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Atlas of Untamed Places
Atlas of Untamed Places: An Extraordinary Journey Through Our Wild World | Chris Fitch
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With beautiful, unique maps and evocative photography, Atlas of Untamed Places is an intrepid voyage to natures wildest places. In a world that has increasingly become tamed by human activity, the true wild holds a growing mysticism. Rugged landscapes with unspoilt scenery invoke romantic visions of paradise, but there are also intense and powerful wildernesses that produce fear and awe alike and unexplored zones where feral wildlife roams in the shadows. Chris Fitch takes you on a journey through the worlds most wild places, visiting immensely diverse floral kingdoms, remote jungles abundant with exotic birds, and both freezing cold and scorching hot inhospitable environments. From these natural havens we travel to the extreme and the incredible: lightning inducing lakes, acidic mud baths, and man-eating tiger kingdoms. We encounter places being reclaimed by nature, such as Chernobyl, that after being left abandoned for years are returning to a natural wilderness, free from human intervention. Not forgetting those most bizarre of destinations, such as the tidal surges of the Qiantang River, the bridge to Modo Island that emerges from the sea, and the strange magnetic pull of Jabuka rock.
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I highly recommend this book to anyone who has the slightest interest in interesting places worldwide! Every place is described on about 2 pages - short and interesting with lots of facts, but despite being very informative it is at no time boring to read! Also maps and blak and white photos of the places come with the stories! Really exciting book, I will definitly check out the others in this series 😍

Leelee.reads Oooo... I want this! I‘m really trying to save $$ this summer (teacher salary...no paychecks over summer so gotta budget like crazy) but it looks like something I‘d love!! 6y
Slajaunie That is a pretty book. My two favorite colors! I shall have it! 🤣 6y
ju.ca.no @Leelee.reads you don‘t get paychecks over summer?😱 that sounds though... how long are your summer vacations?? 6y
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ju.ca.no @Slajaunie it is really pretty 😍 6y
Slajaunie @Leelee.reads They don‘t stretch your paycheck to 12 months? Wow! That would kill my family and book buying! 6y
Leelee.reads @ju.ca.no @Slajaunie I have to fill out paperwork to change it to a 12 month dispersal, and never get around to that step. So I just budget like crazy, knowing I don‘t get paid for 2 months of the year. One of these days I‘ll track down the paperwork! 😄 6y
ju.ca.no @Leelee.reads oh my, that sounds really tough🙈 you should do the paperwork😅 6y
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Really interesting book! It shows more than fourty untamed places that still exist. (Even a place in Austria is in there, I‘m curious already!) it shows detailed maps, black and white photos of the location and gives exciting facts and stories about them. I‘ve only read about the first place so far but I can already recommend this book :D

@Sarah83 here it is😊

Sarah83 I see no picture. 🤔 7y
ju.ca.no @Sarah83 how about now? 7y
Sarah83 Better. 😍💖 7y
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Bookmail is always the best😍 just came home to these two beauties waiting for me!

kaysworld1 You have 'The book of Tokyo' I've been trying to get that one for a while now. Is it good? X 6y
ju.ca.no @kaysworld1 I havn‘t had time to read it yet🙈 I will let you know once I get to it!! 6y
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