Kieron Connolly - Böcker

Från det sedan länge övergivna klippfortet Masada högt över Döda havet, via medeltida europeiska slott till de skotska högländerna - Övergivna slott tar dig med på en svindlande tidsresa till 100 borgar, slott, torn och citadell. Övergivna slott p...

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Steam trains half-buried in the desert, roller coasters entangled in trees, hulks of ships perched high and dry miles from water images like these are bound to make us wonder: what happened here? From forgotten railway stations to flooded shopping...

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An ancient hilltop fortress. A crusader citadel in the West Bank. A fairytale medieval castle fallen into ruin. From ancient times to the end of the nineteenth century, Abandoned Castles explores more than 100 forts, castles and defensive strongho...

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The names of dinosaurs are some of the first impressively long words that children learn. From Apatosaurus to Tyrannosaurus rex to Zephyrosaurus, The A-Z of Dinosaurs presents 26 fun dinosaurs to learn the names of. Each dinosaur is illustrated wi...

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Ruined cities overgrown by jungle. Towns buried beneath the ground. Statues lying half- hidden in the sand. Why do civilisations collapse? Why are towns abandoned? And how do once mighty cities come to be forgotten about? From the pyramids of Egyp...

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'America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.' Abraham Lincoln Is the story of the United States that of George Washington, John Adams and Barack Obama? ...

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The 2,500 year old Yi-jing or I Ching, translated as the 'Book of Changes', is an ancient Chinese work of divination and prophesy. Dating from the 4th century BCE, it is traditionally consulted by performing complex routines of dropping ...

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From coastal to alpine, tropical to temperate, coniferous to deciduous, forest trees not only support the wildlife that lives under their canopies, but humankind, too. We could not survive without the cooling effect that trees have on the planet. ...

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Steam trains half-buried in the desert, roller coasters entangled in trees, hulks of ships perched high and dry miles from water images like these are bound to make us wonder: what happened here? From forgotten railway stations to flooded shopping...

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The 2,500 year old Yi-jing or I Ching, translated as the 'Book of Changes', is an ancient Chinese work of divination and prophesy. Dating from the 4th century BCE, it is traditionally consulted by performing complex routines of dropping ...

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