David Macaulay

Follows a tour of the bathroom and the sewer system, from the family toilets to municipal water treatment plants.

Text and numerous detailed illustrations introduce and explain the scientific principles and workings of hundreds of machines.

Follows the planning, construction, and ultimate testing in battle of a typical fortress with adjoining town built by the English during the Middle Ages.

The construction of an early nineteenth-century spinning mill in Rhode Island. Best Books for Junior High Readers. Four different Rhode Island textile mills of the nineteenth century are described in text and excellent drawings. Best Books for Senior High Readers. In a text that uses original sources and many excellent diagrams, 4 different nineteenth-century New England cotton mills are described. Best Books for Children, 6th ed. The construction...

"An extended picture book about the history and construction of the steamship SS United States, its designer William Francis Gibbs, and author/illustrator David Macaulay's personal story of immigration to America on board the SS United States."--Provided by publisher.

Text and black-and-white illustrations follow the intricate step-by-step process of the building of an ancient Egyptian pyramid.

Text and numerous detailed illustrations introduce and explain the scientific principles and workings of hundreds of machines including a lawn sprinkler, pneumatic drill, electric guitar, and a smoke detector.

While restoring the front of a church, an old plasterer rescues an injured pigeon and nurses her back to health.

Text and detailed drawings explore the New England mill as an architectual statement of the financial resources and ambitions of its owners reminding us by their physical domination of the surrounding landscape that no opportunity comes without a price.