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Engineering Genre
Books in the Engineering genre:
Pyramid (1975)
How to build a pyramid.
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Author(s):
David Macaulay
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay
Underfoot: An Everyday Guide to Exploring the American Past (1976)
A guide to exploring local history.
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Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Underground (1976)
A look below the surface at the foundations and infrastructure of a modern city.
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Author(s):
David Macaulay
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay
Castle (1977)
A detailed account of the construction of a new castle and town on the Welsh marches.
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Author(s):
David Macaulay
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay
Traces of the Past: A Field Guide to Industrial Archaeology (1980)
Explains the history and engineering of the infrastructure of our country.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Windmills, Bridges, & Old Machines (1982)
An exploration of the history of engineering in the public landscape.
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Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Electricity: 50th Anniversary TVA (1983)
A detailed look at the three power generation sources used by the Tennessee Valley Authority - hydroelectric, coal burning and nuclear.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay
Mill (1983)
Author(s):
David Macaulay
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay
Mr. Bliss (1983)
Mr. Bliss buys a motor car and has numerous adventures when he goes to visit his friends.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Henry Reed’s Think Tank (1986)
Henry Reed and Midge Glass set up a consulting service in Grover’s Corner.
Author(s):
Keith Robertson
Illustrator(s):
Gail Owens
Superpower (1987)
The story of the building of #1070, prototype locomotive of the Berkshire class 2-8-4 by the Lima Locomotive Works.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
The Way Things Work (1988)
An encyclopedia of technology.
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Author(s):
Neil Ardley
David Macaulay
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay
Barmi (1990)
A finely illustrated history of the development of an Italian city.
Author(s):
Pilar Comes
Xavier Hernández
Illustrator(s):
Jordi Ballonga
A Medieval Castle (1990)
A fully illustrated account of life in medieval times centered on the castle.
Author(s):
Fiona Macdonald
Illustrator(s):
Mark Bergin
The Roman Fort (1991)
A reconstruction of a Roman fort along Hadrian's Wall and the lives of the Auxiliaries who manned it.
Author(s):
Peter Connolly
Illustrator(s):
Peter Connolly
Thrashin’ Time: Harvest Days in the Dakotas (1991)
Peter gets to help when the steam thrasher comes to his father’s farm.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
A Greek Temple (1992)
A fully illustrated account of the building of the Parthenon in Athens.
Author(s):
Fiona Macdonald
Illustrator(s):
Mark Bergin
San Rafael: A Central American City Through the Ages (1992)
A fully-illustrated history of the growth of a central American town from pre-Columbian times to the present.
Author(s):
Xavier Hernández
Illustrator(s):
Jordi Ballonga
Josep Escofet
Ship (1992)
The story of a Spanish caravel and its excavation.
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Author(s):
David Macaulay
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay
Castles (1995)
How a castle is built and how it works.
Author(s):
Philip Steele
Illustrator(s):
Various