Strange worlds amazing places

By Reader's Digest Association and READER\'S DIGEST

Book Overview

Stonehenge, the Badlands Park in Dakota, Shangri-La, Easter Island, Potala Palace in Tibet, Kilimanjaro, the Great Barrier Reef...our planet is full of amazing places, and you'll be able to visit them... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0276421116
• ISBN13: 9780276421112
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Readers Digest
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.2" x 1.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Almost another outstanding work.

I recently reviewed another book from Reader's Digest entitled "Discovering the Wonders of Our World" in which the earth's natural wonders were described in excellent fashion. Reader's Digest have now come up with a similar theme although, on this occasion, they have also included man-made monuments in addition to a chapter about such legends as Camelot and Atlantis. Let me be quite clear; this is an excellent work in it's own right and would ordinarily easily attract a 5-star rating. Being published only one year after that other title, however, I was surprised and disappointed to see several examples where the same subject matter (Grand Canyon, Meteor Crater, Giants Causeway, Great Barrier Reef, Mount Fuji - to name but 5!) is repeated here - though not copied verbatim. This took the edge off the book for me - and with it one star. Nevertheless, when viewed on it's own, the book is well worth the purchase price. With 6 general headings under each of which are several chapters, we have the subjects of; Incredible Earth (which includes 16 sites of natural wonder), Monumental Wonders (24 outstanding examples of historic architecture), Watery Worlds (13 examples of seas, waterways and even Blue Holes), Riddles and Symbols (13 of the world's mysterious carvings on the earth's surface), Timeless Landscapes (13 examples of an extension of the first section!) and Legendary Realms (7 examples including Eden and El Dorado). Each of these 6 new sections is introduced by a single, often quite excellent, photograph which is reproduced across two pages. Unfortunately, these 6 specific photographs are not captioned - and I still don't know what that incredible structure across pages 250/1 is. Almost another star lost there! NM