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1001 Natural Wonders: You Must See Before You Die (Barron's Educational Series)
by Michael Bright
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (2005-05-01)
ISBN: 0764158171
EAN: 9780764158179
Dewey Decimal #: 551.41
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 960 pages
SKU: 09122009-1556
Condition: Fair
Comments: 0764158171 Never read, book is in great shape but may have wear/tear on cover or dust jacket. New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Tourists, nature lovers, and even armchair travelers will discover hours of pleasurable reading in this huge compendium of world-famous sites. They’ll also find a wealth of ideas for their next vacation trip. It’s a guide to the most spectacular natural sites—and sights— around the world, from the magnificent Angel Falls in the Venezuelan rain forest to the fiery volcanic Mediterranean island of Stromboli, off the coast of Sicily. Other natural wonders include Glacier Bay, and Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska; Death Valley and Yosemite Park, California; the Rhine Valley in Germany; Mount Blanc in France; Mount Olympus in Greece; Mount Fuji in Japan; Easter Island; and for divers, spectacular places like the Mariana Trench in the Pacific. Here is a virtual circumnavigation of the globe, with each natural wonder, chosen for its grandeur and sheer beauty. Each location is profiled with a color photo, a description of its origin and present-day features, a thumbnail-size locator map, and a succinct table of statistics. For instance, this volume describes—Ayers Rock, the 500-mile-circumference sandstone elevation that rises out of the flat central Australian Outback and is believed to be a holy place by Australia’s Aborigines Bryce Canyon, Utah, a rugged, dramatic national park located just a few hours’ drive from Salt Lake CityIguazu Falls, an extensive series of 275 waterfalls on the Brazil-Argentina border, described by one naturalist as an ocean pouring into an abyss
Here are breathtaking locations on every continent—sites so spectacular that once seen they are never forgotten. Hundreds of full-color photos.
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Customer Reviews
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1001 Natural Wonders to See Before You Die
Rating  (5)
Date: 2010-05-11
A companion book to '1001 Escapes Before You Die' is `1001 Natural Wonders to See Before You Die' (edited by Michael Bright of the BBC's Natural History Unit) and while this huge, 960-page volume has a slightly different stance, it only serves to pique one's curiosity about even more places to add to one's proverbial `bucket list.' The obvious difference between the two books is that since less of the locales in `Natural Wonders' are promoted as `businesses,' that it's quite possible that in many cases their entire existence might be missed if not for this book. `Natural Wonders' is an updated version from a 2005 edition with a new emphasis on eco-ism, species behaviors (check out Kenya's famed Mara River Crossing) and other environmental factors provided by UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) whose World Heritage Sites are given a special designation throughout the book.
Both books showcase many of the most amazing places on each of the seven continents (not to mention a trip to space on Virgin Galactic's airship) through stunning photographs (though not of all attractions) and cogent descriptions and while some may argue over the inclusion of one destination over another, it's hard to diminish the coverage that these two books offer when viewed together. All destinations are also reviewed for cost, ease of travel, accommodations and so on as well.
WIthout a doubt, before you even think of booking your next trip, we urge you to pursue these pages first as you will definitely find hundreds of interesting alternatives to the more standard fare that you'll graze across at a travel agent's office or website. And, if for $35 you end up finding the trip of a lifetime, it should certainly be well worth it.
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Fabulous National Parks and Natural Wonders Travel Guide
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-12-23
Picturesque and succinct verbiage to carry you to far away places and back to plan a road trip or flight and see natural splendor.
Substantive and inexpensive.
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Beautiful book and fun to read
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-11-02
0 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I checked this book out of the library but we liked it so much, I am going to buy my own copy. Amazingly, my kids like to flip the book open for fun and then fantasize about going to the place they find! Better than watching Hannah Montana, that's for sure. We have a lot of places to visit now, though.
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Not a sit down and read book..
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-07-26
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I found this not to be a sit down and read book but a dream, reference book. It takes many visits, each one a brain adventure. Great book.
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Best Buy on Travel books!
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-03-18
1 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book was amazing... I wasn't expecting it to be 3inches thick! It is chock-full of beautiful pictures and helpful discussion on destinations all over the world. A must for any curious traveler!
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