BOOK of the week
Do Not Open
written by John Farndon
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This collection of the unexplained, the unthinkable, some freaky facts and government secrets will delight readers of all ages -- if they can handle the truth (or what might be the truth).
Do you believe in ancient curses? Some people think it was a curse that killed Britain's Lord Carnarvon in 1923, a few months after he attended the opening of the tomb of Egypt's King Tutankhamun. There were reports that Lord Carnarvon and the boy king both died from mosquito bites.When Lord Carnarvon died, his dog reportedly howled and dropped dead, too, and all the lights went out in Cairo, Egypt, not far from Tut's tomb.
Well, that's what some reports said, anyway.
Among the many secrets shared in this book: how to read the bar codes on items you buy; how magicians saw people in half; what all those satellites in space are up to; whether time travel is possible; what the squiggles on a dollar bill mean; and what's really in a strawberry milkshake.
The title says "Do Not Open," but once you do, you won't want to close it again. The art is bold, the pages are eye-popping and the stories range from odd to awesome.
