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Author: Olivier Le Carrer
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
Imprint: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 26.70cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 19.10cm
Weight: 0.727kg
ISBN: 9781631910005
ISBN 10: 1631910000
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 12 November 2015
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Olivier Le Carrer's Atlas of Cursed Places is many things - travel writing, folklore, true crime, history, map porn - all wrapped up in a rather splendid package....Given its tales of ghosts, dragons and disasters both natural and manmade, Le Carrer's Atlas represents a fresh boarding pass to leap aboard the world of geography, even for the geographaphobic among us. BookGasm Olivier Le Carrer's Atlas of Cursed Places is many things - travel writing, folklore, true crime, history, map porn - all wrapped up in a rather splendid package....Given its tales of ghosts, dragons and disasters both natural and manmade, Le Carrer's Atlas represents a fresh boarding pass to leap aboard the world of geography, even for the geographaphobic among us. --BookGasm [For] those who believe the world is still full of mysteries to investigate. --Atlas Obscura .. ..morbidly delightful collection of maps and essays about locations that probably make actual visitors a bit nervous. --Dayton Daily News Perfect for the macabre traveler with a sense of humor. --New York Post .. .an enticing tour of frightening places around the world... --Shelf Awareness
....morbidly delightful collection of maps and essays about locations that probably make actual visitors a bit nervous. --Dayton Daily News ...an enticing tour of frightening places around the world... --Shelf Awareness [For] those who believe the world is still full of mysteries to investigate. Atlas Obscura Olivier Le Carrer's Atlas of Cursed Places is many things - travel writing, folklore, true crime, history, map porn - all wrapped up in a rather splendid package....Given its tales of ghosts, dragons and disasters both natural and manmade, Le Carrer's Atlas represents a fresh boarding pass to leap aboard the world of geography, even for the geographaphobic among us. --BookGasm Perfect for the macabre traveler with a sense of humor. --New York Post
[For] those who believe the world is still full of mysteries to investigate. Atlas Obscura
""....morbidly delightful collection of maps and essays about locations that probably make actual visitors a bit nervous.""--Dayton Daily News ""...an enticing tour of frightening places around the world...""--Shelf Awareness ""[For] those who believe the world is still full of mysteries to investigate.""Atlas Obscura ""Olivier Le Carrer's Atlas of Cursed Places is many things - travel writing, folklore, true crime, history, map porn - all wrapped up in a rather splendid package....Given its tales of ghosts, dragons and disasters both natural and manmade, Le Carrer's Atlas represents a fresh boarding pass to leap aboard the world of geography, even for the geographaphobic among us.""--BookGasm ""Perfect for the macabre traveler with a sense of humor.""--New York Post
Author Information
Olivier Le Carrer is a journalist and passionate sailor. He has spent the last thirty years exploring the shores of the planet. He has written several books on cartography and navigation with the illustrator Sibylle Le Carrer.
