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The Atlas of geographical curiosities - a glorious celebration of an unusual world. Welcome to this compendium of interesting, unexpected and downright bizarre geographical anomalies that are guaranteed to delight and inspire. The world is full of little-known facts that have sometimes been a source of diplomatic or military struggle. Many still exist under the radar now to be revealed by this entertaining treasure trove...The world is full of wonderful...
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Pit your worldly wits against family and friends, or just challenge yourself, with this ultimate travel trivia book. With head-scratching questions on everything from geography and culture to history, wildlife and transport, it's a fun and challenging test for all ages - and the perfect addition to any trip. --Publisher
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"Amazing characters and unforgettable stories from the Old and New Testaments! From Adam and Eve to the life of Jesus - fun facts, full-color photos, illustrations, and maps make this an unforgettable journey that brings key Bible characters and locations to life. Get ready to meet the most amazing characters that ever lived and be transported to places you will never forget."--
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The Maps Quiz Book is the ultimate activity book to improve your navigation skills, wherever you may be in the world. Forget crosswords or Sudoku! Featuring 50 maps that cover subjects and places from around the globe, this book includes a range of historical, modern and fictional maps that will please any map aficionado. Each map comes with three different levels of questions under the headings Easy, Medium and Difficult, and all answers are included...
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"North of me stands a dragon; south, a slimy beast. West is a monster with three heads. I think that I'll go?" The answer to this and other geography questions can be found in this hilarious new riddle book. The silly jokes, riddles, and rhymes cover facts about the continents, oceans, state capitals, and much more! While children are chuckling, they will be expanding their knowledge; soon they'll be amazing their friends and family with their newfound...
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"How wide ranging is your knowledge? You're about to find out with Ultimate Trivia, Volume 1. The more than 800 questions in this book are divided into four categories: geography, pop culture, science, and sports. Master of none? Soon you'll be an expert at all. What two games can be played on the same 64-square board? What is the hottest place on Earth by recoreded temperature? Whether you're testing yourself or matching wits with others, you'll...
68) Stranger places
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Get ready to visit the world's strangest and most surprising places! From animal islands filled with deadly snakes to terrifying towns and decaying buildings, these natural features and man-made structures will blow your mind. Journey to a giant blue hole in Belize that's filled with toxic gases and sea-creature skeletons, a lake in Tanzania that runs red, a town so overrun with spiders its residents are forced to eat them, and a vast 226-foot-wide...
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Follows Ancient Astronaut theorist Giorgio A. Tsoukalos as he explores the world's most ancient mysteries. Highlights from Giorgio's journeys include: The Hunt for Atlantis, where investigators attempt to locate the city that Plato described and wonder whether it was home to an advanced civilization that created the human race; and The Mystery of Loch Ness, where Giorgio travels from Scotland's Loch Ness to Vermont's Lake Champlain.
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With the help of some of the world's leading explorers, 1001 Natural Wonders circumnavigates the globe, traveling from arid deserts to frozen wastes, across grasslands and steppe, lakes and rivers, and from mountain tops to ocean depths. Each wonder has been selected for its grandeur and sheer natural beauty. This is the definitive guide to the most spectacular sights in the natural world, celebrating hundreds of millions of years of the Earth's...
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"Where is she, gumshoes? You've searched Lima, London, and Cairo, and you've found a boatload of stolen items: the Statue of Liberty's torch, all the tea in China, and a secret remedy for Montezuma's Revenge. But where is Carmen? And what did she steal? You and your fellow ACME agents use a process of elimination to figure out which loot Carmen stole this time and catch her red-handed. The first gumshoe to figure it out wins ... unless Carmen shows...
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What would the world be without maps? How would we orientate ourselves? How would we travel? How could we plan streets or entire cities? We encounter maps everywhere in everyday life. But they can do much more than just represent the topography of places. The geographer Simon Kustenmacher collects exciting, entertaining and useful maps that open up a new perspective on the world in an extraordinary way. Where on Earth do most people live? What does...
75) Magical places: an enchanted journey through mystical sites, haunted houses, and fairytale forests
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An enchanting, illustrated guide to the world's most magical places, from fairy tale forests to haunted houses, from the author of Practical Magic. Magical Places is for armchair-voyagers and pilgrimage-makers alike. This beautiful volume will take readers on a charmed journey around the world, dipping into some of the most storied destinations in the farthest flung corners of the globe. With chapters like Places of Healing, Haunted Places, Magic...
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