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Join the treacherous mission to conquer Earth's highest peak in David Long's enthralling retelling of the first expeditions to climb Everest.

On 10 April 1912, RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York. This "e;Ship of Dreams"e; was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner in the world. It was claimed she was unsinkable. But four days later, when the ship struck an iceberg, the loss of Titanic and over 1,500 passengers would become one of the most infamous maritime disasters in history.In this fact-filled retelling of its construction and doomed maiden voyage, David Long brings Titanic's tragic tale to life.

On 4 November 1922, a young Egyptian boy working on Howard Carter's archaeological dig in the Valley of the Kings stumbled across a strange piece of rock. On closer inspection it turned out to be a stone step that would lead Carter to a long-lost tomb - and to treasures beyond his wildest dreams.The tomb belonged to boy pharaoh Tutankhamun and was packed full of priceless artefacts. It had been largely untouched for over 3,000 years and remains one of the most important archaeological discoveries of all time. But did the opening of the tomb trigger a deadly curse?David Long's fact-filled account shows how Carter's amazing discoveries told us so much about life in Ancient Egypt.