To celebrate the paperback launch of the 2020 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award winning Atlas of Vanishing Places by Travis Elborough, here is an extract for you all to read:
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Book of the Month: Brilliant Maps
Stanfords Book of the Month for December 2021 is Brilliant Maps: An Atlas for Curious Minds by Ian Wright, illustrated by Infographic.ly with a foreword by Tim Harford.
See the world anew with this unique and beautifully designed infographic atlas.
Which nations have North Korean embassies? Which region has the highest number of death metal bands per capita? How many countries have bigger economies than California? Who drives on the ‘wrong’ side of the road? And where can you find lions in the wild?
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Atlas of Forgotten Places
Travis Elborough, winner of the 2020 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Illustrated Book of the Year, is back with another book in the Unexpected Atlas series.
Atlas of Forgotten Places takes us to the places that time forgot. Abandoned, mysterious, sleeping monuments around the world have been relegated to the margins of history, pushed off the map and out of sight.
From ancient ruins and crumbling castles to more recent relics – an art deco New York subway station, a Soviet ghost town in the Arctic Circle, a flooded Thai mall teeming with aquatic life.
Original maps and stunning colour photography accompany Travis Elborough’s moving historic and geographic accounts of each site. The featured locations are a stark reminder of what was, and the accounts in this investigative book help to bring their stories back to life, telling us what happened, when and why, and to whom.
Here Travis Elborough introduces Atlas of Forgotten Places:
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The Atlas of Unusual Languages
Following on from the hugely successful, 2020 Edward Stanfords Travel Writing Awards shortlisted The Atlas of Unusual Borders, Zoran Nikolic is back with a new atlas all about discovering intriguing linguistic oddities and language islands.
We communicate through the spoken and written word and language has evolved over the centuries. Many languages have survived although only in small pockets throughout the world. The Atlas of Unusual Languages explores a selection of those languages and some that have now been lost forever.
Here, Zoran Nikolic tells Stanfords about his latest book:
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Atlas of Imagined Places: From Lilliput to Gotham City
Atlas of Imagined Places: From Lilliput to Gotham City is a stunning map collection of invented geography and topography drawn from the world’s imagination.
The maps feature fictional buildings, towns, cities and countries plus mountains and rivers, oceans and seas. Ever wondered where the Bates Motel was based? Or Bedford Falls in It’s a Wonderful Life? The authors have taken years to research the likely geography of thousands of popular culture locations that have become almost real to us.
Here is an extract from the chapter on CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN by Matt Brown & Rhys B. Davies with maps by Mike Hall.
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Book of the Month: Atlas of the Invisible
Atlas of the Invisible: Maps & Graphics That Will Change How You See the World by James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti £25.00
In our Book of the Month for September award-winning geographer-designer team James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti redefine what an atlas can be. Transforming enormous data sets into rich maps and cutting-edge visualisations, they uncover truths about our past, reflect who we are today, and highlight what we face in the years ahead. With their joyfully inquisitive approach, Cheshire and Uberti explore happiness and anxiety levels around the globe; they trace the undersea cables and cell towers that connect us; they examine hidden scars of geopolitics; and illustrate how a warming planet affects everything from hurricanes to the hajj.
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Books and charts for Atlantic Sailing
Planning your next big sailing adventure? We have some new products for the Atlantic Islands and coast of Portugal and Spain to help you plot your route in this amazing part of the world. Continue reading Books and charts for Atlantic Sailing
Book Launch: The Amazing Animal Atlas
Last week we hosted the launch party for The Amazing Animal Atlas. Written by Dr Nick Crumpton, a specialist in zoology, this atlas features huge fold-out spreads brimming with biologically-accurate illustrations by Gaia Bordicchia.
Our March Books of the Month
A pinch and a punch….
Not only is it the 1st day of the month, it is also St David’s Day, the start of Lent, Pancake Day Recovery Day and the day we announce our new books of the month. Here goes: Continue reading Our March Books of the Month