Superb design, magnificent illustrations, and clearly presented information distinguish all of David Macaulay's books. Whether chronicling the monumental achievements of past civilizations or satirizing modern architecture, he is concerned above all in how constructions are made and what their effects are on people and their lives.

Superb design, magnificent illustrations, and clearly presented information distinguish all of David Macaulay's books. Whether chronicling the monumental achievements of past civilizations or satirizing modern architecture, he is concerned above all in how constructions are made and what their effects are on people and their lives.

在线阅读本书 Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a magnificent Gothic cathedral in the imaginary French town of Chutreaux during the thirteenth century.

在线阅读本书 This richly illustrated book shows the intricate step-by-step process of a cathedral's growth.

大卫•麦考利，1946年生于英国，11岁时移居美国。他的作品曾获诸多国际大奖，包括凯迪克奖金奖、波士顿环球报号角图书奖、美国建筑师协会特别奖、华盛顿知识类儿童读物奖、德国青少年文学奖，以及荷兰银铅笔奖，本人还曾经两度获得国际安徒生大奖提名。 1973年，他出版了第一本书《大教堂》，并获得了1974年凯迪克银奖。此后他开启一系列创作，并获得各种奖项。1990年，他出版了《黑与白》，获得了1991年的凯迪克奖金奖。《时代》杂志的一位作家曾评论道：“麦考利画得比世界上任何一位钢笔墨水插画家都好。”他的图书在美国已经售出200万册以上，作品被翻译成了10 多种语言。

Baltimore, 2015. Riots are erupting across the city as citizens demand justice for Freddie Gray, a twenty-five-year-old Black man who has died under suspicious circumstances while in police custody. Drug and violent crime are surging, and Baltimore will reach its highest murder count in more than two decades: 342 homicides in a single year, in a city of just 600,000 people. Fac...(展开全部)

Baltimore, 2015. Riots are erupting across the city as citizens demand justice for Freddie Gray, a twenty-five-year-old Black man who has died under suspicious circumstances while in police custody. Drug and violent crime are surging, and Baltimore will reach its highest murder count in more than two decades: 342 homicides in a single year, in a city of just 600,000 people. Fac...(展开全部)

Hong Kong in the 1970s- a time of rapid economic growth, and more significantly, of growth in self-confidence and the forging of a national identity. In a disarming style uniquely her own, Xi Xi weaves a deceptively child-like narrative against a background of the political and social problems of this complex society. Seldom has a writer captured the spirit of a generation with...(展开全部)