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	David Macaulay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David Macaulay (born December 2, 1946 in Lancashire, England) is an author and illustrator.
		Macaulay has illustrated a number of other books, including the popular The Way Things Work (1988, text by Neil Ardley) which was expanded and rereleased as The New Way Things Work (1998).
		A writer in Time magazine once commented: "What he [Macaulay] draws he draws better than any other pen-and-ink illustrator in the world"; his books have sold more than two million copies in the United States alone, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Macaulay (517 words)

	David Macaulay: Redefining Writing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Macaulay's innovation and imagination are seen not only in his ability to create different stories, but also in the many titles he considered.
		Macaulay was born in Burton-on-Trent, England in 1946., and he arrived in the United States as a young boy.
		Macaulay also wrote Underground, a book about the complex system of pipes, subways, and sewers that lies beneath a city and Motel of the Mysteries, a story set in the year 4022 about the discovery and misunderstanding of a late-twentieth century motel.
	users.rcn.com /denebola/archives/vol38_issue2/news/003.htm (1876 words)

	david macaulay ... at MSN Shopping
		Caldecott Medal winner David Macaulay again demonstrates his rare skill in clearly presenting a wealth of historical and technological information through the immediacy of narrative.
		Macaulay's hilarious excursion down the path of cause and...
		What could be more perfect for an author/illustrator who has continually stripped away the mystique of architectural structures that have long fascinated modern man? With typical zest and wry sense of humor punctuating his drawings, David Macaulay traces the step-by-step planning and construction of both castle and town.
	shopping.msn.com /results/shp/?text=david+macaulay+... (632 words)

	Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay: Introduction
		Employed in the knitting industry, David Macaulay's father was adept at repairing and improving the function of complex, clamorous textile machinery, and his skills were in high demand.
		David Macaulay's book Ship links the present with its past by weaving a rich tapestry of words and images that tell the tale of the Magdalena of Seville, a sixteenth century sailing vessel long-lost in the reefs of the Caribbean Sea.
		David Macaulay's imaginative, accessible guide to the workings of machines shows how the concept behind one machine links to the concept of another from the simplest lever to the far-reaching capabilities of the Internet.
	www.tfaoi.com /aa/5aa/5aa126h.htm (1746 words)

	David Macaulay to give Olin Lecture
		David Macaulay, who began wondering about such things when he was a boy, has made a career of writing and illustrating books that show in intimate detail the ins and outs of these intriguing historical marvels.
		Macaulay was born in Burton-on-Trent, England, and may have drawn some of his inspiration as an illustrator from the centuries-old tradition of grand historical edifices of his birthplace.
		Macaulay commented on what motivates him to deconstruct, so to speak, the world's great edifices so that others can find out for themselves what makes them work: "I'm concerned with how constructions are made and what their effects are on people and their lives."
	www.news.cornell.edu /http://www.new/Chronicle/99/4.1.99/Olin_lect.html (444 words)

	David Macaulay
		Macaulay was born in England and moved to the United States at the age of 11, when his father took a job in New Jersey.
		Macaulay has written that he had no special expertise about the process of cathedral construction when he began on the project, but learned on the job, as it were (Building 5).
		Macaulay says the order in which he made the drawings was determined by the amount of knowledge he had, not by the book’s sequence; the first picture he made was the complete façade, then the title page picture (Building 19).
	www.northern.edu /hastingw/macaulay2.html (1603 words)

	David Macaulay Author and Illustrator
		After graduating from high school, he enrolled in the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), from which he received a bachelor's degree in architecture, and spent his fifth year at RISD in the European Honors Program, studying in Rome, Herculaneum, and Pompeii.
		David Macaulay's elaborate show-and-tells have made him beloved of adults and children throughout the world.
		David Macaulay lives with his family in Rhode Island.
	www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /authors/macaulay/author.shtml (390 words)

	An Interview with David Macaulay
		David Macaulay's books do just that and you will find them shelved in both the children and adult sections of your local library.
		Trained as an architect, Macaulay's clear prose, illuminating illustrations, playful wit, and striking book design, inform and entertain, explaining everything from the machinations of a can opener to the construction of great medieval cathedrals.
		David is the recipient of numerous national and international book awards.
	www.thencbla.org /boardinterviews/macaulayinterview.html (958 words)

	ASEE PRISM - Oct 2000 - David Macaulay
		Now, Macaulay is about to launch his most ambitious venture, one that is certain to warm the hearts of civil engineers everywhere.
		Macaulay, who is first and foremost a man of the book, has also written and illustrated a volume that serves as a companion to the television series and bears the same title.
		Twelve men died during construction of the span in the 1930s and at least 19 others would have perished if not for a safety net that had been put in place under the bridge to catch workers who otherwise would have plummeted to their death in the water.
	www.prism-magazine.org /oct00/html/primetime.cfm (1134 words)

	Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay: Big Ideas! Looking at Architecture with David Macaulay
		David Macaulay's appreciation for grand structures began as a boy growing up in England, where castles, cathedrals, and other historic structures were destinations for family outings.
		David Macaulay revels in the intricacy and beauty of these structures in his richly illustrated book, which allows us to witness the planning and construction of a thirteenth century Gothic cathedral in the imaginary French town of Chutreaux.
		David Macaulay's Castle traces the planning and construction one such fictional structure, based upon the appearance of several existing castles that were designed to aid in the conquest of Wales between 1277 and 1305.
	www.tfaoi.com /aa/5aa/5aa126a.htm (2888 words)

	UCLA Today: 000307 how (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		David McCaulay, this year's Frances Clarke Sayers lecturer, has written books that solve such modern-day mysteries as how do microwaves work.
		A small man in his '50s with a chestnut mustache and a lively wit, Macaulay is a trained architect who graduated from the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design before applying his drawing skills and his love of architecture to children's literature.
		Macaulay didn't write the scripts but will serve as host, deconstructing for viewers big feats of engineering, such as dams and bridges.
	www.today.ucla.edu /html/000307how.html (544 words)

	Alibris: David Macaulay
		In this companion to the PBS series, David Macaulay explains the logic behind the building of such mammoth works as the Hoover Dam and St. Paul's Cathedral.
		Including the content of Macaulay's "Cathedral" in its entirety, "Building the Book Cathedral" traces the evolution of the author's creative process in "building" that first book, from the initial concept to the finished drawings.
		Macaulay's hilarious excursion down the path of cause and effect, executed inbold, bright colors with rollicking lines, plunges headlong into the lives ofmany imaginary villagers.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/David_Macaulay (1050 words)

	Amazon.com: Castle: Books: David Macaulay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Macaulay describes construction, step by step, including the different kinds of walls and their places in defense of the castle.
		Macaulay leads us through the selection of the location for the fortress, the clearing of the earth, the setting of the foundation, and the building of its mighty walls and skyscraping towers.
		And just when the castle is done, Macaulay shows us a Medieval seige in all its brutal depth, as the native Welsh fiercely battle the invading English and seek to bring down their imposing castle.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0395329205?v=glance (1541 words)

	Amazon.ca: Customer Reviews Books: Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Macaulay recently added the title "Mosque" to his series of large constructions such as "Castle" or "Pyramid".
		David MacAuley's fine drawings provide children as young as six with opportunities to explore engineering and architecture in an historical setting.
		Macaulay's wonderful illustrations show pictorially exactly how a castle was built in stages, who did the work from the master architect to the most common laborer, how the castle functioned in war along with the troops that manned it, and even how the castle could be used as an economic and political bastion against enemies.
	amazon.ca /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/books/0395257840/customer-reviews (1042 words)

	Comic creator: David Macaulay
		David Macaulay was born in England, but has lived in America for most of his life.
		Macaulay has written a lot of books such as 'The Way Things Work', 'Cathedral' and 'Motel of the Mysteries' and won the Caldecott-award.
		Making the page function as a graphic entity while making each panel an efficient unit of information was one of the hardest things he had ever done, though you wouldn't know it from reading his breezy and playful version of 'Jack (and his Mom) and the Beanstalk'.
	lambiek.net /artists/m/macaulay_david.htm (152 words)

	Wheaton College: News: World-renowned author and illustrator David Macaulay to speak and exhibit work at Wheaton
		Macaulay's Watson Gallery exhibit by the same name, "Shortcut to Rome," opens in tandem on Nov. 11 (open through December 11), and will feature everything from conceptual sketches to correspondence with publisher Houghton Mifflin to early drafts of texts.
		Macaulay published his first book, Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction, in 1973.
		Macaulay's talk kicks off the fifth year of the Ruby Lecture Series, which is supported by the Ruby Humanities Fund and brings to campus people of significant accomplishment.
	www.wheatonma.edu /News/pr19981102a.html (342 words)

	Viewz - Canada's Online Computer, Software, Games and PC Buyers Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		David Macaulay is the author and designer behind many best selling, illustrated books.
		Last year a CD-ROM was produced by DK Multimedia from David's book "The Way Things Work".
		Find out about David and his work and explore his ideas in this exclusive, six-part Viewz interview by Stewart Hall.
	www.viewz.com /interview/dmacaulay/dmacaulay.shtml (416 words)

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		Reports on a visit to Macaulay and carefully traces his develop ment as an artist.
		A critical assessment of Macaulay's drawings and texts, suggesting areas that might have been improved.
		Explores the ways in which Macaulay, in each of six books, communicates his "own interpretation of the nature and value of the interrelationship between the various constructions and the socio- cultural beliefs of their builders." McCLOSKEY, ROBERT (1914-) A1636 ARCHER, MARGUERITE P. "Robert McCloskey, Student of Human Nature." EE 35 (May 1958):287-96.
	www.unm.edu /~lhendr/author/author5.27.html (1411 words)

	On Point : David Macaulay - 11/13/2003
		For years, David Macaulay has delighted armchair architects with his beautiful drawings and precise explanations of the craft of building.
		In "Mosque," Macaulay follows the politics, planning and process of constructing a mosque, and delves into Islamic tradition and the cosmopolitan makeup of Istanbul in the 16th century.
		David Macaulay, author and illustrator of "Mosque", "Cathedral", "Pyramid", "Mill", and "The Way Things Work", among other books.
	www.onpointradio.org /shows/2003/11/20031113_b_main.asp (199 words)

	Black and White by David Macaulay
		One way to observe how David Macaulay manages a time sequence is to flip through the book quickly and observe the change in the crowd at the train station.
		Macaulay never mentions that riddle, but you can find the ways he uses it throughout the book.
		He also has four parts to his speech and they are the titles of each of the stories in his book but they have a different meaning there.
	www.carolhurst.com /titles/blackandwhite.html (1163 words)

	Masters of Design: David Macaulay
		David Macaulay studied architecture in school, but he never really wanted to design a physical building.
		But leaf through any of the 20 wondrous books he has created over the past 31 years--many of which explain in accessible, oh-that's-how-they-did-it illustrations how architectural wonders such as pyramids and cathedrals were built--and it's clear his passion runs much deeper.
		Macaulay is one of the country's foremost designers of information: He uncovers the "organizing principles," as design guru Richard Saul Wurman puts it, of the things, both grand and mundane, that mystify us.
	www.fastcompany.com /magazine/83/mod_macaulay.html (359 words)

	Amazon.com: The New Way Things Work: Books: David Macaulay,David Macaulay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Grouping machines together by the principles that govern their actions rather than by their uses, Macaulay helps us understand in a heavily visual, humorous, unerringly precise way what gadgets such as a toilet, a carburetor, and a fire extinguisher have in common.
		Macaulay's clear and comprehensible drawings are accompanied by Neil Ardley's explanations, and in this edition the technical writer gets credit for his expertise on the title page.
		David Macaulay takes you from levers to lasers and does it all in a most entertaining and efficient manner.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0395938473?v=glance (2078 words)

	David Macaulay - 2004 National Book Festival (Library of Congress)
		David Macaulay - 2004 National Book Festival (Library of Congress)
		David Macaulay’s early interest in how objects are constructed led to experiments in creating books.
		He is the creator of the international best-seller The Way Things Work: From Levers to Lasers, Cars to Computers – A Visual Guide to the World of Machines (1988).
	www.loc.gov /bookfest/2004/macaulay.html (113 words)

	No Relation No. 9 Emily Yoffe
		Though they are both hosts of PBS shows, both write best-selling big books about big subjects, and both have a particular interest in big construction projects, they are entirely different people.
		David McCullough, 67, is the host of the PBS series The American Experience and author of six books, including Truman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of the president, and Mornings on Horseback, about the young Theodore Roosevelt.
		David Macaulay, 53, is the host of the new PBS series Building Big and author of its companion book about the construction of bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams, and tunnels.
	www.slate.com /default.aspx/id/1006265 (292 words)

	eBay - castle david macaulay, Castle, Nonfiction Books items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Castle by David Macaulay (1982) BUILDING OF CASTLES
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		CASTLE by David Macaulay - 1977 Large HB
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	Kidsreads.com - David Macaulay
		Born in Burton-on-Trent, England, David Macaulay came to the United States as a young boy and pursued his interest in drawing and art at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he received his BA in Architecture in 1969 and participated in the European Honors Program, Palazzo Cenci, Rome, Italy.
		After doing freelance illustration, graphic work, and traveling extensively in Europe, David Macaulay wrote his first book, CATHEDRAL: THE STORY OF ITS CONSTRUCTION, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1973.
		Since then his books have brought him national and international acclaim.
	www.kidsreads.com /authors/au-macaulay-david.asp (98 words)

	Alibris: David Macaulay
		Macaulay's books, wonderfully illustrated." -- New York Times Book Review
		by Robert Ornstein, Robert E. Crnstein, David Macaulay
		by Molly M. Bloomfield, Lawrence J. Stephens, David B. Macaulay
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Macaulay,David (1050 words)

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