A Secret Atlas

Author : Michael A. Stackpole
Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 0553586637
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Secret Atlas written by Michael A. Stackpole and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2006 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of bestselling "Star Wars" novels follows his acclaimed original DragonCrown War Cycle with the first in a dazzling new trilogy. Stackpole's original fantasy novels have won fans and acclaim from coast to coast.

Author : Helen Russell
Publisher : Running Press Adult
ISBN 13 : 0762467886
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Atlas of Happiness written by Helen Russell and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun, illustrated guide that takes us around the world, discovering the secrets to happiness. Author Helen Russell (The Year of Living Danishly) uncovers the fascinating ways that different nations search for happiness in their lives, and what they can teach us about our own quest for meaning. This charming and diverse assortment of advice, history, and philosophies includes: Sobremesa from Spain Turangawaewae from New Zealand Azart from Russia Tarab from Syria joie de vivre from Canada and many more.

Author : Cha-Ly Koh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789671488102
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Atlas of Greater Kuala Lumpur written by Cha-Ly Koh and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Barrett
Publisher : Godsfield
ISBN 13 : 9781841813356
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Atlas of Secret Societies written by David Barrett and published by Godsfield. This book was released on 2009-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history secret societies have exerted a powerful hidden influence on our culture, politics and spirituality. Step into the shadowy world of secret societies with the latest edition to the illuminating Atlas series. Unlock the mysteries behind some of the world's most powerful covert organizations, some of which have faded into obscurity, others which still hold power today. Often underpinned by mystical or religious principles, each society had clear political aims and sought to bring about social, moral and political change. From Chinese Triads to the Knights Templar, and from the Thuggee Cult to the Freemasons, The Atlas of Secret Societies explores the motives of each society, their purpose and what we know of their mysterious practices. Lavish artwork reconstructions depict the ancient rites and practices of selected societies, and take you into a fascinating and hidden world.

Author : John Stephens
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0375899553
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Emerald Atlas written by John Stephens and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A strong . . . trilogy, invoking just a little Harry Potter and Series of Unfortunate Events along the way."—Realms of Fantasy Siblings Kate, Michael, and Emma have been in one orphanage after another for the last ten years, passed along like lost baggage. Yet these unwanted children are more remarkable than they could possibly imagine. Ripped from their parents as babies, they are being protected from a horrible evil of devastating power, an evil they know nothing about. Until now. Before long, Kate, Michael, and Emma are on a journey through time to dangerous and secret corners of the world . . . a journey of allies and enemies, of magic and mayhem. And—if an ancient prophesy is true—what they do can change history, and it's up to them to set things right. "A new Narnia for the tween set."—The New York Times "[A] fast-paced, fully imagined fantasy."—Publishers Weekly "Echoes of other popular fantasy series, from "Harry Potter" to the "Narnia" books, are easily found, but debut author Stephens has created a new and appealing read . . ."—School Library Journal, Starred Review

Author : Joshua Foer
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0761169083
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atlas Obscura written by Joshua Foer and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Talk about a bucket list: here are natural wonders—the 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. Anyone can be a tourist. ATLAS OBSCURA is for the explorer.

Author : John Davies
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022638960X
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Red Atlas written by John Davies and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “utterly fascinating” untold story of Soviet Russia’s global military mapping program—featuring many of the surprising maps that resulted (Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian). From 1950 to 1990, the Soviet Army conducted a global topographic mapping program, creating large-scale maps for much of the world that included a diversity of detail that would have supported a full range of military planning. For big cities like New York, Washington, D.C., and London to towns like Pontiac, MI, and Galveston, TX, the Soviets gathered enough information to create street-level maps. The information on these maps ranged from the locations of factories and ports to building heights, road widths, and bridge capacities. Some of the detail suggests early satellite technology, while other specifics, like detailed depictions of depths and channels around rivers and harbors, could only have been gained by Soviet spies on the ground. The Red Atlas includes over 350 extracts from these incredible Cold War maps, exploring their provenance and cartographic techniques as well as what they can tell us about their makers and the Soviet initiatives that were going on all around us.

Author : Liam Callanan
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0440334853
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cloud Atlas written by Liam Callanan and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2004-02-03 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the magnificent backdrop of Alaska in the waning days of World War II, The Cloud Atlas is an enthralling debut novel, a story of adventure and awakening—and of a young soldier who came to Alaska on an extraordinary, top-secret mission…and found a world that would haunt him forever. Drifting through the night, whisper-quiet, they were the most sublime manifestations of a desperate enemy: Japanese balloon bombs. Made of rice paper, at once ingenious and deadly, they sailed thousands of miles across the Pacific...and once they started landing, the U.S. scrambled teams to find and defuse them, and then keep them secret from an already anxious public. Eighteen-year-old Louis Belk was one of those men. Dispatched to the Alaskan frontier, young Sergeant Belk was better trained in bomb disposal than in keeping secrets. And the mysteries surrounding his mission only increased when he met his superior officer—a brutal veteran OSS spy hunter who knew all too well what the balloons could do—and Lily, a Yup’ik Eskimo woman who claimed she could see the future. Louis’s superior ushers him into a world of dark secrets; Lily introduces Louis to an equally disorienting world of spirits—and desire. But the world that finally tests them all is Alaska, whose vastness cloaks mysteries that only become more frightening as they unravel. Chasing after the ghostly floating weapons, Louis embarks upon an adventure that will lead him deep into the tundra. There, on the edge of the endless wilderness, he will make a discovery and a choice that will change the course of his life. At once a heart-quickening mystery and a unique love story, The Cloud Atlas is also a haunting, lyrical rendering of a little-known chapter in history. Brilliantly imagined, beautifully told, this is storytelling at its very best.

Author : Anna Claybourne
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781786275851
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mermaid Atlas written by Anna Claybourne and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magical and mysterious, the merfolk of the world are notoriously elusive, but this enchanting compendium will reveal their secrets. Learn all about the beautiful selkies of the Scottish seas, the wily iara of Brazil who love to outwit travelers, and the fearful Ningyo of Japan who can give you eternal life. This captivating book features a mix of mermaid "facts" and short retellings of some of the most magical and enticing traditional merfolk tales.

Author : Shaw Hart
Publisher : Shaw Hart
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eye Candy Ink: The Complete Series (Special Edition) written by Shaw Hart and published by Shaw Hart. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Eye Candy Ink. Atlas Darcy Rose doesn’t have time for anything but work. Until Atlas barges into her life and refuses to let her fade into the background.Together, they could have everything, if life doesn’t tear them apart. Mischa Mischa Jennings has seen up close and personal how love can ruin your life and he’s vowed to stay far away from that particular emotion. Armed with a set of rules to keep him safe, he’s been going through life just fine. Until Indie Hearst comes bouncing into Eye Candy Ink and turns his whole world upside down. Together they could be dynamite. As long as Mischa can let down his walls. Sam Maxwell knows what he wants out of life. He has a successful career as a restaurateur and now he’s looking for someone to settle down with. When he meets Sam, with just one look and he knows that he’s found the woman of his dreams. She wants a real man. Has she finally met her match? Zeke At thirty-six, Zeke thinks his time to meet someone has passed and he’s resigned to being happy with the family that he’s found at his tattoo shop. Until Trixie Clemonte comes into Eye Candy Ink and throws his life into chaos. Together, they could be the perfect match, if life doesn’t get in the way. Nico  Edie is a translator who loves traveling all over the world for her job. She never wanted to settle down or be a stay at home mom. She wants to experience everything in life. One encounter with Nico though, and she doesn’t want to let him go. Will he be able to convince her that settling down with him doesn’t mean settling?