The Explorer's Library: Books That Inspire Wonder (Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura 2-Book Set)

Atlas Obscura; Thuras, Dylan; Wong, Cecily; Morton, Ella; Foer, Joshua

ISBN 10: 1523520957 / ISBN 13: 9781523520954

Verlag: Workman Publishing Company, 2022

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Let your curiosity be your guide. This boxed set includes bestselling travel adventure titles Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura.

Atlas Obscura:
Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura is a phenomenon of a travel book that shot to the top of bestseller lists when it was first published and changed the way we think about the world, expanding our sense of how strange and marvelous it really is.

This second edition takes readers to even more curious and unusual destinations, with more

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Atlas Obscura is the definitive guide to the world’s hidden wonders. Based on the community-driven, editor-curated website atlasobscura.com, Atlas Obscura uncovers unusual and overlooked places not found in your average guidebook. Cofounders Joshua Foer and Dylan Thuras are two of the authors of the # 1 New York Times bestselling book Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders.Dylan Thuras is the cofounder and creative director of Atlas Obscura. He lives in Rosendale, NY. This author is represented by the Hachette Speakers Bureau.Cecily Wong is a writer at Atlas Obscura, and the author of the novel Diamond Head, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, recipient of an Elle Readers' Prize, and voted a best debut of the Brooklyn Book Festival. She lives in Oregon.Ella Morton is a New Zealand-born, Australian-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.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.

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Titel: The Explorer's Library: Books That Inspire ...
Verlag: Workman Publishing Company
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: New