Learn about key concepts behind the world's most incredible buildings in The Architecture Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Architecture in this overview guide to the subject, brilliant for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Architecture Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic through eye-catching graphics and diagrams to immerse yourself in. This captivating book will broaden your understanding of Architecture, \- A global scope, covering architecture from all over the world \- Packed with facts, charts, timelines and graphs to help explain core concepts \- A visual approach to big subjects with striking illustrations and graphics throughout \- Easy to follow text makes topics accessible for people at any level of understanding The Architecture Book is a captivating introduction to buildings and the ideas, and principles that make them key to the history and evolution of our built environment - aimed at adults with an interest in the subject and students wanting to gain more of an overview. Here you'll discover the most important ideas, technologies, and movements in the history of architecture and structural engineering, through exciting text and bold graphics. Your Architecture Questions, Simply Explained Learn about the evolution of construction, from ancient and classical architecture through Medieval, Gothic, and Renaissance buildings, Baroque and Rococo, to 19th-century emerging modernism and postmodernism and glittering skyscrapers. If you thought it was difficult to learn about buildings and the ideas behind them, The Architecture Book presents key information in a clear layout. Explore architectural movements, styles and celebrated buildings from all over the world, and stunning religious structures from mosques to churches, stupas to pagodas and temples. The Big Ideas Series With millions of copies sold worldwide, The Architecture Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas series from DK. The series uses striking graphics along with engaging writing, making big topics easy to understand.

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Is there only one god? Why must people suffer? What happens after we die? Billions of people around the world find meaning in religion, but what ideas underpin such beliefs, and how did they develop? Written in plain English and covering the world's major faiths, The Spirituality Book is packed with short, pithy explanations that cut through the jargon, step-by-step diagrams that untangle the central tenets, and witty illustrations that play with our perception of religion. Whatever your level of understanding, and whether you are interested in the global diversity of beliefs or the concepts that connect them, you'll find plenty to intrigue and engage you in this book.

Discover the key battles, tactics, technologies, and turning points of the First World War – the epic conflict that was supposed to be “the war to end all wars.” Combining authoritative, exciting text and bold explanatory graphics, The World War I Book explores the historical background to the war, its causes, key events, and aftermath. Using the original, graphic-led approach of the series, entries profile more than 90 of the key ideas and events during and surrounding the conflict – from the growing tensions between Europe’s major powers to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the German invasion of Belgium, the endless slaughter in the trenches, the American entry into the war, the Russian Revolution, the Armistice, and the creation of the League of Nations. Offering a uniquely compelling, accessible, and immediate history of the war, The World War I Book shows how certain key battles, individual leaders, political and economic forces, and technological advances influenced the course of the conflict.