In accordance with The Post Office, the last recommended date for Christmas posting is 18th December (2nd Class) and 20th December (First class). Born in Ukraine and starting his career in the former USSR, where he became known as the country’s first investigative journalist, he was forced to defect in January 1990. Important: Your credit card will NOT be charged when you start your free trial or if you cancel during the trial period. Each entry starts with a map (naturally), and then a page or two of explanatory text, detailing how the curiosity came to be.

There were a lot of facts in here I did not know, and reading about all these extraordinary places was fun. Relationships are strained, new attachments are formed and the beautiful little differences that make each of us unique are examined closely as they ponder how well we know our loved ones. Having worked and lived in Australia, England, Scotland and Ireland, and having travelled in over 70 countries, Vitali is the author of 15 books translated into five languages. For more infomation please review our use of cookies in our Cookie Policy and then Accept and Close this bar. It's a pity because otherwise the design is pretty thoughtful (another quibble is that few of the maps are a little basic).The world is full of little-known facts that have sometimes been a source of diplomatic or military struggle. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. If you are a geography fan, a history fan or someone who likes weird, interesting facts, try this book. Atlases are collections of maps in book form, and are a valuable resource for learning more about the world.

All of these places were just so unique and fascinating and, for at least 85% of the book all we had was a map showing the location of the place, more often than not, as just a dot, or a line. Leider konnte ich nichts davon so richtig genießen, da die Übersetzung aus dem Englischen grauenhaft ist. The pre-loved books are carefully cleaned and maintained offering a wide variety of general and specialist titles from children's to adults.

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The bulk of the entries are exclaves or enclaves, or some variation thereof and the book is best consumed in short bursts, as all the administrative minutiae starts to run together if one reads too much at a go. Incastrate per secoli tra due differenti culture, monete e (a volte) lingue, ognuna risplende delle proprie idiosincrasie. Insgesamt wirkt es so, als wäre der ganze Text bei Google Translate eingegeben und nicht lektoriert worden. Many still exist under the radar, and are, or could become, the source of a major international crisis. The world is full of very little-known geographical anomalies that are, or have often been, a source of diplomatic and/or military struggles.Starting his career in the former USSR, where he became known as the country’s first investigative journalist, he was forced to defect in January 1990. Welcome to this compendium of interesting, unexpected and downright bizarre geographical anomalies that are guaranteed to delight and inspire. Vitali lives with his partner Christine and Tashi, a furry Tibetan Terrier, in a small English town not far from London. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Having worked and lived in Australia, England, Scotland and Ireland, and having travelled in over 70 countries, Vitali is the author of 15 books translated into many languages. Covering geography, history, and culture, they are a great way to gain a better understanding of the Earth. Welcome to this hardback compendium of interesting, unexpected and downright bizarre geographical anomalies that are guaranteed to delight and inspire. The Atlas is perfect for the long winter evenings, immersing yourself in a discovery of some of the weird and wonderful ways humans have mapped their world.It is perhaps more a book for armchair reading than to inspire wanderlust, although I have to confess that I have added one or two places to my bucket list as a result of reading it! Two identical couples slip through the cracks from other universes and find themselves trapped in a world which is almost, but not quite, like their own. The photos are a nice inclusion, though would be better with captions, so we know what we're looking at. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.