Tall quarto first edition hardcover in fine condition. Illustrated glossy boards with the title written in letters made of body parts. A matching dust jacket, also in fine condition with an intact price. By the illustrator and co-author of "The Way Things Work". Wonerfully easy to understand excursion through the Workings of the human body, designed for children, but adults can learn from this book as well. Highly visual with several diagrams and/or illustrations on every page. 336 pp.

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Title: The Way We Work; Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA
Publication Date: 2008
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0618233784
ISBN 13: 9780618233786
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: 10/7/2008
Pages: 336
Reading Level: Age 10 and Up

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David Macaulay is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books have sold millions of copies in the United States alone, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages. Macaulay has garnered numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal and Honor Awards, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, the Christopher Award, an American Institute of Architects Medal, and the Washington Post–Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award. In 2006, he was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, given "to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations." Superb design, magnificent illustrations, and clearly presented information distinguish all of his books. David Macaulay lives with his family in Vermont.

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