Friday, November 19, 2010

Pyramid (DK Experience) by Peter Chrisp

Now, I know that many of you have seen a lot of pyramid books already, and may be wondering if there is such a thing as too many pyramid books (I know I am).  However, this book is a bit different.  Despite providing unique viewpoints for the information that is provided (a lot of ariel views and inside of 3-dimensional shots), there is a low text-to-picture ratio, so there isn't too much text on most pages, and what is there is rather unique.  There is also a running list of voabulary words on the bottom of the pages, so words you might not ordinarily think to define, such as mallet or organs, have a quick and easy definition, but also more complex words such as serdabs and plumb line, so you don't have to go look them up to figure out what they are talking about, or just skip the definition.  I really like this one. 

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