Atlas Of Improbable Places (Atlases) [Idioma Inglés]: A Journey to the World's Most Unusual Corners (Unexpected Atlases) - Tapa dura

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“If you are one of those people whose mind is beginning to wander long before the bread sauce has gone cold, there should be only one book on your Christmas wish list this year... Atlas of Improbable Places by Travis Elborough and Alan Horsfield has that rare, through-the-wardrobe quality. It is a delightful compendium of the strangest places on the planet...”   (Daily Telegraph 2016-11-26)

“ ‘A compendium of unlikely, curious and plain odd locales’ seems something of a natural habitat for Travis Elborough, a cultural historian with a touch of the Betjemans and a lick of the Meades about him. From deserted mining towns in Nagasaki to the ever-decreasing Holland Island in Maryland, he and cartographer Horsfield do us a great service: making the world feel bigger.”
  (Monocle magazine 2016-09-01)

“non-formulaic, deeply researched – and really worth your time.  Co-author and cartographer Alan Horsfield brings a scientific rigour to its scope and design.” 
  (The Book Club GQ magazine)

“This is a deliciously gloomy, sometimes spooky and often kooky collection of essays...”
  (The Age, Australia)

“The author makes a witty and well-informed guide to some of the world’s most curious and bizarre locations.”
  (World of Cruising magazine)

“With its identical towns, global corporations and digital landscapes, the modern world can seem quite uninspiring. But, for the British author Travis Elborough, interesting places do exist, you just need a way to find them.”  
  (Jocks & Nerds)

“informative and enthusiastic, scholarly and amusing....once started it’s nigh on impossible to put down.”

Biografía del autor

Travis Elborough is an author and social commentator. His books include A Traveller’s Year, A London Year, The Long-Player Goodbye, Being A Writer and A Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People’s Institution. Travis is a regular contributor to Radio 4 and the Guardian, and has penned articles on all aspects of travel and culture, from pirates in the Caribbean to donkeys at the British seaside. He has written for the Times, Sunday Times, New Statesman, BBC History Magazine and Kinfolk among others.