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| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Stephen Biesty's Incredible Explosions Richard Platt, 1996 Text and cross-section illustrations present inside views of a variety of subjects including a space station, airport, and windmill. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections Stephen Biesty, 2019-05-14 This children's book explores the innermost workings of some extraordinary buildings and machines. From helicopters to submarines, skyscrapers to coal mines, open up a fascinating world packed with unique and detailed cutaway drawings. Whether it's a Spanish galleon or a medieval castle, each cross-section slice or exploded view reveals what's going on inside. See the people swarming inside the Empire State Building, the workers busy backstage at the opera house, and where the crew sleeps on a jumbo jet. Included also are two impressive foldouts showing an ocean liner and a steam train. There are lots of fun facts to be discovered, and curious details are highlighted and explained. Did you know one of the funnels of the Queen Mary liner was fake and used for storing deckchairs? And in almost every scene, there's the challenge to find a man on the toilet! With more than a million copies sold, Stephen Biesty's award-winning illustrated book is as fascinating today as it was when first published in 1992. Incredible Cross-Sections is the ultimate way to see how things work. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Stephen Biesty's Incredible Everything Stephen Biesty, Richard Platt, 1997 Each illustration in this book traces a craft or manufacturing process from raw materials through to the finished product. The illustrations make many of the processes self-explanatory, and where further explanation is needed, Chester the Tester and Q provide the answers, along with the text. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Rome Stephen Biesty, Andrew Solway, 2003 Set in 128 AD, Rome follows one day in the life of a father and his nine-year-old son, Titus Cotta Maximus, as they spend a public holiday together. Full color. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Stephen Biesty's Incredible Body Stephen Biesty, Richard Platt, 1998 Find out how your body works. Let the explorers show you... What happens when you are sick. Why the brain is the most sophisticated computer in the world. What makes your tummy rumble. What makes you dizzy. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Stephen Biesty's Incredible Explosions Stephen Biesty, Richard Platt, 1996-01-01 |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Pirate Diary Richard Platt, 2014-06-06 Adventure! History! Pirate Diary reveals life on the high seas in the eighteenth century--through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Coolest Cross-sections Ever Richard Platt, 2001 Cross-sectional illustrations present an inside view of such structures as a medieval castle, factory, and subway station. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Castle Richard Platt, 2019-05-14 History comes alive in this incredible children's illustrated book about castles. Slicing through different areas of a medieval fortress, extraordinary views reveal the people busy inside, preparing for battle as an enemy army approaches. Packed with facts, you'll find out what it takes to build a massive 14th-century castle, dress a knight in armor, or prepare a feast fit for a king or queen. From the drawbridge to the dungeon, Cross-Sections Castle swarms with the people who keep the castle going--the workers, craftsmen, and servants. And, as you pore over every page, look out for the villainous spy. Is he in the well... the keep... the moat? No? Keep looking, he's there somewhere! Back in print after 20 years, you can now cheer on jousters, be entertained by a troubadour, and witness the gory details of a traitor's demise. This unique illustrated book for kids is not just the story of a castle; it brings medieval history to life. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: As One Devil to Another Richard Platt, 2012-03-30 As One Devil to Another is an astonishing debut work that C. S. Lewis’s biographer and foremost Lewis authority Walter Hooper calls “a stunning achievement, the finest example of the genre of diabolical correspondence to appear since this genre was popularized by C. S. Lewis.” Enter into this chilling and diabolical tale, one that reveals the very tricks and strategies of Hell. Through a series of letters between devils created by Platt, senior devil Slashreap trains his young protégé, Scardagger, to win an individual soul away from Heaven and into their clutches. As the devils plot their way to triumph, they reveal the spiritual dangers and risks we face in today’s society. Their frighteningly accurate perspective on issues such as contemporary technology and sexual mores is interwoven with timeless matters such as the power of prayer, the purpose of suffering, and the promises held out by Heaven . . . and Hell. Destined to become a modern classic, As One Devil to Another is a brilliantly written, deeply unsettling perspective on twenty-first-century society . . . a glimpse of ourselves through the eyes of those who have embraced their underworldly existence. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Stephen Biesty's Incredible Body Cross-Sections Richard Platt, 2020-08-06 A book that actually takes you inside - and around - the human body to see how it works, with the help of some truly unique illustrations and some very small people! Explore your brain, your bones, and everything in between in incredible cross-section drawings of all the body systems. Inside each one are teams of tiny characters busy at work, and explaining what's going on. Every page includes jaw-dropping facts. Did you know that the skin is your largest organ - in an adult it's 2 sq m (22 sq ft). Have you ever thought about how heavy the brain is? Well, it's about 1.4 kg (3 lb) and is crammed with 100 billion nerve cells that help you think and move. And by the time you turn 75, your heart will have pumped blood around your body 4,000 million times! With the challenge of finding two tiny explorers making their way through the body, learning about anatomy has never been so much fun! |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Stephen Biesty's Incredible Explosions Richard Platt, 2004-05-01 In this fascinating book, artist Stephen Biesty has created marvelously detailed color illustrations that show: what is inside a human body; what goes on at an Antarctic research base; how an airport works; the amazing natural world of the Grand Canyon; what is underneath a city street; how a future space station might look; how feature films are made; what is inside a windmill; how a steam tractor works; a fire inside a multi-story building; a windmill; the city of Venice in the 17th century; and the Tower Bridge in London. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Quest for the Lost City of Gold Stephen Biesty, 2007 Join this mind-boggling quest around some of the world's greatest buildings, following the clues with famous artist Stephen Biesty. A mysterious postcard arrives at Stephen's home. It contains a clue to an incredible quest for treasure. Somewhere in the world there's a lost city of gold- and you can help find it! Join Stephen for a whirlwind dash around the globe to track down the secrets of the most famous buildings in history. You'll find messages in invisible ink, maps, code breaking notes and more to help you. Plus, thanks to Stephen's fantastic 'inside-out' drawings, you'll get an amazing view of the nooks and crannies of each site and find out what they were like in their heyday. From the Empire State Building to the Colosseum, the Sydney Opera House to Angkor Wat- solve the clues, crack the codes, answer the riddles, and discover who the mystery postcard writer is. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: A World of Information Richard Platt, 2017-09-28 Facts and figures for the curious reader. Covers more than 30 fascinating general knowledge topics, including shapes, tides, the solar system, and the periodic table. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: The Story of Buildings Patrick Dillon, 2018-09 From straw huts to skyscrapers, palaces to arts centres, this book features sixteen of the most iconic buildings from around the world including the Parthenon, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Taj Mahal, the Forbidden City, the Bauhaus, Crystal Palace, the Sydney Opera House and the Pompidou Centre, and tells the human story behind each of them. Explains how and why famous buildings in history came to be built. Features detailed illustrations. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Megastructures Ian Graham, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine Ian Graham, 2012 Explores some of the world's mightiest man-made structures, and how they were designed and built. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Egypt in Spectacular Cross-Section Stewart Ross, 2007-03-01 Following on from his internationally bestselling book on Rome, master illustrator Stephen Biesty brings his magic touch to the subject of ancient Egypt. It is over 3200 years ago in ancient Egypt, in the reign of the great god-king Rameses II. And for 11-year-old Dedia, a great adventure is about to begin. Join Dedia as he accompanies his father - and a couple of troublesome relations - on a once-in-a-lifetime journey down the Nile. Among the splendours on the way, you will see... BL The hidden secrets of the Valley of the Kings BL Amun-Ra's magnificent temple at Karnak (Luxor) BL Preparation of a mummy and an Egyptian funeral BL The pyramids and Sphinx of Giza BL The ancient Step Pyramid at Saqqara BL Rameses's spectacular palace at Piramesse |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Through Time: London Richard Platt, 2009-06-09 Follows historical events in London's history and the persons who had or have inhabited London. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Space Explorer Atlas Richard Platt, 1999 Rocket enthusiast Norbert and amateur astronomer Izzy learn about the sun, planets and moons on a tour of the solar system in an exciting, witty adventure story about space. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Ancient World Stephen Biesty, Stewart Ross, 2008 The Ancient World is the perfect subject for Stephen Biesty's illustrations - beautifully constructed, technologically advanced, and teeming with life. There are cross-sections, cut-aways and explosions, authoritative annotations, lists and explanations.Covers:Rome - including the Colosseum, the Forum, the Baths and chariot racing at the Circus MaximusEgypt - including the Valley of the Kings, the pyramids and Sphinx of Giza and preparation of a mummy and Egyptian funeralGreece - including Athenian warships at the sacred island of Delos, the rich silver mines of Laurion, the Acropolis and the sacred oracle at DelphiThis book is destined to bring the ancient world to life for a wide range of readers. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: The Vanishing Rainforest Richard Platt, 2005-04 Why is the Brazilian rainforest vanishing so quickly? And why is it essential to the whole world? This story describes how a native tribe is battling potential developers. Can a solution be found that will protect the forest and allow the tribe to continue living as they always have done, while benefiting from limited development?Ages 7 and up |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Disney Pirates of the Caribbean Richard Platt, Glenn Dakin, 2007 Allowing you to discover what Captain Jack Sparrow and his unlikely allies are up to, this guide contains movie stills and images of characters, such as Captain Jack, Captain Barbossa and the tribe of ravenous cannibals. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: The Way We Work David Macaulay, 2008-10-07 In this comprehensive and entertaining resource, David Macaulay reveals the inner workings of the human body as only he could. In order to present this complicated subject in an accurate and entertaining way, he put in years of research. He sat in on anatomy classes, dissections, and even reached inside the rib cages of two cadavers to compare their spleen sizes. He observed numerous surgeries, including a ten-hour procedure where a diseased pancreas was removed, as well as one where a worn-out old knee was replaced by a brand new one. This hands-on investigation gives Macaulay a unique perspective to lead his readers on a visual journey through the workings of the human body. The seven sections within the book take us from the cells that form our foundation to the individual systems they build. Each beautifully illustrated spread details different aspects of our complex structure, explaining the function of each and offering up-close glimpses, unique cross-sections and perspectives, and even a little humor along the way. This one-of-a-kind book can serve as a reference for children, families, teachers, and anyone who has questions about how his or her body works. When readers see how David Macaulay builds a body and explains the way it works, they will come away with a new appreciation of the amazing world inside them. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Roman Diary Richard Platt, 2015-01-27 Like Platt’s previous ‘diaries’ about castles, pirates, and ancient Egypt, this offers an accessible introduction to history. — Booklist Iliona never imagined that her sea voyage from Greece to Egypt would lead to Rome, but when she is captured by pirates and auctioned off as a slave, that’s where she lands. Readers are invited to view the wonders of Rome through Iliona’s eyes—the luxury, the excess, and the politics. Back matter includes notes for the reader, a glossary, and sources. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Interactive Aerospace Engineering and Design Dava Newman, 2001-06 Intended for both majors and non-majors taking a first course in Introduction to Aerospace Engineering or Introduction to Flight. This new text will inspire students with its integrated bound-in CD-ROM and its strong emphasis in design. Its active visual approach and inclusion of space-oriented engineering make it ideal for the changing needs of the Aerospace Engineering field. Newman's book is the first to include integrated multimedia, strong coverage of space flight, the design process, and extensive coverage of space flight. A CD-ROM, bound in with the book, provides extensive animations, QuickTime movies, and Matlab based simulations to motivate student readers. A student design project is included to convey the importance of team orientated design in an accessible manner. All resource and multimedia materials are provided on the CD-ROM, including: PDF files of the book chapters; additional color photographs, figures, and pictures referenced in the text; multimedia animations, simulations, and vrml files. The icons in the book, namely, the CD-ROM and World Wide Web (WWW) icons, refer you to materials that are on the CD-ROM and website, respectively, not in the text. In the margins of the text you will see the CD-ROM icon with a filename, which means that the referenced resource material (photograph, animation, simulation, etc.) is linked to the CD-ROM and should be accessed and studied at that point in the chapter. The lighter-than-air (LTA) vehicle and electronics laboratory ('Ornithopter Lab') contain extensive multimedia materials and are referenced throughout the book, especially in Chapter 12. The WWW icon refers to the website for the text and CD-ROM where one will find a chronological listing of all the URLs referenced throughout the book. http://web.mit.edu/16.00 To view or print the enclosed PDF files you need Adobe Acrobat Reader. This software is free and can be downloaded in just a few minutes from Adobe's world-wide web site. Use a web browser (Netscape or Internet Explorer) to go to http://www.adobe.com and follow the instructions for installing Adobe Acrobat Reader on your type of computer. Once you have installed Adobe Acrobat Reader, open the appropriate chapter file. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Absolutely Best Cross-sections Book Ever Richard Platt, 1999 A collection of all the favourite Biesty titles: Incredible Cross-Sections, Incredible Explosions, Man-of-War, Castle, Incredible Body, and Incredible Everything, together with new illustrations, never seen before. This book reveals the insides of buildings, machines and landscapes, shows how many ordinary and extraordinary things are made and takes you on a journey through the human body. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Crime Scene Richard Platt, 2006 Shows how the latest methods of scientific detection are used to uncover the truth about a crime scene, and to reveal how crimes were committed, explaining the techniques and equipment used by forensic investigators. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Castle Diary Richard Platt, 2014-09 The medieval journal of Tobias Burgess, a young page.Sent to his uncle's castle to learn to be a page, eleven-year-old Toby keeps a detailed journal of everything that happens there during the year of 1285 - from such great events as a boar hunt and a tournament to more everyday activities like baking bread and cleaning out the garderobes (toilets). The book is packed with information about medieval life and a must for any child who loves castles! |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Halo Encyclopedia Microsoft, 2022-05-10 In the 26th century, humanity relentlessly continues their fight for survival, an enduring conflict set against the backdrop of the enigmatic and ancient ringworld known as Halo. The universe of Halo is remarkably vast in scale and astonishingly elaborate in detail, telling rich stories filled with bold characters, breathtaking worlds, and thrilling conflicts. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Halo, Dark Horse and 343 Industries have teamed up to deliver the most definitive guide to the universe thus far. Spanning over a hundred millennia and encompassing over a hundred thousand light years, the Halo Encyclopedia captures two decades of storytelling with stunning, never-before-seen art and the most detailed exploration of the universe’s many characters, worlds, and technologies to have ever been created |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Stephen Biesty's Incredible Pop-up Cross-sections Stephen Biesty, 1995 Cross-sectional pop-up illustrations preset an iside view of three different vehicles: a fire engine, a rescue helicopter, and a space shuttle. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: The Story of Buildings Patrick Dillon, 2014-03-11 Aspiring architects will be in their element! Explore this illustrated narrative history of buildings for young readers, an amazing construction in itself. We spend most of our lives in buildings. We make our homes in them. We go to school in them. We work in them. But why and how did people start making buildings? How did they learn to make them stronger, bigger, and more comfortable? Why did they start to decorate them in different ways? From the pyramid erected so that an Egyptian pharaoh would last forever to the dramatic, machine-like Pompidou Center designed by two young architects, Patrick Dillon’s stories of remarkable buildings — and the remarkable people who made them — celebrates the ingenuity of human creation. Stephen Biesty’s extraordinarily detailed illustrations take us inside famous buildings throughout history and demonstrate just how these marvelous structures fit together. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: The Isles Norman Davies, 2008-09-04 The bestselling and controversial new history of the 'British Isles', including Ireland from the author of Europe: A History. Emphasizing our long-standing European connections and positing a possible break-up of the United Kingdom, this is agenda-setting work is destined to become a classic. 'If ever a history book were a tract for the times, it is The Isles: A History ... a masterwork.' Roy Porter, The Times 'Davies is among the few living professional historians who write English with vitality, sparkle, economy and humour. The pages fly by, not only because the pace is well judged but also because the surprises keep coming.' Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Sunday Times 'A book which really will change the way we think about our past . marvellously rich and stimulating' Noel Malcolm, Evening Standard 'A historiographical milestone.' Niall Ferguson, Sunday Times 'The full shocking force of this book can only be appreciated by reading it.' Andrew Marr, Observer 'It is too soon to tell if [Norman Davies] will become the Macaulay or Trevelyan of our day: that depends on the reading public. He has certainly made a good try. This is narrative history on the grand scale - compulsively readable, intellectually challenging and emotionally exhilirating.' David Marquand, Literary Review |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Hieroglyphics Richard Platt, 2003-10-16 This fascinating kit tells the astonishing story of the ancient graphic-language symbols of the Middle East, the Far East, and Central America. The colorful 32 page book is accompanied by a fascinating activity pack featuring 27 rubber hieroglyphic stamps, an ink pad, a supply of papyrus templates, educational Rosetta Stone poster, cardboard model of the temple of Rameses III to assemble; reed stylus, modeling clay, and cylinder seal to practice cuneiform writing; world map of cultures, stickers, and Mehen board game. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: More Rip-Roaring Reads for Reluctant Teen Readers Bette D. Ammon, Gale W. Sherman, 1998-12-15 Show reluctant teens that reading is not only fundamental-it's also fun! In this companion book to Rip-Roaring Reads for Reluctant Teen Readers, Ammon and Sherman describe 40 exciting, contemporary titles (20 for middle school, 20 for high school) written by outstanding authors. These are books your students won't want to put down. Designed to make the matching process between student and books easy and successful, this volume also includes genre and theme indexes, curriculum activities, interest and readability levels, and reproducible bookmarks for each entry. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Star Wars Curtis Saxton, 2005 Detailed, cross-section artworks cover the array of new spaceships and vehicles featured in Revenge of the Sith. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Gold Stephen Biesty, Meredith Hooper, 2002 Describes how one piece of precious gold, created billions of years ago, is formed into an Egyptian mask and, as centuries pass and the gold changes hands, is shaped into different objects. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Disability in Industrial Britain Mike Mantin, Kirsti Bohata, Alexandra Jones, Steven Thompson, 2020-01-06 This book examines disability and disabled people in British coalmining, an industry with high levels of injury and disease and where, as one outsider noted, streets 'thronged with the maimed and mutilated'. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: Stephen Biesty's More Incredible Cross-sections Richard Platt, 2019-10-08 This illustrated book for children shows you how things work. Look inside the human body, explore the magic of Venice, and take a tour around a movie studio - and much more! Part of a unique series, More Incredible Cross-sections is Stephen Biesty at the top of his game. In this updated edition with a refreshed, contemporary style, he gives readers an exploded view of 12 objects, places, landmarks, and modes of transport. But look closer! In every picture is an alien who has lost his way: can you find him? As you pore over Stephen Biesty's superbly detailed pages, you will also discover loads of awesome facts. Did you know that steam engines were notoriously difficult to stop, leading to frequent accidents? Or that people at an Antarctic research base rely on supplies from an aircraft's parachute drops during winter? From windmills to cities, airports to space stations, More Incredible Cross-sections is for curious minds of any age interested in finding out how our amazing world works. |
| stephen biesty's incredible explosions: I See What You Mean Steve Moline, 2023-10-10 Some educators may view diagrams, pictures, and charts as nice add-on tools for students who are visual thinkers. But Steve Moline sees visual literacy as fundamental to learning and to what it means to be human. In Moline' s view, we are all bilingual. Our second language, which we do not speak but which we read and write every day, is visual. From reading maps to decoding icons to using concept webs, visual literacy is critical to success in today' s world. The first edition of I See What You Mean, published in 1995, was one of the first books for teachers to outline practical strategies for improving students' visual literacy. In this new and substantially revised edition, Steve continues his pioneering role by including dozens of new examples of a wide range of visual texts--from time maps and exploded diagrams to digital tools like smartphone apps and tactile texts. In addition to the new chapters and nearly 200 illustrations, Steve has reorganized the book in a useful teaching sequence, moving from simple to complex texts. In one research strategy, called recomposing, Steve shows how to summarize paragraphs of information not as a heap of interesting facts but as a diagram. The diagram can then work as a framework for students to follow when writing an essay. This overcomes the teacher' s problem of cut and paste essays, and, by following their own diagram-summary, students have an answer to their familiar questions, Where do I start? What do I write next? |
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