Atlas obscura : an explorer's guide to the world's hidden wonders
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New York : Workman, 2016.
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480 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 27 cm
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San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction
910.202
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910.202
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Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Nonfiction
910.202
1 available
910.202
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Atascadero Library - Adult Nonfiction
910.202
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910.202
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San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction | 910.202 | On Shelf |
San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction | 910.202 | On Shelf |
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Nonfiction | 910.202 | On Shelf |
Atascadero Library - Adult Nonfiction | 910.202 | On Shelf |
Cambria Library - Adult Nonfiction | 910.202 | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Workman, 2016.
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Book
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English
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"...here are natural wondersthe dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa that's so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M.C. Escher-like stepwells in India. Mind-boggling events, like the Baby Jumping Festival in Spain, where men dressed as devils literally vault over rows of squirming infants. Not to mention the Great Stalacpipe Organ in Virginia, Turkmenistan's 40-year hole of fire called the Gates of Hell, a graveyard for decommissioned ships on the coast of Bangladesh, eccentric bone museums in Italy, or a weather-forecasting invention that was powered by leeches, still on display in Devon, England. Created by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton, ATLAS OBSCURA revels in the weird, the unexpected, the overlooked, the hidden and the mysterious. Every page expands our sense of how strange and marvelous the world really is. And with its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, it is a book to enter anywhere, and will be as appealing to the armchair traveler as the die-hard adventurer."--Amazon.com.
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