The discovery of the resting place of the great Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun [ Tut.ankh. Amen] in November 1922 by Howard Carter & the fifth Earl of Carnarvon was the greatest archaeological find the world had ever seen. Despite its plundering by thieves in antiquity, the burial of the king lay intact with its nest of coffins & funerary shrines, surrounded by a mass of burial equipment arranged in three peripheral chambers. Following on from the first volume`s account of the search for & initial discovery of the team, in the second volume Howard Carter recounts the discovery of the king`s burial chamber: the breakthrough to the four protective shrines, the revelation of the quartz-sandstone sarcophagus, the king`s three coffins (his own of pure gold) & the bejewelled mummy of the Pharaoh himself. Now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, the book

Includes:: over 150 photographs of the treasures that lay within the great burial chamber of Tutankhamun.

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The Tooth Fairy meets the Royal Family in this hilarious rhyming sequel to The Tooth Fairy`s Christmas from Roald Dahl Funny Prize winner Peter Bently & Garry Parsons, bestselling illustrator of The Dinosaur That Pooped Christmas. The prince has lost his first tooth! He`s asleep in his bedroom in the palace... but the palace is enormous! Will the Tooth Fairy ever find him? & meanwhile can she help find another set of important royal teeth that have gone missing?! ...

The Top 500 Summits are the highest 500 mountains in Britain & Ireland with a drop of at least 500 feet on all sides. From the highest mountain on the list, Ben Nevis (4, 411ft) to the lowest, Knockanaffrin in Ireland (2, 477ft), this guide tells Barry`s personal journey over all 500 summits. Other walkers who have shared in some of Barry`s adventures contribute to this unique book. The 500 summits comprise 430 in Scotl&, 29 in Irel&, 21in Wales & 20 in Engl&. Anyone climbing all of them will almost certainly have completed the Scottish Munros & Corbetts. A record of anyone completing the 500 summits will be kept on the website where 2walk. This book contains a fabulous collection of photographs. It will provide interesting & entertaining reading for regular hill walkers as well as the many thousands of people who go walking in the mountains of the British Isles on an occasional basis. Part coffee-table guidebook & part personal account, this is a book for anyone who loves the mountains of Engl&, Irel&, Scotland & Wales. ...

The Top One Hundred Pasta Sauces is a classic Italian cook book that has sold over a million copies & been translated into 12 languages. For this charming addition Diane Seed has fully revised the recipes, with several delicious & easy recipes. With flavours bursting from the simplest ingredients, authentic Italian pasta dishes can make home cooking truly sensational. The scent of torn basil leaves; the sizzle of pan-fried prawns; the sight of an olive-studded spaghetti alla puttanesca: pasta sauces invigorate all the senses. In this definitive collection, Diane Seed shares the one hundred best sauce recipes she has encountered in 40 years of living, eating & cooking in Italy. Infinitely varied, it

Includes:: specialities from regions across Italy & classic recipes we`ve come to love that are both delicious & economical, plus a few extra-special dishes that are perfect for occasions. Top One Hundred Pasta Sauces is an indispensible selection that is as wide-ranging as Italian culture itself. Trusted by cooks for over 25 years, its sensational yet simple recipes are an essential ingredient in every kitchen.

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On the arrival of a mysterious stranger laden with paintings, Leandro finds his quiet life disrupted instantly & mysteriously. He awakens locked in a windowless room in a topless tower, the subject of one of the stranger`s eerie paintings. His childish voice draws the reader into a mythical world full of imaginary beings. Basking in her friendship with literary luminaries such as Italo Calvino & Borges, Argentine poet & author Silvina Ocampo is among the foremost figures in modern South American literature. Heavily influenced by nonsense literature such as Lewis Carroll`s Alice in Wonderland & the surrealist movement in South America, The Topless Tower, features all the typical hallmarks of Ocampo`s fantastical writing. With subtle inflections of language & tremendous displays of imagination running riot, Ocampo`s writing is beautifully translated by James Womack. ...

Spring is coming to the small town of Michigan, but the snow still covers the land when Scripps O` Neil sets off for Chicago, decides to stop a while in Petoskey, & meets up with Yogi Johnson. Subtitled A Romantic Novel in Honour of the Passing of a Great Race, this work parodies the themes & styles of the `great race` of writers. ...

A well-maintained bike is a pleasure to ride
- & is a lot less less likely to break down. & with bike sales booming, more & more
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A well-maintained bike is a pleasure to ride
- & is a lot less less likely to break down. & with bike sales booming, more & more
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Hold the world in your hands with this bright, colourful & highly interactive atlas! Designed specifically to make the vast reaches of our planet tangible for a young audience, it presents the world as a place rich in discoveries that readers themselves can make on its pages. Divided by continent, there are lavish gatefolds with textured artworks that show biomes & terrains as well as wildlife, & further maps that show people, places & political boundaries. You can discover people, creatures & amazing physical & manmade features, & find out how every part of our planet is both vital & connected. ...

Hold the world in your hands with The Totally Amazing, Fact-Packed, Fold-Out Atlas of the World, a bright & colourful atlas! Designed specifically to make the vast reaches of our planet tangible for a young audience, & including three lavish gatefold maps showing the major continents in rich detail with pictoral insets featuring people, places & wildlife. It presents the world as a place rich in discoveries that readers themselves can make on its pages. Divided by continent, there are lavish gatefolds with textured artworks that show biomes & terrains as well as wildlife, & further maps that show people, places & political boundaries. Discover people, creatures & amazing physical & man-made features, & find out how every part of our planet is both vital & connected. ...