Joshua Foer, Ella Morton, Dylan Thuras, Atlas Obscura

Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition (eBook, ePUB)

An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The bestselling book that celebrates wonder all around the world and in our backyards, now in an updated second edition with more than 120 brand-new destinations to explore, new city guides, and a full-color gatefold map.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Workman Publishing Company
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781523508471
• Artikelnr.: 68403274

Autorenporträt

Joshua Foer is the cofounder and chairman of Atlas Obscura. He is also the author of Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, a bestseller published in 33 languages, and a forthcoming book about the world's last hunter-gatherers. Ella Morton is a New Zealand-born, Australia-raised, Brooklyn-based writer, focusing on overlooked aspects of history and culture. After covering consumer technology at CNET she hosted Rocketboom NYC, a web show about New York's quirkier people and places. Her most popular interview was a chat with Cookie Monster on the set of Sesame Street. Ella was associate editor at AtlasObscura.com, where she wrote about such topics as tobacco smoke enemas, Victorian streaming music services, and the etiquette of marrying a ghost. Dylan Thuras is the cofounder and creative director of Atlas Obscura. He is also the coauthor of The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid.

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CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION ... ix EUROPE Great Britain and Ireland . . .  2 ENGLAND
IRELAND
NORTHERN IRELAND
SCOTLAND Western Europe . . .  22 AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
CYPRUS
ITALY
NETHERLANDS
PORTUGAL
SPAIN
SWITZERLAND Eastern Europe . . . 74 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
BULGARIA
CROATIA
CZECHIA
ESTONIA
HUNGARY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
MACEDONIA
POLAND
ROMANIA
RUSSIA
SERBIA
SLOVAKIA
UKRAINE Scandinavia . . . 99 DENMARK
FINLAND
ICELAND
NORWAY
SWEDEN  ASIA The Middle East . . . 114 IRAN
IRAQ
ISRAEL
PALESTINE
LEBANON
OMAN
QATAR
SAUDIA ARABIA
SYRIA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
YEMEN South and Central Asia . . . 125 AFGHANISTAN
BANGLADESH
BHUTAN
INDIA
KAZAKHSTAN
KYRGYZSTAN
NEPAL
PAKISTAN
SRI LANKA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN East Asia . . . 145 CHINA
HONG KONG
TAIWAN
JAPAN
NORTH KOREA
SOUTH KOREA Southeast Asia . . . 168 BRUNEI
CAMBODIA
INDONESIA
LAOS
MALAYSIA
MYANMAR
PHILIPPINES
SINGAPORE
THAILAND
VIETNAM AFRICA North Africa . . . 186 EGYPT
MAURITANIA
MOROCCO
SUDAN
TUNISIA West Africa . . .  196 BENIN
BURKINA FASO
CAMEROON
GABON
GHANA
MALI
NIGER
NIGERIA
SENEGAL
SIERRA LEONE
TOGO Central Africa . . . 206 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO East Africa . . .  208 ETHIOPIA
KENYA
RWANDA
SOMALIA
SOUTH SUDAN
TANZANIA Southern Africa . . . 213 ANGOLA
BOTSWANA
MALAWI
MOZAMBIQUE
NAMIBIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SWAZILAND
ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE Islands of the Indian and South Atlantic Oceans . . . 220 MADAGASCAR
SEYCHELLES
SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION, AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA OCEANIA Australia . . . 226 New Zealand . . . 240 Pacific Islands . . . 245 FIJI
MARSHALL ISLANDS
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
GUAM
NAURU
PALAU
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
SAMOA
SOLOMON ISLANDS
VANUATU CANADA Western Canada . . . 256 ALBERTA
BRITISH COLUMBIA
MANITOBA
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
NUNAVUT
SASKATCHEWAN
YUKON Eastern Canada . . . .267 NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
NOVA SCOTIA
ONTARIO
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
QUEBEC  USA West Coast . . . 276 CALIFORNIA
OREGON
WASHINGTON Four Corners and the Southwest . . . .296 ARIZONA
COLORADO
NEVADA
NEW MEXICO
TEXAS
UTAH Great Plains . . . 311 IDAHO
KANSAS
MONTANA
NEBRASKA
NORTH DAKOTA
OKLAHOMA
SOUTH DAKOTA
WYOMING The Midwest . . .  319 ILLINOIS
INDIANA
IOWA
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
MISSOURI
OHIO
WISCONSIN The Southeast . . . 338 ALABAMA
ARKANSAS
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MISSISSIPPI
NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE
VIRGINIA The Mid-Atlantic . . . 353 DELAWARE
MARYLAND
NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK
PENNSYLVANIA
WASHINGTON, DC
WEST VIRGINIA New England . . . 366 CONNECTICUT
MAINE
MASSACHUSETTS
NEW HAMPSHIRE
RHODE ISLAND
VERMONT Alaska and Hawaii . . . 376 LATIN AMERICA South America . . . .383 ARGENTINA
BOLIVIA
BRAZIL
CHILE
COLOMBIA
ECUADOR
PERU
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA Mexico . . . 412 Central America . . .  420 BELIZE
COSTA RICA
EL SALVADOR
GUATEMALA
HONDURAS
NICARAGUA
PANAMA Caribbean Islands . . . 426 BAHAMAS
BARBADOS
BERMUDA
CAYMAN ISLANDS
CUBA
CURAÇAO
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
GRENADA
GUADELOUPE
HAITI
JAMAICA
MARTINIQUE
MONTSERRAT
PUERTO RICO
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
ST. MAARTEN
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES   ANTARCTICA . . . 443 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . 452 INDEX . . . 453 PHOTO CREDITS . . . 469