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  • The Hoover Dam

    Lesley A. Dutemple

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, March 1, 2003)
    Describes the history of the Hoover Dam, why and how it was built, and how it works.
    U

  • The Great Wall of China

    Lesley A. Dutemple

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Oct. 1, 2002)
    A history of the building of the various pieces of the Great Wall of China, with details of how the walls were built through the ages.
    Y

  • The Colosseum

    Lesley A. Dutemple

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, April 1, 2003)
    Describes the history of the construction, in Rome, Italy, of the Colosseum, considered by many to be the most famous building in the world.
    Y

  • The Taj Mahal

    Lesley A. Dutemple

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, March 1, 2003)
    Recounts the history of the creation of the Taj Mahal, built as a tomb and memorial for the wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
    W

  • Houses of Parliament

    Nigel Smith, Mike Smith

    Hardcover (Hodder Wayland, Aug. 31, 1997)
    None

  • Empire State Building

    Gini Holland

    Hardcover (Hodder Wayland, March 31, 1997)
    A look at the world's most famous skyscraper, how it came to be built and the architectural innovation and teamwork that made its construction a reality. In the course of the book, readers learn about urban America in the early 20th century, and how the Empire State Building was affected. Offering a combination of history and technology, this book features fully bled photographs, cutaway artwork of the construction process, tinted backdrops and panels.

  • Great Pyramid

    Hazel Mary Martell

    Hardcover (Hodder Wayland, March 31, 1997)
    A look at the world's greatest tomb, with a description of how it was built and the engineering feats involved in its construction. During the course of this book the Egyptian attitudes to their pharoahs is approached as well as the significance of death, mummies and pyramids. The book offers an approach to history which includes technology and an exact explanation of how they were built. The design features fully bled photographs, cutaway artworks of the constrcution process, tinted backdrops and panels.