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{{short description|Series of revolutionary bestselling nonfiction books published by Dorling Kindersley}}
{{short description|Series of revolutionary bestselling nonfiction books published by Dorling Kindersley}}
'''''Eyewitness Books''''' (called '''''Eyewitness Guides''''' in the UK) is a series of educational [[nonfiction book]]s. They were first published in Great Britain by [[Dorling Kindersley]] in 1988. The series now has over one hundred titles on a variety of subjects, such as dinosaurs, Ancient Egypt, flags, chemistry, music, the solar system, film, and [[William Shakespeare]]. According to Dorling Kindersley, over 50 million copies have been sold in 36 languages.<ref>{{cite web |title=DK Eyewitness Books- Universe |url=https://www.dk.com/us/book/9780756667566-dk-eyewitness-books-universe/ |website=DK |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>
'''''Eyewitness Books''''' (called '''''Eyewitness Guides''''' in the UK) is a series of educational [[nonfiction book]]s. They were first published in Great Britain by [[Dorling Kindersley]] in 1988. The series now has over titles on a variety of subjects, such as dinosaurs, Ancient Egypt, flags, chemistry, music, the solar system, film, and [[William Shakespeare]]. According to Dorling Kindersley, over 50 million copies have been sold in 36 languages.<ref>{{cite web |title=DK Eyewitness Books- Universe |url=https://www.dk.com/us/book/9780756667566-dk-eyewitness-books-universe/ |website=DK |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>


The books are often noted for their numerous photographs and detailed illustrations, which are always set against a white background. Describing the series in ''[[Booklist]]'', Michael Cart wrote, "What DK did—with almost revolutionary panache—was essentially to reinvent nonfiction books by breaking up the solid pages of gray type that had previously been their hallmark, reducing the text to bite-size, nonlinear nuggets that were then surrounded by pictures that did more than adorn—they also conveyed information. Usually full color, they were so crisply reproduced they "seemed to leap off the page.""<ref>Michael Cart. "Eyewitness Books: Putting the graphic in lexigraphic". ''Booklist''. October 15, 2002.</ref>
The books are often noted for their numerous photographs and detailed illustrations, which are always set against a white background. Describing the series in ''[[Booklist]]'', Michael Cart wrote, "What DK did—with almost revolutionary panache—was essentially to reinvent nonfiction books by breaking up the solid pages of gray type that had previously been their hallmark, reducing the text to bite-size, nonlinear nuggets that were then surrounded by pictures that did more than adorn—they also conveyed information. Usually full color, they were so crisply reproduced they "seemed to leap off the page.""<ref>Michael Cart. "Eyewitness Books: Putting the graphic in lexigraphic". ''Booklist''. October 15, 2002.</ref>


Some titles were later adapted into a [[Eyewitness (1994 TV series)|television series]], with theme music composed by [[Guy Michelmore]].
Some titles were later adapted into a [[Eyewitness (1994 TV series)|television series]], with theme music composed by [[Guy Michelmore]].

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'''''Eyewitness Travel Guides''''' are also produced by Dorling Kindersley. They are known for their photography and illustrated city street plans. Places covered by Eyewitness Travel Guides include [[Philadelphia]] paired with the [[Pennsylvania Dutch Country]], [[California]], [[Florida]], the [[Southern United States]], [[New England]], [[Germany]], [[Tokyo]], [[Hawaii]], [[Sweden]], [[Alaska]], [[New Orleans]], [[Paris]], [[India]], [[Arizona]] and the [[Grand Canyon]], [[Canada]], [[Great Britain]], [[Las Vegas]], [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Chicago]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]], [[Mexico]], [[Singapore]], [[Kenya]] and many others.<ref>{{cite web |title=Travel |url=https://www.dk.com/uk/category/travel/ |website=DK |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>


==List of books in the series==
==List of books in the series==
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* ''Arctic & Antarctic''
* ''Arctic & Antarctic''
* ''Arms & Armour'' (US title: ''Arms & Armor'')
* ''Arms & Armour'' (US title: ''Arms & Armor'')
* ''Astronomy''
* ''Astronomy''
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* ''Atlas''
* ''Aztec'' (US title: ''Aztec, Inca & Maya'')
* ''Aztec'' (US title: ''Aztec, Inca & Maya'')
* ''Baseball''
* ''Baseball''
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* ''Castle''
* ''Castle''
* ''Cat''
* ''Cat''
* ''Chemistry''
* ''Chemistry''
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* ''China'' (US title: ''Ancient China'')
* ''China'' (US title: ''Ancient China'')
* ''Christianity''
* ''Christianity''
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* ''Eagle'' (US title: ''Eagle & Birds of Prey'')
* ''Eagle'' (US title: ''Eagle & Birds of Prey'')
* ''Early People'' (US title: ''Early Humans'')
* ''Early People'' (US title: ''Early Humans'')
* ''Earth''
* ''Earth''
* ''Ecology''
* ''Ecology''
* ''Economy''
* ''Economy''
* ''Electricity''
* ''Electricity''
* ''Electronics''
* ''Electronics''
* ''Elephant''
* ''Elephant''
* ''Endangered Animals''
* ''Endangered Animals''
* ''Energy''
* ''Energy''
* ''Epidemic''
* ''Epidemic''
* ''Everest''
* ''Everest''
* ''Evolution''
* ''Evolution''
* ''Explorer''
* ''Explorer''
* ''Farm''
* ''Farm''
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* ''Fish''
* ''Fish''
* ''Flag''
* ''Flag''
* ''Flying Machine (Flight)''
* ''Flying Machine (Flight''
* ''Food''
* ''Food''
* ''Football'' (US title: ''Soccer'')
* ''Football'' (US title: ''Soccer'')
* ''Force & Motion''
* ''Force & Motion''
* ''Forensic Science''
* ''Forensic Science''
* ''Fossil''
* ''Fossil''
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* ''Gandhi''
* ''Gandhi''
* ''Gorilla'' (US title: ''Gorilla, Monkey, & Ape'')
* ''Gorilla'' (US title: ''Gorilla, Monkey, & Ape'')
* ''Goya''
* ''Goya''
* ''Great Musicians''
* ''Great Musicians''
* ''Great Scientists''
* ''Great Scientists''
* ''Horse''
* ''Horse''
* ''Human Body''
* ''Human Body''
* ''Hurricane & Tornado''
* ''Hurricane & Tornado''
* ''Impressionism''
* ''Impressionism''
* ''Index to the Eyewitness Guides''<ref>Only published in the UK.</ref>
* ''India''
* ''India''
* ''Insect''
* ''Insect''
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* ''Knight''
* ''Knight''
* ''Leonardo'' (US title: ''Leonardo & His Times'', later ''Da Vinci & His Times'')
* ''Leonardo'' (US title: ''Leonardo & His Times'', later ''Da Vinci & His Times'')
* ''Life''
* ''Life''
* ''Light''
* ''Light''
* ''Mammal''
* ''Mammal''
* ''Manet''
* ''Manet''
* ''Mars''
* ''Mars''
* ''Matter''
* ''Matter''
* ''Media & Communication''
* ''Media & Communication''
* ''Medicine''
* ''Medicine''
* ''Medieval Life''
* ''Medieval Life''
* ''Modern China'' (US title: ''China'')
* ''Modern China'' (US title: ''China'')
* ''Monet''
* ''Monet''
* ''Money''
* ''Money''
* ''Moon''
* ''Moon''
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* ''Mythology''
* ''Mythology''
* ''NASCAR''
* ''NASCAR''
* ''National Parks''
* ''Natural Disasters''
* ''Natural Disasters''
* ''North American Indian''
* ''North American Indian''
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* ''Olympics''
* ''Olympics''
* ''Periodic Table'' (US title: ''The Elements'')
* ''Periodic Table'' (US title: ''The Elements'')
* ''Perspective''
* ''Perspective''
* ''Photography''
* ''Photography''
* ''Pirate''
* ''Pirate''
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* ''Pyramid''
* ''Pyramid''
* ''Religion''
* ''Religion''
* ''Renaissance''
* ''Renaissance''
* ''Reptile''
* ''Reptile''
* ''Rescue''
* ''Rescue''
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* ''Submarine''
* ''Submarine''
* ''Super Bowl''
* ''Super Bowl''
* ''Technology''
* ''Technology''
* ''Texas''
* ''Texas''
* ''Time & Space''
* ''Time & Space''
* ''Titanic''
* ''Titanic''
* ''Train''
* ''Train''
* ''Transportation''
* ''Transportation''
* ''Treasure''
* ''Treasure''
* ''Travel Guides''
* ''Tree''
* ''Tree''
* ''Tudor''
* ''Tudor''
* ''Universe''
* ''Universe''
* ''Van Gogh''
* ''Van Gogh''
* ''Victorians''
* ''Victorians''
* ''Vietnam War''
* ''Vietnam War''
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* ''Vote''
* ''Vote''
* ''Water''
* ''Water''
* ''Watercolour'' (US title: ''Watercolor'')
* ''Watercolour'' (US title: ''Watercolor'')
* ''Weather''
* ''Weather''
* ''Whale''
* ''Whale''
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* ''Writing'' (US title: ''Book'')
* ''Writing'' (US title: ''Book'')
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† originally published as part of the '''''Eyewitness Science''''' series.

‡ originally published as part of the '''''Eyewitness Art''''' series.

==Other series==
[[Dorling Kindersley]] also produced a number of other book series under the ''Eyewitness'' banner:
* '''''Eyewitness Anthologies''''': 3-in-1 compilations centred around a common theme - ''Ancient Civilizations'', ''Ancient Egyptians'', ''American Peoples'', ''Knights & Castles'', ''Rocks, Fossils & Gems'', and ''Sharks, Whales & Dolphins''. Later expanded to 6-in-1 compilations - ''Animal Kingdom'', ''Living World'', and ''Science Explorer''.
* '''''Eyewitness Art''''': 14 titles published between 1992-95. 8 titles were republished as part of the main '''''Books/Guides''''' series in 1998; the remaining books which weren't were - ''Colour'', ''Composition'', ''Gauguin'', ''Looking at Paintings'', ''Post-Impressionism'', and ''Sculpture''.
* '''''Eyewitness Companions'''''
* '''''Eyewitness Explorers'''''
* '''''Eyewitness Project Books'''''
* '''''Eyewitness Project Pack'''''
* '''''Eyewitness Science''''': 16 titles published between 1992-95. They were republished as part of the main '''''Books/Guides''''' series in 1998.
⚫
'''''Eyewitness Travel Guides''''' They are known for their photography and illustrated city street plans. Places covered by Eyewitness Travel Guides include [[Philadelphia]] paired with the [[Pennsylvania Dutch Country]], [[California]], [[Florida]], the [[Southern United States]], [[New England]], [[Germany]], [[Tokyo]], [[Hawaii]], [[Sweden]], [[Alaska]], [[New Orleans]], [[Paris]], [[India]], [[Arizona]] and the [[Grand Canyon]], [[Canada]], [[Great Britain]], [[Las Vegas]], [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Chicago]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]], [[Mexico]], [[Singapore]], [[Kenya]] and many others.<ref>{{cite web |title=Travel |url=https://www.dk.com/uk/category/travel/ |website=DK |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>
* '''''Eyewitness Visual Dictionaries'''''
* '''''Eyewitness Workbooks'''''
* '''''Pocket Eyewitness'''''
* '''''Smithsonian Eyewitness Explorer'''''
* ''The Eyewitness Atlas of the World''

In additional to the book series DK also produced several tie-in ranges:
* '''''Eyewitness DVD'''''
* '''''Eyewitness Kits'''''
* '''''Eyewitness Video'''''

''DK Multimedia'' produced a number [[CD-ROM]]s to accompany the series, titles included ''Eyewitness Children's Encyclopaedia'', ''Eyewitness Encyclopaedia of Science'', ''Eyewitness Encyclopaedia of Space and the Universe'', ''Eyewitness History of the World'', ''Eyewitness Photo Gallery'', ''Eyewitness Virtual Reality'', and ''Eyewitness World Atlas''.<ref>{{cite web|title=DK EyeWitness|url=https://oldgamesdownload.com/?s=DK+EyeWitness|website=OldGamesDownload.com|access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 14:56, 15 September 2022

Eyewitness Books (called Eyewitness Guides in the UK) is a series of educational nonfiction books. They were first published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley in 1988. The series now has over 160 titles on a variety of subjects, such as dinosaurs, Ancient Egypt, flags, chemistry, music, the solar system, film, and William Shakespeare. According to Dorling Kindersley, over 50 million copies have been sold in 36 languages.[1]

The books are often noted for their numerous photographs and detailed illustrations, which are always set against a white background. Describing the series in Booklist, Michael Cart wrote, "What DK did—with almost revolutionary panache—was essentially to reinvent nonfiction books by breaking up the solid pages of gray type that had previously been their hallmark, reducing the text to bite-size, nonlinear nuggets that were then surrounded by pictures that did more than adorn—they also conveyed information. Usually full color, they were so crisply reproduced they "seemed to leap off the page.""[2]

Some titles were later adapted into a television series, with theme music composed by Guy Michelmore.

List of books in the series

The series includes:[3][4]

  • Africa
  • The Amazon
  • American Football (US title: Football)
  • American Revolution
  • Amphibian
  • Ancient Civilizations
  • Ancient Egypt
  • Ancient Greece
  • Ancient Iraq (US title: Mesopotamia)
  • Ancient Rome
  • Animal
  • Archaeology
  • Arctic & Antarctic
  • Arms & Armour (US title: Arms & Armor)
  • Astronomy†
  • Aztec (US title: Aztec, Inca & Maya)
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Battle
  • Bible Lands
  • Bird
  • Boat
  • Buddhism
  • Building
  • Butterfly & Moth
  • Car
  • Castle
  • Cat
  • Chemistry†
  • Chicago
  • China (US title: Ancient China)
  • Christianity
  • Cinema (US title: Film)
  • City
  • Civil War
  • Climate Change
  • Computer
  • Costume
  • Cowboy
  • Crime & Detection
  • Crystal & Gem
  • Dance
  • Desert
  • Dinosaur
  • Dog
  • Eagle (US title: Eagle & Birds of Prey)
  • Early People (US title: Early Humans)
  • Earth†
  • Ecology†
  • Economy
  • Electricity†
  • Electronics†
  • Elephant
  • Endangered Animals
  • Energy†
  • Epidemic
  • Everest
  • Evolution†
  • Explorer
  • Farm
  • First Ladies
  • Fish
  • Flag
  • Flying Machine (later Flight)
  • Food
  • Football (US title: Soccer)
  • Force & Motion†
  • Forensic Science
  • Fossil
  • Future
  • Gandhi
  • Gorilla (US title: Gorilla, Monkey, & Ape)
  • Goya‡
  • Great Musicians
  • Great Scientists
  • Horse
  • Human Body†
  • Hurricane & Tornado
  • Impressionism‡
  • Index to the Eyewitness Guides[5]
  • India
  • Insect
  • Invention
  • Islam
  • Judaism
  • Jungle
  • Knight
  • Leonardo (US title: Leonardo & His Times, later Da Vinci & His Times)
  • Life†
  • Light†
  • Mammal
  • Manet‡
  • Mars
  • Matter†
  • Media & Communication
  • Medicine†
  • Medieval Life
  • Modern China (US title: China)
  • Monet‡
  • Money
  • Moon
  • Mummy
  • Music
  • Mythology
  • NASCAR
  • National Parks
  • Natural Disasters
  • North American Indian
  • Ocean
  • Oil
  • Olympics
  • Periodic Table (US title: The Elements)
  • Perspective‡
  • Photography
  • Pirate
  • Planets
  • Plant
  • Pond & River
  • Predator
  • Prehistoric Life
  • Presidents
  • Pyramid
  • Religion
  • Renaissance‡
  • Reptile
  • Rescue
  • Robot
  • Rocks & Minerals
  • Russia
  • Science
  • Seashore
  • Shakespeare
  • Shark
  • Shell
  • Shipwreck
  • Skeleton
  • Soldier
  • Space Exploration
  • Sport (US title: Sports)
  • Spy
  • Submarine
  • Super Bowl
  • Technology†
  • Texas
  • Time & Space†
  • Titanic
  • Train
  • Transportation
  • Treasure
  • Tree
  • Tudor
  • Universe
  • Van Gogh‡
  • Victorians
  • Vietnam War
  • Viking
  • Volcano (US title: Volcano & Earthquake)
  • Vote
  • Water
  • Watercolour‡ (US title: Watercolor‡)
  • Weather
  • Whale
  • Wild West
  • Witch & Wizard (US title: Witches & Magic-Makers)
  • Wonders of the World
  • World Series
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • Writing (US title: Book)

† originally published as part of the Eyewitness Science series.

‡ originally published as part of the Eyewitness Art series.

Other series

Dorling Kindersley also produced a number of other book series under the Eyewitness banner:

  • Eyewitness Anthologies: 3-in-1 compilations centred around a common theme - Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Egyptians, American Peoples, Knights & Castles, Rocks, Fossils & Gems, and Sharks, Whales & Dolphins. Later expanded to 6-in-1 compilations - Animal Kingdom, Living World, and Science Explorer.
  • Eyewitness Art: 14 titles published between 1992-95. 8 titles were republished as part of the main Books/Guides series in 1998; the remaining books which weren't were - Colour, Composition, Gauguin, Looking at Paintings, Post-Impressionism, and Sculpture.
  • Eyewitness Companions
  • Eyewitness Explorers
  • Eyewitness Project Books
  • Eyewitness Project Pack
  • Eyewitness Science: 16 titles published between 1992-95. They were republished as part of the main Books/Guides series in 1998.
  • Eyewitness Travel Guides: They are known for their photography and illustrated city street plans. Places covered by Eyewitness Travel Guides include Philadelphia paired with the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, California, Florida, the Southern United States, New England, Germany, Tokyo, Hawaii, Sweden, Alaska, New Orleans, Paris, India, Arizona and the Grand Canyon, Canada, Great Britain, Las Vegas, Washington, D.C., Chicago, China, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Kenya and many others.[6]
  • Eyewitness Visual Dictionaries
  • Eyewitness Workbooks
  • Pocket Eyewitness
  • Smithsonian Eyewitness Explorer
  • The Eyewitness Atlas of the World

In additional to the book series DK also produced several tie-in ranges:

  • Eyewitness DVD
  • Eyewitness Kits
  • Eyewitness Video

DK Multimedia produced a number CD-ROMs to accompany the series, titles included Eyewitness Children's Encyclopaedia, Eyewitness Encyclopaedia of Science, Eyewitness Encyclopaedia of Space and the Universe, Eyewitness History of the World, Eyewitness Photo Gallery, Eyewitness Virtual Reality, and Eyewitness World Atlas.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ "DK Eyewitness Books- Universe". DK. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  2. ^ Michael Cart. "Eyewitness Books: Putting the graphic in lexigraphic". Booklist. October 15, 2002.
  3. ^ "DK | Publishers of Award Winning Information".
  4. ^ "DK Eyewitness".
  5. ^ Only published in the UK.
  6. ^ "Travel". DK. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  7. ^ "DK EyeWitness". OldGamesDownload.com. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  • [1] official website
  • [2] also see Eyewitness Travel Guides
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