How did the Ancient Egyptians build without electric light? And what was the grisly use of the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan? Giving answers to such questions, this title looks at the world's most remarkable man-made creations from Egypt's Great Pyramid, the world's tallest building for 43 centuries, to the beauty of South American temple pyramids.

Illustrates outdoor sculptures created with a range of natural materials, including snow, ice, leaves, rock, clay, stones, feathers, and twigs.

Marcus Didius Falco and his laddish friend Petronius find their local fountain has been blocked- by a gruesomely severed human hand. Soon other body parts are being found in the aqueducts and sewers. Public panic overcomes official indifference, and the Aventine partners are commissioned to investigate.

Features a repertory of foodstuffs, cooked dishes, and food processes, together with entries that cover the food and foodways of the countries of the world, and the literature of food and cookery. This edition includes articles on topics that reflect the development and universal relevance of food studies.

Second in the "Dalemark" series, this story chronicles the adventures of Mitt, the son of a Free Holander, who plans to avenge the wrongs done to his father. When his part in an assassination goes wrong, he finds himself on the run and with nowhere to hide.

Mitt has fled from the South, but finds that North Dalemark is just as full of spies and tyrants. And now he is trapped by an order to kill Noreth - a young girl who has proclaimed herself the heir to the crown of Dalemark. If he doesn't murder her, he risks the lives of his friends. This work is written by a winner of Guardian award for fiction.