For more than 200 years & especially since the rediscovery of ancient Egypt by Europe in the 19th century the exotic Egyptian style in architecture has been a sign of our fascination with a civilisation that has had a long-lasting & deep-seated influence on British culture. From its fashionable success in the Regency period to its varied uses in the 20th century Egyptian-style architecture has much to say about what ancient Egypt represents to us. Egypt in England is the first detailed guide to the use of the Egyptian style in architecture & interiors in England & to those that survive most of which can be seen or visited by the public. Fully illustrated it combines a series of topic essays giving the architectural & Egyptological background to the use of the style with a guide allowing sites to be located & explaining what can still be seen. A variety of buildings & monuments
- from cinema supermarket synagogue & factory to folly mill Masonic temple & mausoleum
- are highlighted in the book. For those who dont know their architrave from their entablature or their Anubis from their Uraeus there are also glossaries of architectural terms & ancient Egyptian deities. This engaging book is an accessible & practical guide for a general audience but has enough depth to be useful to scholars in a range of subject areas.

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Marco Polo maps feature completely up-to-date digitally generated mapping. The high quality cartography with distance indicators & scale converters aid route planning.

Includes:: city plans of Cairo & Thebes/ Luxor. A fold-out overview map is ideal for route planning & 7 self-adhesive Marco Polo mark-it stickers can be used to pin-point a destination or route for future reference. Scenic routes & places of interest are highlighted
- ideal for touring holidays. Comprehensive index. The map scale is 1: 1 000 000.


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Whether traversing the Nile or exploring Cairo's labyrinthine alley-ways delve beneath the surface & discover the intriguing language & culture of Egypt. Confidently converse in Egyptian Arabic & ensure you don't miss out on the friendliness & humor for which Egyptians are famous. Enhance your travels throug this enticing country! Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical & social words & phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals & discover their culture
- a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.
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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 & incantations each section contains the words of power to overcome obstacles in the afterlife. The papyruses were often left in sarcophagi for the dead to use as passports on their journey from burial & were full of advice about the ferrymen gods & kings they would meet on the way. Offering valuable insights into ancient Egypt " The Book of the Dead" has also inspired fascination with the occult & the afterlife in recent years." ...

Since its original publication twenty years ago Samia Abdennours Egyptian Cooking" has become a true classic
- a must-have
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What could be more incredible than travelling through time? Doing it twice! Join Charlie & Bandit as they go back to 1906 make friends ith the grandchildren of eminent archaeologist Professor Honeycut then manage to get themselves & their new friends into even more trouble when they all go back to ancient Egypt on the run from the greedy Dr Bull & is sidekick Haru! Luckily the friend ssolve the mystery of the Eye of Pakhet & find a way for (almost) everyone to get back to their own times. Dr Bull & Haru are left in ancient Egypt to pay for their crimes. ...

This is a stunning colouring book that will appeal to budding artists. Beautiful watercolour artwork will inspire creativity. ...

Meet Henry an ordinary boy in an extraordinary house... Theres a pyramid in the back garden & a pharaoh in the living room! Step inside Henrys House & join Henry Jaggers the caretaker & a quirky cast of characters as they find out about ancient Egyptians. Fact-packed fun-packed get packed.. .and head for Henrys House! ...

If you enjoyed Templar's extraordinary Dragonology (New York Times Bestseller & Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week) then just wait till you see Egyptology. With a stunning gold foiled & embossed cover featuring three 'jewels' & with its creation overseen by TGH James ex keeper of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum Egyptology is Emily Sands' lavish 1926 scrapbook journal of a lost expedition. Full of novelties & recreations such as a piece of mummy cloth a booklet on hieroglyphs & a working board game the book brims with beautiful art & fascinating facts about Ancient Egypt & a has a final magnificent novelty in the back case. ...

Hannah Arendts portrayal of the terrible consequences of blind obedience Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil" contains an introduction by Amos Elon in " Penguin Classics". Sparking a flurry of heated debate Hannah Arendts authoritative & stunning report on the trial of German Nazi SS leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in " The New Yorker" in 1963. This revised edition

Includes:: material that came to light after the trial as well as Arendts postscript commenting on the controversy that arose over her book. A major journalistic triumph by an intellectual of singular influence " Eichmann in Jerusalem" is as shocking as it is informative
- a meticulous & unflinching look at one of the most unsettling (and unsettled) issues of the twentieth century. Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was for many years University Professor of Political Philosophy in the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research & a Visiting Fellow of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. She is also the author of " Eichmann in Jerusalem" " On Revolution" & " Between Past & Future". If you enjoyed " Eichmann in Jerusalem" you might like Elie Wiesels " Night" available in " Penguin Modern Classics". " Deals with the greatest problem of our time.. .the problem of the human being within a modern totalitarian system". (Bruno Bettelheim " The New Republic"). "A profound & documented analysis... Bound to stir our minds & trouble our consciences". (" Chicago Tribune")."


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