History Creator / DavidMacaulay

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* TheCon: In ''Unbuilding'', a rich middle eastern prince actually buys the Empire State Building, and has it disassembled piece by piece and shipped overseas to be built as a landmark in his home country. [[spoiler: The buyer turns out to be the real con artist. At the end of the book, the ship carrying the pieces of the Empire State Building mysteriously sinks in the Atlantic. The prince then collects on an insurance policy that he had taken out on it -- a policy worth far more than what he had paid for the building.]]

* Baaa
* WesternAnimation/{{Castle|Documentary}}
* WesternAnimation/{{Cathedral|Documentary}}
* WesternAnimation/{{Pyramid|Documentary}}
* WesternAnimation/{{Cro}}
* Literature/TheWayThingsWork
* Literature/MotelOfTheMysteries

* TechnologyMarchesOn: ''The Way Things Work'' (1988) was republished as ''The New Way Things Work'' in 1998 with an expanded section on computers. Then it was reissued again as ''The Way Things Work Now'' in 2016.

* WesternAnimation/{{Castle}}

* WesternAnimation/{{Pyramid}}

* WesternAnimation/{{Cathedral}}

* TheCon: In ''Unbuilding'', a rich middle eastern prince actually buys the Empire State Building, and has it disassembled piece by piece and shipped overseas to be built as a landmark in his home country. [[spoilerTthe buyer turns out to be the real con artist. At the end of the book, the ship carrying the pieces of the Empire State Building mysteriously sinks in the Atlantic. The prince then collects on an insurance policy that he had taken out on it - a policy worth far more than what he had paid for the building.]]

* LandmarkSale: Played quite literally in ''Unbuilding'', in which a rich middle eastern prince actually buys the Empire State Building, and has it disassembled piece by piece and shipped overseas to be built as a landmark in his home country. Then the trope is subverted in that [[spoiler:the buyer turns out to be the real con artist. At the end of the book, the ship carrying the pieces of the Empire State Building mysteriously sinks in the Atlantic. The prince then collects on an insurance policy that he had taken out on it - a policy worth far more than what he had paid for the building.]]

David Macaulay (b. 1946) is an award winning author and illustrator. Born in England, his family moved to America when he was eleven.

* BittersweetEnding: In ''Roman City'', Marcus is honored and promoted by Caesar for his city design, and Aiden crying out the warning that stopped Caesar from being assassinated saw her and her father being raised to the level or roman citizens. Even Licinius gets to stop being a slave and retire with a pension that'll let him buy a villa...but Marcus's new job means he has to move to Phoenicia, leaving Aiden (to whom he'd planned to propose) behind.

* BittersweetEnding: In ''Roman City'', Marcus is honored by Caesar for his city design, and Aiden crying out the warning that stopped Caesar from being assassinated saw her and her father being raised to the level or roman citizens. Even Licinius gets to stop being a slave and retire with a pension that'll let him buy a villa...but Marcus's new job means he has to move to Phoenicia, leaving Aiden (to whom he'd planned to propose) behind.

* BitersweetEnding: In ''Roman City'', Marcus is honored by Caesar for his city design, and Aiden crying out the warning that stopped Caesar from being assassinated saw her and her father being raised to the level or roman citizens. Even Licinius gets to stop being a slave and retire with a pension that'll let him buy a villa...but Marcus's new job means he has to move to Phoenicia, leaving Aiden (to whom he'd planned to propose) behind.

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David Macaulay (b. 1946) is an award winning author and illustrator. Born in England, his family moved to America at age eleven.

* AnimalIsTheNewMan: In ''Baaa,'' sheep gain sentience and take over the world after mankind dies out. Their society quickly develops a lot of the same problems that drove human society extinct, with overpopulation, poverty, and a severe food shortage. Fortunately, the sheep leaders develop a new food product called "Baaa" that conveniently solves all three of those problems at once... Eventually this drives the sheep extinct as well.

* SewerGator: An EasterEgg in the book ''Underground'', which shows a cutaway view of a major city's sewage system, shows an alligator hanging out in the pipes.

* AnimalIsTheNewMan: In ''Baaa,' sheep gain sentience and take over the world after mankind dies out. Their society quickly develops a lot of the same problems that drove human society extinct, with overpopulation, poverty, and a severe food shortage. Fortunately, the sheep leaders develop a new food product called "Baaa" that conveniently solves all three of those problems at once... Eventually this drives the sheep extinct as well.