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ISBN: 9780762109876
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Extraordinary landscapes, natural features, man-made structures from every corner of the globe are made accessible in this ultimate journey to the world's foremost sites of reality and legend. Includes a 29-page gazetteer, over 500 color illustrations--photos, prints, drawings and renderings of 84 places--and a world map and 84 locator maps.
Strange Worlds
Author: Reader's Digest (Australia) Pty, Limited
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781921077524
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The Great Pyramid, Shangri-La, the Sargasso Sea are just a few of the many places in the world that are shrouded in mystery. Who discovered them? Why do they evoke such feelings of awe. And did some of them ever really exist? This book not only helps to answer these questions, it also acknowledges the power of such places to fuel curiosity and fire the imagination. Six varied sections are arranged by theme, such as Monumental Wonders, Watery Worlds and Riddles and Symbols. More than 80 magnificent places are discussed in depth, with descriptions of a further 300 intriguing locations.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781921077524
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The Great Pyramid, Shangri-La, the Sargasso Sea are just a few of the many places in the world that are shrouded in mystery. Who discovered them? Why do they evoke such feelings of awe. And did some of them ever really exist? This book not only helps to answer these questions, it also acknowledges the power of such places to fuel curiosity and fire the imagination. Six varied sections are arranged by theme, such as Monumental Wonders, Watery Worlds and Riddles and Symbols. More than 80 magnificent places are discussed in depth, with descriptions of a further 300 intriguing locations.
Strange Worlds, Amazing Places
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780762109876
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Extraordinary landscapes, natural features, man-made structures from every corner of the globe are made accessible in this ultimate journey to the world's foremost sites of reality and legend. Includes a 29-page gazetteer, over 500 color illustrations--photos, prints, drawings and renderings of 84 places--and a world map and 84 locator maps.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780762109876
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Extraordinary landscapes, natural features, man-made structures from every corner of the globe are made accessible in this ultimate journey to the world's foremost sites of reality and legend. Includes a 29-page gazetteer, over 500 color illustrations--photos, prints, drawings and renderings of 84 places--and a world map and 84 locator maps.
Strange Worlds, Fantastic Places
Author: Antony Mason
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780276422218
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780276422218
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Strange Worlds Amazing Places
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ISBN: 9788684213602
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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ISBN: 9788684213602
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Strange Worlds Amazing Places
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Category : World Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
A grand tour of the most exciting places on earth, includes monumental wonders, landscapes, riddles and symbols. Includes information and pictures on the Grand Canyon, Rainbow Bridge, Badlands, Petrified forest, Taj Mahal, Mecca, Mon St-Michael, Knossos, Dephi, Great wall of China, Forbidden city and many more places of wonder on our earth.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
A grand tour of the most exciting places on earth, includes monumental wonders, landscapes, riddles and symbols. Includes information and pictures on the Grand Canyon, Rainbow Bridge, Badlands, Petrified forest, Taj Mahal, Mecca, Mon St-Michael, Knossos, Dephi, Great wall of China, Forbidden city and many more places of wonder on our earth.
The Strangeworlds Travel Agency
Author: L.D. Lapinski
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
ISBN: 1510106030
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
'Assured, witty and inventive. This debut has "future classic" written all over it.' - The Guardian Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! Perfect for fans of The Train to Impossible Places and The Polar Bear Explorers' Club. At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside . . . When 12-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from ours. All you have to do to visit them is jump into the right suitcase. Then Flick gets the invitation of a lifetime: join Strangeworlds' magical travel society and explore other worlds. But, unknown to Flick, the world at the very centre of it all, a city called Five Lights, is in danger. Buildings and even streets are mysteriously disappearing. Once Flick realizes what's happening she must race against time, travelling through unchartered worlds, seeking a way to fix Five Lights before it collapses into nothingness - and takes our world with it. A magical adventure for 9+ readers that will take you to whole new worlds.
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
ISBN: 1510106030
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
'Assured, witty and inventive. This debut has "future classic" written all over it.' - The Guardian Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! Perfect for fans of The Train to Impossible Places and The Polar Bear Explorers' Club. At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside . . . When 12-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from ours. All you have to do to visit them is jump into the right suitcase. Then Flick gets the invitation of a lifetime: join Strangeworlds' magical travel society and explore other worlds. But, unknown to Flick, the world at the very centre of it all, a city called Five Lights, is in danger. Buildings and even streets are mysteriously disappearing. Once Flick realizes what's happening she must race against time, travelling through unchartered worlds, seeking a way to fix Five Lights before it collapses into nothingness - and takes our world with it. A magical adventure for 9+ readers that will take you to whole new worlds.
Strange Worlds, Fantastic Places
Author: Jane MacAndrew
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
ISBN: 9780762100712
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Describes how different kinds of plants and animals adapt to strange and extreme environments.
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
ISBN: 9780762100712
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Describes how different kinds of plants and animals adapt to strange and extreme environments.
The Strangeworlds Travel Agency: The Edge of the Ocean
Author: L.D. Lapinski
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1510106057
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside... Flick is now a badge-wearing member of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency so when an urgent summons arrives at Strangeworlds from Pirate Queen Nyfe, she and Strangeworlds Society guardian Jonathan immediately pack their bags for an adventure to Queen Nyfe's world: The Break, a place of magic and piracy. Nyfe's world is falling apart. The Break is used to having ships vanish without a trace, but there has been a sudden increase that can't be explained by giant squid or mer-people. The edge of their flat world is coming ever closer to them and they need to escape before it collapses entirely. But how do you sail a ship through a suitcase? How do you fit a mer-queen the size of a whale into something small enough to carry in your hand? Will Flick and Jonathan be able to find a way to transport the inhabitants of the Break to another world before theirs disappears forever? A magical adventure for 9+ readers that will take you to whole new worlds, perfect for fans of The Train to Impossible Places and Pages & Co.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1510106057
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside... Flick is now a badge-wearing member of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency so when an urgent summons arrives at Strangeworlds from Pirate Queen Nyfe, she and Strangeworlds Society guardian Jonathan immediately pack their bags for an adventure to Queen Nyfe's world: The Break, a place of magic and piracy. Nyfe's world is falling apart. The Break is used to having ships vanish without a trace, but there has been a sudden increase that can't be explained by giant squid or mer-people. The edge of their flat world is coming ever closer to them and they need to escape before it collapses entirely. But how do you sail a ship through a suitcase? How do you fit a mer-queen the size of a whale into something small enough to carry in your hand? Will Flick and Jonathan be able to find a way to transport the inhabitants of the Break to another world before theirs disappears forever? A magical adventure for 9+ readers that will take you to whole new worlds, perfect for fans of The Train to Impossible Places and Pages & Co.
The Secrets of the Stormforest
Author: L. D. Lapinski
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534483594
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Flick journeys to a dangerous new world in this magical third book in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency series that’s a “moving conclusion to a delightful trilogy” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Flick and Jonathan have faced countless dangers as members of the Strangeworlds Society and come out alive on the other side. But what do they really know about the society they are risking their lives for? Why does it exist? Who is Strangeworlds there to protect? And what in the worlds is happening to the multiverse now? With worlds everywhere under threat of collapse and mysteries abounding, it’s up to Flick and Jonathan to discover the answers to these questions. And only if they can uncover the secrets of Strangeworlds, and the secrets of a mysterious new world called The Stormforest, will they have any hope of defending their world—and others—from the threat that is facing them all.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534483594
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Flick journeys to a dangerous new world in this magical third book in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency series that’s a “moving conclusion to a delightful trilogy” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Flick and Jonathan have faced countless dangers as members of the Strangeworlds Society and come out alive on the other side. But what do they really know about the society they are risking their lives for? Why does it exist? Who is Strangeworlds there to protect? And what in the worlds is happening to the multiverse now? With worlds everywhere under threat of collapse and mysteries abounding, it’s up to Flick and Jonathan to discover the answers to these questions. And only if they can uncover the secrets of Strangeworlds, and the secrets of a mysterious new world called The Stormforest, will they have any hope of defending their world—and others—from the threat that is facing them all.
Strange World Amazing Places
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages :
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ISBN:
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages :
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