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Praised as the "bestest travel guide ever" (Mary Roach) and "a joy to read and reread" (Neil Gaiman), Atlas Obscura is a phenomenon of travel books: "Odds are you won't get past three pages without being amazed" (San Francisco Chronicle). It rocketed to the top of bestseller lists and has over 626,000 copies in print since its publication in late 2016. Now the best gets better and the weirdest gets weirder with this completely revised and updated...
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"'How the Word is Passed' is Clint Smith's revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a slave owning nation. Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks— those that are honest about the past and those that are not— that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nations collective history, and ourselves." --
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Quercus
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Ever wondered what it takes to get into Fort Knox? Fancied a peek inside the Coca-Cola Safety Deposit Box? Would you dare to visit Three Mile Island? The world is full of secret places that we either don't know about, or couldn't visit even if we wanted to. Now you can glimpse the Tora Bora caves in Afghanistan, visit the Tuscon Titan Missile Site, tour the Vatican Archives, or see the Chapel of the Ark. This fascinating guide book takes a look at...
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Simon & Schuster
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2016.
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English
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A one-of-a-kind guide to fifty of the most important cultural and historic sites in the United States guaranteed to fascinate, educate, and entertain—selected and described by the former director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. From Massachusetts to Florida to Washington to California, 50 Great American Places takes you on a journey through our nation’s history. Sharing the inside stories of sites as...
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2013
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English
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Join passionate experts and enthusiasts traveling through Britain and bringing to light unexpected and surprising historical gems that shaped the nation. From crumbling industrial sites to elegant country mansions, this series reveals fascinating secrets of Britain's treasured heritage.
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Thunder Bay Press
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[2016]
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English
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"From geologic upheavals and mad kings to trade routes and saints' ways, this book relates the tales behind the top 500 walks that have shaped our society. It's easy to imagine traveling back in time as you read about convicts and conquistadores, silk traders and Buddhists who have hiked along routes for purposes as varied as the terrain they covered. From prehistory to the present day, take a grand tour of world events at eye-level perspective with...
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Film Ideas
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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"An important global series on the world's most popular World Heritage sites, designed to help protect world culture and natural diversity, broaden our world heritage to better reflect the full spectrum of our world's culture and national treasures, and to provide a comprehensive framework and operational methodology"--Publisher's website.
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Film Ideas
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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"An important global series on the world's most popular World Heritage sites, designed to help protect world culture and natural diversity, broaden our world heritage to better reflect the full spectrum of our world's culture and national treasures, and to provide a comprehensive framework and operational methodology"--Publisher's website.
18) Pilgrimage
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Random House
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c2011
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English
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"Pilgrimage took Annie Leibovitz to places that she could explore with no agenda. She wasn't on assignment. She chose the subjects simply because they meant something to her. The first place was Emily Dickinson's house in Amherst, Massachusetts, which Leibovitz visited with a small digital camera. A few months later, she went with her three young children to Niagara Falls. "That's when I started making lists," she says. She added the houses of Virginia...
19) Atlas of amazing architecture: the most incredible architecture you've (probably) never heard of
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Cicada Books
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[2021]
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English
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"This book tells the stories of over fifty buildings around the world and throughout history that have never received the attention they deserve. From an Ethiopian church carved into a mountain to a Cuban art school that fell out of favour halfway through construction, these are buildings that tell tales of moments and movements in history, and the ingenuity, vision and occasional madness of the people that made them"--Back cover.
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Bloomsbury
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2013.
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English
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A kaleidoscopic tribute to San Francisco by a life-long Bay Area resident and co-founder of "Salon" explores specific city sites including the Golden Gate Bridge and the Land's End sea cliffs while tying his visits to key historical events.
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