Discovering the wonders of our world

By Reader's Digest Association

Shows and describes wilderness areas around the world, and describes the forc that shape the earth. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0276421086
• ISBN13: 9780276421082
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Readers Digest
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.2" x 1.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

An outstanding work.

When I first picked up this book and began to thumb through the content, I stopped at pages 276/7 across which is an aerial view of Bora Bora. From that single photograph it is easy to see why this island has been described as the most beautiful place on earth. I immediately resolved to visit that island one day - and so I shall. This is a book about the best that the world has to offer. It is a great book simply bursting with facts and figures about so many places it is hard to produce a suitable précis for this review. Suffice to say, both the Arctic and Antarctic and just about every single outstanding place in between those two extremes, have found a place in this book. Lake Assal, Skeleton Coast, Taroko Gorge, Giants Causeway, Heavenly Mountains, Glacier Bay, Badlands, Lake Titicaca, The Pantanal are just a few of the 138 individually described natural wonders found throughout the world and also described in this excellent product. NM

A great guide to the "world's greatest natural wonders"!

A fantastic collection of information, photographs, stories, pictures, and history about the world's natural wonders and the forces that shape the Earth. The Guide gives you all the information you would need about any natural wonder. It mostly consists of maps, information, stories, and photographs of every natural wonder that can be found in the 7 continents. But it also consists of facts and science stories explaining how the mountains, rivers, and glaciers were formed and how the earth was shaped. This is definitely a book one would treasure. It takes you through every continent and gives amazing facts also supplying maps and great landscapes. This is a great collection for projects, guides, and even a great collection for artists who like painting landscapes. The book has everything from ancient arts to the erupting Etna, from the yellow Yangtze to the great Grand Canyon. A Fantastic Buy!