The Art of the Brick: A Life in LEGO

256 Pages·2014·46.852 MB·English

by  Nathan Sawaya

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The Art of the Brick. Copyright © 2015 by Nathan Sawaya.
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ISBN-10: 1-59327-588-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-588-4
Publisher: William Pollock
Production Editor: Serena Yang
Cover and Interior Design: Beth Middleworth
Developmental Editor: Tyler Ortman
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Acknowledgments
Thank you to Campbell Smith, Jon Knight, Nellie Scott, Joanna
Best, and Dean West for making this book possible. Also, thank you
to all the people at the LEGO Group for helping making a child’s
dream come true.