The Egyptian Book of the Dead (PB)

John Romer & Sir E. A. Wallis Budge

"The Book of the Dead" is a unique collection of funerary texts from a wide variety of sources, dating from the fifteenth to the fourth century BC. Consisting of spells, prayers and incantations, each section contains the words of power to overcome obstacles in the afterlife. The papyruses were often le...

Physics of the Future: The Inventions That Will Transform Our Lives

Michio Kaku

'A whirlwind tour of technological possiblity' New Scientist We all wish we could predict the future, but most of us don't know enough about the science that makes it possible. That's why Michio Kaku decided to talk to the people who really know - the visionaries who are already inventing the future in ...

The Dog Encyclopedia (HB)

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff

Covering the history, breeds, care, health, and positive training of dogs -- all in one easy reference -- The Dog Encyclopedia is a fully illustrated encyclopedia of all things canine. With an extensive photographic catalog of more than 400 dog breeds, organized by to FCI groupings, each profile descri...

Black Holes - the Reith Lectures

Stephen Hawking

"It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of black holes. Black holes are stranger than anything dreamed up by science fiction writers."In 2016 Professor Stephen Hawking delivered the BBC Reith Lectures on a subject that fascinated him for d...