Best Selling Books by Stephen Biesty

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.

An intimate guide to the inside of a castle and the lives of its residents, this Stephen Biesty classic, Cross-Sections Castle, details the workings of a medieval fortress. With intricately detailed cross-sections, readers can explore layer upon layer of castle life including the people, their possessions, and how they lived, as well as how they defended themselves from enemy attacks and settled down for an evening of entertainment. Each time readers turn the page, they''ll discover new details, making this the ultimate "insider''s guide" to the structure of a castle and the lives of its inhabitants.

Cross-sectional pop-up illustrations preset an iside view of three different vehicles: a fire engine, a rescue helicopter, and a space shuttle.

''The ancient city of Rome is the perfect subject for Stephen Biesty''s illustrations - beautifully constructed, technologically advanced, and teeming with life. Titus''s Roman Holiday takes in the Temple, the Forum and the Baths, the Colosseum and chariot racing at the Circus Maximus, allillustrated in stunning, painstaking detail. There are cross-sections, cut-aways and explosions, authoritative annotations, lists and explanations. Biesty captures the epic scale of the city - the capacity crowd at the Colosseum, for example - and there is some wonderful attention to detail in thearchitecture and the engineering. But he also succeeds in capturing the humanity of the city and has a great eye for the quirky minutiae of daily life A well-researched reference work with a sizeable glossary and index, Rome is a witty and brilliantly illustrated book, pitched at the 9-12 year old,but destined to bring the ancient city to life for a wide range of readers.''[From a review in The School Librarian]

Detailed illustrations with explanatory captions and narrative text survey some sites in ancient Egypt, including the Valley of the Kings, and the harbour at Elephantine.

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 astonishingly detailed cross-sections reveal the splendours of Ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt. Uncover the glories of art, architecture and the minutiae of every day life. The illustrations are beautifully constructed and teeming with enough detail to keep readers pouring over the pages for hours.

This is a portrait of ten real castles in history. Stephen Biesty''s illustrations combined with Meredith Hooper''s text bring the castles to life by introducting their knights and kitchenmaids, sultans and samurai, soldiers and spies.

Following on from his internationally bestselling books on Rome and Egypt, master illustrator Stephen Biesty brings his magic touch to the cradle of civilization - classical Greece.The year is 436 BCE - Olympic year - and 11-year-old Neleus is about to embark on the journey of a lifetime. Setting off from his home in Miletus with his father and brother, our young hero''s final destination is the great games at Olympia, but he has many adventures and sees many sights along theway: fearsome Athenian warships at the sacred island of Delos; the rich silver mines of Laurion; the hurly-burly of the port and streets of Athens; the splendour of the Agora and the Acropolis; and a visit to the sacred oracle at Delphi.Biesty''s Greece is an illustrated tour-de-force, featuring a stunning array of cross-sections, cutaways and explosions. Each drawing highlights Biesty''s trademark attention to detail and is backed up by authoritative text and annotations. Biesty''s terrific eye for the quirky details of daily lifecombines with a witty and engaging text to provide an unforgettable window into the world of ancient Greece.Pitched at the 9-12-year-old, this book is destined to bring the ancient world to life for a wide range of readers. No aspect of Greek life is left out...domestic life, religion and the gods, the role of women, children and education, philosophy and learning, myths and legends, government, politics and law, economy and trade, warfare and slavery, the Olympic Games, music and drama, painting, pottery and sculpture, building and architecture, ships andseafaring

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.

Uses the perspective of tiny people traveling through a man''s body to present its various systems and organs and how they work.

Cross-sectional illustrations present an inside view of such structures as a medieval castle, factory, and subway station.

Text and cutaway illustrations depict life aboard a British warship of the Napoleonic era, covering such topics as work, leisure, discipline, navigating, and fighting.

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.

Die Längsschnitte durch die vielen Bauten einer Burg gewähren Einblicke in ihre Funktion und in die Lebensweise ihrer Bewohner. (ab 8).

Das grossformatige Sachbilderbuch gibt einen Einblick in Gebäude, Verkehrsmittel und technische Anlagen aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart.