Friday, 1 July 2011

The Dictionary of Imaginary Places

The Dictionary of Imaginary Places
Author: Alberto Manguel
Edition: Exp Upd
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0156008726



The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic


From Atlantis to Xanadu and beyond, this Baedeker of make-believe takes readers on a tour of more than 1,200 realms invented by storytellers from Homer's day to our own. Download The Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Here you will find Shangri-La and El Dorado; Utopia and Middle Earth; Wonderland and Freedonia. Here too are Jurassic Park, Salman Rushdie's Sea of Stories, and the fabulous world of Harry Potter. The history and behavior of the inhabitants of these lands are described in loving detail, and are supplemented by more than 200 maps and illustrations that depict the lay of the land in a host of elsewheres. A must-have for the library of every dedicated reader, fantasy fan, or passionate browser, Dictionary is a witty and acute guide for any armchair traveler's journey into the Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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