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Make-It-Work Building
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Work books
his hands on approach to being a
scientist introduces the student to the need for proper procedures in
everything from observation to catching insects and recording findings.
Teaches the parts of the insects and the many science projects include
such subjects as feeding, metamorphosis, insect architecture, moths in the
night, and building your own ant colony.
8 5/8" x 10 5/8." Full color. 48 Pages. Paperback.
No. BTB10-MW. Only $7.50 |
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The Story of Architecture
In this inspiring and innovative overview, Jonathan Glancey brings a fresh
approach and unique personal insights into the continuing story of 5,000
years of world architecture. From the ziggurat at Ur to the Buddhist
temples of Southeast Asia via Romanesque arcades, Gothic steeples, Baroque
palaces, and Modernist apartment buildings, this accessible and lively
narrative reveals the geographical, historical, and cultural influences
that permeate these structures. Significant stylistic developments in
architecture are also highlighted, while the structural and technical
innovations that enabled architects to progress are skillfully introduced
and clearly explained. Lavishly illustrated, stylishly presented, and
written with both authority, this exceptional book is guaranteed
to appeal to the informed enthusiast and curious newcomer alike.
8.8" x 11.2" 40 pages Hardback
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BTB10-SA. $29.95 |
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Amazing Buildings
An introduction to the fascinating world of
architecture. The large-scale artwork, with sections cut away and roofs
lifted off, allows the reader to step inside more than 20 of the world's
finest ancient and modern buildings. Each building in the book has been chosen for its originality, and each
one has its own story - a shrine for a much-loved wife, a fantasy palace
for an insane king, a symbol for a nation. Included, too, are lively
descriptions of each building's designer, function, and location. A
fascinating introduction describes types of structures in general, as well
as architectural materials and techniques that have been used over the
centuries. The result is a beautifully illustrated reference book, and a
glorious celebration of some of the world's most amazing buildings.
Ages 7-12 10.8" x 14.2" 48 pages Hardback
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Visual Dictionary of Buildings
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Visual Dictionaries
Here is an entirely new kind of dictionary -
one that is packed with superb illustrations and thousands of
architectural terms.
Buildings will give you instant access to the specialized
vocabulary of architects and builders throughout the ages.
If you know what an architectural style or feature looks like but don't
know its name, then turn to the labels around the illustrations. If you
know an architectural term but don't know what it refers to, then the
comprehensive index will direct you to the illustration that bears the
name.
Buildings are depicted "whole" in full-color photographs or illustrations.
Then they are taken apart - or "exploded " - and each feature is
identified with a carefully researched label.
Ages 10+
10.4" x 12.4 64 pages Hardback
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Only $18.95 |
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Eyewitness Building
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Eyewitness Books
Here is an exciting and informative guide to
structures in which we live, work, play and worship. Superb color
photographs offer a unique "eyewitness" view of buildings from the ground
up. See: incredible stone gargoyles, where linenfold wood paneling is
found, what a Japanese screen is made of, and how a hammer-beam roof is
supported. Learn: how stained glass is made, the difference between hipped
and gabled roofs, how medieval tiles were made, what pantiles are, and how
stonemasons dress and carve stone. Discover: the recipe for limewash, what
a leggett is, what the three Greek "orders" were, how towers are built,
how houses are built on mountainsides, and much, much more.
8.5" x 11" 64 pages. Hardback.
No. BTB10-EW. Only $15.95 |
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Architecture
Takes a refreshing new approach to understanding significant building
styles. Detailed annotations to the spectacular illustrations provide
intriguing insight into the world's most important structures - offering a
deeper understands of historical landmarks in architecture. It examines every important innovation in the
development of architecture over the past 3,500 years. Detailed
annotations highlight the important features that distinguish 50
celebrated architectural masterpieces from around the world, from the
Temple of Amun, karnak, and the Taj Mahal, to the Empire State Building
and the Sydney Opera House. Clarity and insight he unique visual approach
of Architecture is complemented by authoritative text explaining
the essential technical and theoretical knowledge that underpins the
construction of all building. The book's generous size and superb
reproduction allow recurrent architectural themes and influences, and all
the important structural features, to be revealed in great detail.
Particular areas of interest, such as biographical information on the
architect, are prominently featured 10.5" x 14" 112
pages. Hardback
BTB10-AR. Only $24.95 |
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Architecture - a Visual History
It's an oversize, magnificent edition of
a traveler's classic! Through more than 400 color photographs on
extra-large pages, take a guided tour to the world's most breathtaking
architectural locations-from carved stone cathedrals to imposing
skyscrapers. Visit Egypt's ancient pyramids; Asia's colorful,
stylistically diverse Buddhist- and Hindu-influenced buildings; Europe's
Greek and Roman temples and stadiums, Gothic and Renaissance masterpieces,
and more; and the Americas, where architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright
combined earlier approaches with new materials and sophisticated
construction techniques.
512 pages (all in color), 9 x 12. Paperback
No. BTB10-VH. Only $24.95. |
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Seven wonders of the World
Now they exist only within the precise,
rectangular pits of excavated remains that capture a once-powerful dream
whose images continue to echo around us. But, centuries ago, the Seven
Wonders of the World were advertisements for a contemporary, thrilling,
and heroic way of life, the finest examples of a brand-new civic architecture,
the ancestors of every modern city on the planet. Here is the history
behind these legendary lost structures: the enormous statue to the Greek
god Zeus,
the Colossus of Rhodes, the elegant lighthouse on the island of Pharos in
Alexandria; the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the many-tiered Hanging Gardens of Babylon; the Temple of
Artemis at Ephesus, and
the eternal Pyramids and the Rise of Wonder.
244 pages, 32 color illus., 100 b/w illus., 7 5/16 x 9 3/4
Paperback
No. BTB10-WW. Only $19.95 |
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