{"product_id":"atlas-of-forgotten-places-journey-to-abandoned-destinations-around-the-globe-hardcover","title":"Atlas of Forgotten Places: Journey to Abandoned Destinations Around the Globe - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTravis Elborough\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplore 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 - Travis Elborough takes you on \u003cb\u003ea journey into these strange, overlooked and disappearing worlds and immortalises their fates.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal maps\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003estunning colour photography\u003c\/b\u003e accompany Travis Elborough's \u003cb\u003emoving historic and geographic accounts of each site\u003c\/b\u003e. The featured locations are a stark reminder of what was, and the accounts in \u003cb\u003ethis investigative book help to bring their stories back to life, telling us what happened, when and why, and to whom\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book features 40 sites, including: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSanta Claus, Arizona, USA: \u003c\/b\u003eA festive tourist resort turned ghost town deep in the desert where once you could meet Santa Claus any day of the year;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCrystal Palace Subway, London, UK: \u003c\/b\u003e One of the city's best-kept secrets is an underground, cathedral-like relic from where many Victorian commuters bustled through;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMontserrat, West Indies\u003c\/b\u003e: The small Caribbean island with a population of 5,000 that was evacuated when its volcano erupted in 1995. The volcano is still active and nearly half the island remains a designated exclusion zone;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBalaklava Submarine Base, Crimea: \u003c\/b\u003eThe former top-secret Soviet submarine base that was kept off all official maps and known as Object 825 GTS;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVolterra Psychiatric Hospital, Tuscany, Italy: \u003c\/b\u003eOnce dubbed 'the place of no return', this long-closed lunatic asylum once housed 6,000 patients who were never allowed to leave.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso in the Unexpected Atlas series: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlas of Improbable Places\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAtlas of Untamed Places\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAtlas of the Unexpected\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAtlas of Vanishing Places \u003c\/i\u003e(WINNER Illustrated Book of the Year - Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed as 'one of the country's finest pop culture historians', \u003cb\u003eTravis Elborough\u003c\/b\u003e is an acclaimed author and social commentator who lives in London. His work delves into the ephemera of retro culture as well as the history of London, geography, and a broad range of other subjects. His \u003ci\u003eAtlas of Vanishing Places \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Illustrated Book of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards in 2020, and he has also written \u003ci\u003eThe Bus We Loved, \u003c\/i\u003e a passionate love letter to the Routemaster bus which defined London transport for more than 50 years. His other works include \u003ci\u003eA Traveller's Year\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA London Year\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Long-Player Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeing A Writer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Walk in the Park: The Life and Times of a People's Institution\u003c\/i\u003e. Travis is a regular contributor to Radio 4 and the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and has penned articles on all aspects of travel and culture, from pirates in the Caribbean to donkeys at the British seaside. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBBC History Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eKinfolk \u003c\/i\u003eamong others, and is a visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster, where he teaches creative writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 10.3 x 7.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767836246304,"sku":"9780711263307","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f8305490ecfbeac8f3276616c5294259.webp?v=1780318348","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/atlas-of-forgotten-places-journey-to-abandoned-destinations-around-the-globe-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}