Travis Elborough Knihy

Mapy nám predstavujú svet taký, aký je teraz aj aký bol v minulosti. Čo však miesta, ktoré už nemožno zmapovať? Mestá zaviate prachom, pochované pod dnešnou výstavbou? Rieky a moria, ktoré menia tvar aj okolitú krajinu? Alebo dokonca miesta, ktoré úplne zmizli a nezanechali po sebe nijakú stopu? Travis Elborough vás vezme na cestu po všetkých kútoch sveta, aby ste spolu s ním hľadali, čo sa stratilo, zmizlo či zaniklo. Objavíte starobylé sídla moci a dávno zabudnuté civilizácie v mayskom Palenque, ponoríte sa do záhady zmiznutého japonského ostrovčeka a odhalíte neuveriteľné skryté miesta, ako je potopené mestečko Staré Adaminaby, kedysi opustené, no dnes sa postupne vynárajúce na svetlo sveta. Dozviete sa, aké nebezpečenstvo predstavuje meniaca sa hladina morí a čo všetko ohrozuje divy sveta vytvorené človekom aj prírodou, ako napríklad púšť Chihuahua alebo Čínsky múr. Preskúmate miesta, ktoré zmizli z moderných atlasov, a zistíte, ako svet vyzeral kedysi. Pomocou prehľadných máp a nádherných fotografií približuje Atlas miznúcich miest tieto lokality tak, ako vyzerali za dávnych čias aj ako vyzerajú dnes. Je fascinujúcim sprievodcom stratenými miestami a krehkými vzťahmi vo svete okolo nás.

In 1968 the world's largest antique went to America. But how do you transport a 130-year-old bridge 3,000 miles? And why did Robert P McCulloch, a multimillionaire oil baron and chainsaw-manufacturing king, buy it? Why did he ship it to a waterless patch of the Arizonan desert? Did he even get the right bridge?

Chronicles London's highwaymen and a few other criminals up until the end of the 1700s, who in addition to using horses, also used ice-skates and coaches.

A London Year is an anthology of short diary entries, one or more for each day of the year, which, taken together, provides an impressionistic portrait of life in the city from Tudor times to the twenty-first century. There are more than two hundred featured writers, with a short biography for each. The most famous diarist of all - Samuel Pepys - is there, as well as some of todayâ??s finest diarists like Alan Bennett and Chris Mullin. There are coronations and executions, election riots and zeppelin raids, duels, dust-ups and drunken sprees, among everyday moments like Brian Eno cycling in Kilburn or George Eliot walking on Wimbledon Common. Vividly evoking moments in the lives of Londoners in the past, providing snapshots of the cityâ??s inhabitants at work, at play, in pursuit of money, sex, entertainment, pleasure and power, A London Year is the perfect book for all who live in or love this eternal, ever-changing city.

A fascinating look into how and why the English love to be beside the seaside.

In December 2005, London lost one its most famous symbols: the Routemaster bus - a bus designed and made in London, by Londoners for Londoners, which was to London what the gondola is to Venice. This work tells the story of the routemaster's invention, rise and decline, of the people who worked on it, and of the enthusiasts who were mad about it.

Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. In this Pocket Essential Travis Elborough guides the reader through the difficulties of Friedrich Nietzsche's life, his friendship with Wagner, his years as an itinerant scholar up to his 1889 full-scale mental collapse, and the twilight years of madness under the care of his sinister sister, Elizabeth. Each of Nietzsche's major works is summarized and the central concepts in his philosophy examined. Nietzsche's influence on 20th century thought is explored, as is the posthumous hijacking of his name by the Nazis.

'We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed' Martin Luther King, Jr. In an era where our liberties are often under threat, Letters to Change the World sends reminders from history that standing up for - and voicing - our personal and political beliefs is not merely a human right but our duty, if we want to make change happen. Featuring Emmeline Pankhurst rallying her suffragettes, George Orwell's warning against totalitarianism, Nelson Mandela's consoling his children from prison, Time's Up condemning abuses of power, and much more, this collection will inspire you to stand up and speak up - now, for what really matters. 'Remarkable, timely ... At a time of political uncertainty, the collection demonstrates the importance of speaking truth to power' Guardian

The history of the pop album, from the invention of vinyl and the LP 60 years ago to its revival in our iPod age.