Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today
By: Travis Elborough
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Imagine what the world once looked like as you discover places that have disappeared from modern at…
Want to Read $ 11.11"But deserts, even the driest and least inviting to animals and plants, contain subtle multitudes. And rather like silences (outside of vacuums) and as John Cage demonstrated with his famous 4'33" piece, they are often noisy with life."-Travis Elborough, Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today
"But deserts, even the driest and least inviting to animals and plants, contain subtle multitudes. And rather like silences (outside of vacuums) and as John Cage demonstrated with his famous 4'33" piece, they are often noisy with life."-Travis Elborough, Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today
"Still, while the Old Testament God of Genesis might well have used the sixth day of the week to create all the creatures that lived on dry land, in the contemporary epoch Fridays, surely, are more readily associated with winding down than embarking on bold new exercises in urban development."-Travis Elborough, Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today
"Still, while the Old Testament God of Genesis might well have used the sixth day of the week to create all the creatures that lived on dry land, in the contemporary epoch Fridays, surely, are more readily associated with winding down than embarking on bold new exercises in urban development."-Travis Elborough, Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today
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1. Atlas of Untamed Places: An Extraordinary Journey Through Our Wild World
By: Chris Fitch
4.09
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Atlas of Untamed Places is an intrepid journey through nature’s most unusual, wild, feral, and extr… read more
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2. Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World
By: Gillen D'Arcy Wood
3.70
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Tambora( The Eruption That Changed the World) Hardcover GillenD'ArcyWood PrincetonUniversityPre… read more
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3. Atlas of Remote Islands
By: Christine Lo , Judith Schalansky
2.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A rare and beautifully illustrated journey to fifty faraway worlds. There are still places on earth… read more
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4. How They Broke Britain
By: James O'Brien
4.29
Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition
The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more
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5. The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets
By: Dawn French
3.87
Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the truth behind the many, many times Dawn French has been a complete twat over the last s… read more
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6. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
By: Tim Marshall
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more
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7. Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
By: Cal Flyn
4.20
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Investigative journalist Cal Flyn's ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT, an exploration of the world's most deso… read more
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"But the unplanned nature preserves that have formed up in the buffer zones have come to serve as a focus for bilateral cooperation after hostilities are over."-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"Further back, cooling ponds strewn with rusted pipes were busy with teals and moorhens. An old concrete streetlight stood incongruously in the woods beyond: some ravaged Narnia. Jays catcalled overhe…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"This is a corrupted world, yes - one long fallen from a state of grace - but it is a world too that knows how to live. It has a great capacity for repair, for recovery, for forgiveness - of a sort - …"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"And so for a hundred years a forest grew up across the land, tall and dark and impenetrable, whose undergrowth curled and snarled into a thicket of bramble and black thorn. This was a forbidden fores…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
8. The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History
By: Edward Brooke-Hitching
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
This fascinating and bizarre collection compiles the most unusual, obscure books from the far reach… read more
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9. The Amur River: Between Russia And China
By: Colin Thubron
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A dramatic and ambitious new journey from our greatest travel writer. The Amur River is almost unk… read more
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10. Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
By: Philip Matyszak
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civili… read more
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- history
- archaeology
"Phoenicians pioneered a new style of writing that reproduced not images of the things described but the sounds used for them in speech--the first alphabetic script, As trade developed, writing became…"-Philip Matyszak, Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
11. Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items
By: J.W. Ocker
3.70
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An illustrated compendium that reveals the true stories behind the most infamous, creepy, and bizar… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
12. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
By: Bettany Hughes
4.02
Format: 416 pages, ebook
Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Th… read more
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13. Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today
By: Travis Elborough
3.85
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Imagine what the world once looked like as you discover places that have disappeared from modern at… read more
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- history
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- atlases
- nonfiction
- reference
- geography
- archaeology
- environment
- maps
- science
"But deserts, even the driest and least inviting to animals and plants, contain subtle multitudes. And rather like silences (outside of vacuums) and as John Cage demonstrated with his famous 4'33" pie…"-Travis Elborough, Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today
"Still, while the Old Testament God of Genesis might well have used the sixth day of the week to create all the creatures that lived on dry land, in the contemporary epoch Fridays, surely, are more re…"-Travis Elborough, Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They are Today
14. Be More Japan: The Art of Japanese Living
By: DK Eyewitness Travel
4.06
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In love with all things Japan or looking to absorb a little Japanese wisdom into your daily life?Fr… read more
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15. The Little Sparrow Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #6)
By: Seishi Yokomizo
4.01
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An old friend of Kosuke Kindaichi's invites the scruffy detective to visit the remote mountain vill… read more
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16. Breve atlas de los faros del fin del mundo
By: José Luis González Macías
4.25
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Sentinelle che si tengono ben salde ai loro scogli, i fari sono veri e propri monumenti ai segreti … read more
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17. Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes
By: Clive Oppenheimer
4.15
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Meeting with volcanoes around the world, a volcanologist interprets their messages for humankind. … read more
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18. Julstök i Halleholm (Halleholm, #2)
By: Ruth Kvarnström-Jones
3.66
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Hösten har anlänt till Halleholm, det idylliska skärgårdssamhället utanför Stockholm. Lovisa Lindeg… read more
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19. Lost Cities of the Ancient World
By: Philip Matyszak
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating tour of cities that have been lost to history―from the Neolithic period to the late R… read more
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20. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps
By: Jonn Elledge
4.39
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating and surprising history of the world told through the lines people have drawn on maps … read more
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21. Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power
By: Sasha Swire
3.47
Format: 591 pages, Kindle Edition
What is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the l… read more
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