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Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders (edition 2019)

by Joshua Foer (Author), Ella Morton (Author), Dylan Thuras (Author)

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This second edition takes readers to even more curious and unusual destinations, with over one hundred new places, dozens and dozens of new photographs, and two very special features: twelve city guides, covering Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Cairo, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Moscow, New York City, Paris, Shanghai, and Tokyo. And a three-panel gatefold with a full-color map augmented by an around-the-world travel itinerary. More a cabinet of curiosities than traditional guidebook, Atlas Obscura revels in the unexpected, the overlooked, the bizarre, and the mysterious."--Dust jacket flap.… (more)
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Title:Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
Authors:Joshua Foer (Author)
Other authors:Ella Morton (Author), Dylan Thuras (Author)
Info:Workman Publishing Company (2019), Edition: Second Edition, Revised, 480 pages
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Tags:53: GMLO (New): 1BC (Right) 2S (Bottom), Geography, Travel, Atlas

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One sentence summary: A beautiful book offering weird and interesting travel places from all seven continents.
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Personal response: Love the sense of adventure it inspires.
Curricular connections: Geography, Social studies, mapping.
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The beginning of our happiness lies
in the understanding that life without wonder is not
worth living.

-- Abraham Joshua Heschel
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This second edition takes readers to even more curious and unusual destinations, with over one hundred new places, dozens and dozens of new photographs, and two very special features: twelve city guides, covering Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Cairo, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Moscow, New York City, Paris, Shanghai, and Tokyo. And a three-panel gatefold with a full-color map augmented by an around-the-world travel itinerary. More a cabinet of curiosities than traditional guidebook, Atlas Obscura revels in the unexpected, the overlooked, the bizarre, and the mysterious."--Dust jacket flap.

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