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1	The new way things work more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist Macaulay's enormously popular THE WAY THINGS WORK explains how a variety of mechanical items function through extremely detailed illustrations and helpful text. This updated version includes over 70 pages of new information. Color illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $5.70! new only from $11.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body more books like this by David Macaulay, Richard Walker add to wishlist In this comprehensive and entertaining resource, multi award-winner David Macaulay reveals the inner workings of the human body as only he can. This one-of-a-kind book takes readers on a visual journey through the human body. With his trademark humor, Macaulay builds a body and explains how it works. see all copies from $13.94! new only from $22.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Motel of the Mysteries more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist "David Macaulay . . . is a superb craftsman and an imaginative writer and illustrator . . . His new book is a marvel of imagination and a comfortable satire. He projects a time when our civilization will have been buried . . . As always with Mr. Macaulay's books, wonderfully illustrated." -- New York Times Book Review see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist A close look building of a French cathedral in the 13th century. Although the Cathedral of Chutreaux is imaginary, this account of its construction is based on historical fact. Illustrated with detailed b&w drawings. Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1973. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.76! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Black and White more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist This picture book contains stories about parents, cows, and train trips which may be read as four individual tales, or might work together as one story. The book comes complete with a warning from the author: "This book appears to contain a number of stories that do not necessarily occur at the same time. Then again, it may contain only one story. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Castle more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist The planning and construction of a castle and adjoining town in 13th-century Wales. Although the castle and the town described are imaginary, they are based on several castles and towns established in Wales between 1277 and 1305. Illustrated with detailed b&w drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Underground more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist A look at what lies beneath the streets of a large, modern American city. The author closely examines the intersection of two main streets, revealing such subterranean elements as subways, sewer systems, power systems, and tunnels. Detailed b&w illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.23! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Building Big more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist In this companion to the PBS series, David Macaulay explains the logic behind the building of such mammoth works as the Hoover Dam and St. Paul's Cathedral. Named a year 2000 Notable Books by the New York Times and one of the Best Children's Books 2000 by Publishers Weekly. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Pyramid more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist A step-by-step explanation of the construction process of an Ancient Egyptian pyramid. Illustrated with detailed b&w drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Way Things Work more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist A clear-cut yet entertaining look at the way a variety of machines and technological products work. Color illustrations accompany the text that explores such items as cameras, compact discs, lasers, wheelbarrows, and zippers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist How the Ancient Romans extensively planned and built their cities. Readers will learn how a city's population and size were determined prior to construction and how streets, sidewalks, roads, bridges, and sewer systems were designed. Illustrated with detailed b&w drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Mosque more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist Factual information about Islamic life and culture is woven into this step-by-step look at how a mosque would have been constructed in late-16th-century Turkey. Although the mosque itself is fictional, the story of its construction, and the detailed full-color drawings that accompany it, are based on fact. Named one of the Best Children's Books ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Rome antics more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist This travel guide to Rome provides a bird's eye tour of the city's architectural marvels and details, as a red line follows the path of a homing pigeon starting from the ringside at the Colosseum. It also includes an aerial map of Rome and brief descriptions of the highlights of the tour. see all copies from $5.09! new only from $9.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Unbuilding more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist A step-by-step explanation of how the Empire State Building was constructed in New York city between the years of 1929 and 1931. Detailed line drawings illustrate the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Angelo more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist Working on his final masterpiece--the restoration of a decrepit church façade in Rome--Angelo befriends an injured pigeon. As the building nears completion, he asks the pigeon, "What will become of you? Where will you go? Where will you live?" Resolving to ensure the future of his new friend, Angelo adds a final flourish to the church. Color ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Emergence of Latin America in the Nineteenth Century more books like this by David Bushnell, Neill Macaulay add to wishlist This concise textbook on the history of Latin America covers its first half-century of independence, from approximately 1820 to 1870. The book examines problems and issues pertinent to the region as a whole, together with a more detailed discussion of those countries (e.g. Mexico and Brazil) that loom large in the region because of their size and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.79! \| SVS
17 view cover	Mill more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist A fictional account of how four cotton mills were constructed in 19th-century Rhode Island. Detailed b&w drawings accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Great Moments in Architecture more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist Great Moments in Architecture is a wondrous portfolio that has to be seen to be fully savored-or even believed for that matter. Here are the plans for the Tower of Pisa-on a skewed drafting table, the Eiffel Tower tipped over across the Seine, the ruins of a McDonald's stand following some future Vesuvius, the disastrous meeting of the Great and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Chemistry and the Living Organism, Chemlab Experiments more books like this by Molly M Bloomfield, Lawrence J Stephens, David B Macaulay add to wishlist The latest version of this popular textbook updates the content and format of previous editions to make it more appealing to students and more useful to instructors. Concentrates on the relationship between basic chemical concepts and the chemistry of living organisms. Delves into such topical issues as alcoholism, radiation therapy, and effects ... see all copies from $31.65! new only from $62.08!
20 view cover	Building the Book Cathedral more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist Including the content of Macaulay's "Cathedral" in its entirety, "Building the Book Cathedral" traces the evolution of the author's creative process in "building" that first book, from the initial concept to the finished drawings. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Ship more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist Recreates the story of the archaeological recovery of a caravelle. Although this was the first craft used to bring European explorers to America, no known drawings or models remain to show how it was built. In this book we join a team of archaeologists as they discover a wrecked caravelle on a Caribbean reef. Their fascinating factual recovery of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Baaa more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist A fable about a flock of sheep who take over the world after the entire human population has died off. While the humans may be gone, they have left their technology and "advancements" behind. Soon the sheep are living like humans and encountering the very problems that led to the extinction of the human race. Will the sheep survive? B&w ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.14! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Shortcut more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist Albert and his mare, June, go to market to sell their watermelons. With any luck, nothing unusual will happen along the way and they will be home before dark. However, seemingly unrelated and inconsequential actions lead to a dramatic chain of causes and effects. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Amazing Brain more books like this by Robert E. Ornstein, Richard F. Thompson, David Macaulay add to wishlist This rejacketed volume gives a fresh and intriguing tour of the mysterious territory of human intelligence. Beginning with the simplest view of brain anatomy and operations and using the latest research available, Ornstein and Thompson give the reader both an actual and a metaphorical picture of the human brain. 142 line drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions
25	Etienne Delessert more books like this by David Macaulay add to wishlist For more than 30 years, self-taught artist Etienne Delessert has been translating ideas, passions, fantasies and nightmares into the visual language of magazine and book illustration, posters, animated films and paintings. Throughout his career, Delessert's work has won acclaim around the world and in 1975 his one-man retrospective hung at the ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $27.00! \| signed copies \| first editions

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