ordinary and extraordinary things are ...
This book tells the story of precious gold, created when stars explode, mined in Ancient Egypt, made into a mummy mask and buried with a king. But the tomb is robbed, the mask is stolen and made into something new...And so the gold changes hands and changes shape as centuries pass. It's a prize at the Colosseum in Rome, a gift for Queen Elizabeth ...
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