The story of the rise of the Inkas and the building of the great city of Machu Picchu is described in this book. The city is as astonishing as were its builders. Set in a remote, …
***REPRINT*** The Story of 4,000 Miles of Earth and Stone That Turned a Nation into a Fortress Imagine a wall 30 feet high, a wall thousands of miles long, a wall that crossed …
Now in paperback: A history of the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza and the civilization that produced it. Here's the story of the Great Pyramid and the people who built …
This is the illustrated story of how a jungle was conquered and the world made smaller! For the French in 1881 and then the Americans in 1903, it all seemed so simple: Panama was …
As portrayed in BBC TV's recent documentary, this is the dramatic story of the danger, suffering, courage and genius behind one of America's most famous landmarks - a monumental …
This is an illustrated story of when New York reached for the skies; the story of an American icon! It was 1929 and the race was on to put up the tallest building in the world. …
Describes the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, from its conception by John Roebling in 1852 through its final completion under the direction of his son, Washington, in 1883.
