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This book explains in a simple yet fascinating way how houses, skyscrapers, bridges and so on are constructed. Large cutaway illustrations show all the different layers of each building, and cartoon characters help to explain, for example, what keeps a skyscraper from falling down and how an oil rig is anchored to the sea bed.Edom, H. is the author of 'How Things Are Built' with ISBN 9780746002780 and ISBN 0746002785.
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