Ancient Egypt: Pocket Eyewitness

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff

From pyramids and pharaohs to tombs and Tutankhamun, unlock the secrets of ancient Egypt in this brilliant mini encyclopedia about one of the world's greatest civilizations.What was it like to be a pharaoh? Who built the pyramids, and how? How was a mummy made and why did the ancient Egyptians mummify c...

Snow Crash (PB)

Neal Stephenson

The 30th anniversary edition of the modern classic that popularised the term 'metaverse', exploring (in an eerily prescient way) computer science, the advance of technology, wealth inequality, politics and philosophyIn the Metaverse - cyberspace home to avatars and software daemons - there is a new drug...