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When was the Empire State Building built? Which skyscraper is made up of two buildings connected by a sky bridge? What is the tallest skyscraper in the world? To find out the answers to these questions and more, open this book and go on an exploration of the world's most amazing skyscrapers!

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Publié par	Capstone Global Library
Date de parution	05 juillet 2011
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781406233339
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	14 Mo

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L A N D M A R K T O P T E N S

The World’s Most Amazing Skyscrapers

Michael Hurley

Raintree is an imprint ofCapstone Global Library Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales having its registered office at 7 Pilgrim Street, London, EC4V 6LB – Registered company number: 6695582

Text © Capstone Global Library Limited 2012 First published in hardback in 2012

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Edited by Megan Cotugno and Laura Knowles Designed by Victoria Allen Original illustrations © Capstone Global Library Ltd (2011) Illustrated by HL Studios and Oxford Designers and Illustrators Picture research by Hannah Taylor and Ruth Blair Production by Camilla Crask Originated by Capstone Global Library Ltd Printed in China by CTPS

ISBN 978 1 406 22751 2 (hardback) 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Hurley, Michael, 1979- The world’s most amazing skyscrapers. -- (Landmark top tens) 1. Skyscrapers--Juvenile literature. I. Title II. Series 720.4’83-dc22 A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Alamy Images pp. 8 (© David Wall), 25 (© Eric Bchtold); Corbis pp. 10 (Sergio Dorantes), 11 (Bertrand Gardel), 14 (Reuters/Mosab Omar), 15 (epa/Ali Haider), 16 (George Hammerstein), 21 (Derek M. Allan); Getty Images pp. 7 (Science & Society Picture Library), 18 (AFP); istockphoto p. 23 (© Dmitry Mordvintsev); Photolibrary pp. 17 (Robert Harding), 24 (imagebroker), 5, 13, 20; Shutterstock pp. 6 (© jovannig), 9 (© Guido Amrein, Switzerland), 12 (© MACHKAZU), 19 (© ssuaphotos), 22 (© cloki), 4 (© Songquan Deng).

Cover photograph of the Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia reproduced with permission of Alamy Images (© Roussel Bernard).

We would like to thank Daniel Block for his invaluable help in the preparation of this book.

Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders of material reproduced in this book. Any omissions will be rectified in subsequent printings if notice is given to the publisher.

Disclaimer All the internet addresses (URLs) given in this book were valid at the time of going to press. However, due to the dynamic nature of the internet, some addresses may have changed, or sites may have changed or ceased to exist since publication. While the author and publisher regret any inconvenience this may cause readers, no responsibility for any such changes can be accepted by either the author or the publisher.