Most Popular Books by Ella Morton

Discover wonder. “A wanderlust-whetting cabinet of curiosities on paper.”— New York Times Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura is a phenomenon of a travel book that shot to the top of bestseller lists when it was first published and changed the way we think about the world, expanding our sense of how strange and marvelous it really is. This second edition takes readers to even more curious and unusual destinations, with more than 100 new places, dozens and dozens of new photographs, and two very special features: twelve city guides, covering Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Cairo, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Moscow, New York City, Paris, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Plus a foldout map with a dream itinerary for the ultimate around-the-world road trip. More a cabinet of curiosities than traditional guidebook, Atlas Obscura revels in the unexpected, the overlooked, the bizarre, and the mysterious. Here are natural wonders, like the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can sit and drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M. C. Escher–like stepwells in India. Mind-boggling events, like the Baby-Jumping Festival in Spain—and no, it’s not the babies doing the jumping, but masked men dressed as devils who vault over rows of squirming infants. Every page gets to the very core of why humans want to travel in the first place: to be delighted and disoriented, uprooted from the familiar and amazed by the new. With its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, and new city guides, it is a book you can open anywhere and be transported. But proceed with caution: It’s almost impossible not to turn to the next entry, and the next, and the next.

Let your curiosity be your guide. Boxed set includes bestselling travel adventure titles Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura.

Amazon地理類／旅遊類暢銷冠軍 4.8顆星超高評價，累積超過3,500則旅行愛好者的激賞評價 《紐約時報》年度暢銷書，全球超過100萬讀者購買支持 人類最初為何想開始旅行？ ──想開開心心地迷失方向，從熟悉中抽身，為新事物驚豔 這不是一本傳統的旅遊書，反而更像是一種珍奇屋，揭露大家意想不到、忽略掉的奇特及神祕地點。厚達480頁的豐富內容，帶你遨遊世界七大洲，探訪各種自然奇觀、特殊建築、歷史故事、科技新知以及難以想像的習俗及活動。 引人入勝的描述、超過800張照片插圖、令人吃驚的圖表、世界各地區的地圖，還有12個世界人氣城市指南：倫敦、巴黎、柏林、布達佩斯、莫斯科、上海、東京、開羅、洛杉磯、紐約、布宜諾斯艾利斯、墨西哥城。不論何時何地翻開本書，都可以讓人身臨其境，驚喜不斷。 有傳統、有驚嘆、有獵奇、有絕美……結合全球最在地景點！ 改變你思考世界的方式，擴展你的感受，真正體會這世界有多奇妙。 ▌在納米比亞草地上出現的「精靈圈」，彷彿有生命般會變大變小，這些天然禿斑的神祕起源讓科學家們困惑不已。 ▌美國華盛頓國家大教堂，建築優雅地融合了飛拱及新哥德式尖頂，以及精緻的黑武士達斯．達維雕像，真的不是惡搞。 ▌橘色光暈照亮了夜晚的沙漠，因探鑽天然氣時意外造成的「地獄之門」，熊熊烈火已經在土庫曼燃燒了40年。 ▌自羅馬帝國時期就開採的羅馬尼亞地下鹽礦，現在裡面有摩天輪、迷你高爾夫球場，還可做水療SPA。 ▌美國猶他州這片顫楊，是世界上最重的單一有機體，4萬多根樹幹重達近6千公噸，並且高齡8萬年。 ▌充滿懷舊風的澳洲旅行主題：在公路旅行途中與各種「巨物」──大香蕉、大鳳梨、大無尾熊──拍紀念照。 Airbnb認證投資，最炙手可熱的旅遊內容及服務平台， 為旅行、知識、探險愛好者精心策畫的非大眾旅行指南。 Atlas Obscura是世界上最受歡迎的旅遊平台之一，創立於2009年，旨在介紹世界各地最有趣、珍奇、冷僻、不為人知的旅遊地點及體驗，他們向網友募集世界私房景點，旅遊文章涵蓋歷史、科學、飲食、奇人異事等主題。在獲得包含《紐約時報》在內的投資者資金後，他們開始了旅遊導覽服務，並於2017年底，新增加了Gastro Obscura內容，介紹世界上最獨特的地方美食及各種飲食故事。 2019年，Atlas Obscura獲得來自Airbnb的2,000萬美元投資，經營重心加強至提供更多元的旅遊行程，及各種短程旅行和體驗課程／行程。不同於一般傳統旅行團，他們設計了諸如前往墨西哥見證帝王蝶遷徙，或是到里斯本學習製作葡式蛋塔等更深入在地文化且與眾不同的主題行程。2020年由華倫．韋伯斯特（Warren Webster）出任新任CEO，他過去曾任新聞平台Patch Media總裁暨共同創辦人，葛妮絲．派特洛（Gwyneth Paltrow）的生活風格品牌goop的營運長，及時尚部網站Coveteur的總裁兼CEO。 目前Atlas Obscura網站每個月有600萬訪客，並擁有超過22,000個由世界各地網友所提供的景點、14,000則旅遊文章以及上千團旅遊體驗。它們也提供線上課程／體驗、Podcast及深度主題影片等服務，並擁有自家專屬App。 【名人推薦】 激發旅行癖的紙上珍奇屋。──《紐約時報》（New York Times） 我最愛的旅遊指南！不知道哪裡有鬧鬼的旅館或是地獄入口，絕對不要展開旅行！──吉勒摩．戴托羅（Guillermo del Toro）／《水底情深》（The Shape of Water）、《羊男的迷宮》（Pan’s Labyrinth）金獎導演 這本書就像它所描述的世界一樣充滿好奇和引人入勝。每一頁都揭示了一個隱祕的領域——這些領域可能令人恐懼、滑稽、有魔力，或是純粹的瘋狂，但總能讓讀者感到驚奇。──大衛．格雷恩（David Grann）／《花月殺手》（Killers of the Flower Moon）作者 《祕境》第2版是一份迷人的禮物，能讓收到這本書的人進入某種延長的迷幻狀態。從第一頁到最後一頁都是「世界上的隱藏版奇觀」！──《華爾街日報》（Wall Street Journal） 這本書會讓你想打包平淡的生活，前往從來沒想過要去的地方，看看根本想像不到的事物。一讀再讀，仍覺樂趣無窮。──尼爾．蓋曼（Neil Gaiman）／《睡魔》（Sandman）、《美國眾神》（American Gods）作者 人生苦短，地球充滿不凡的奇蹟⋯⋯這本妙書就是你的指南！──菲利浦．佩帝（Phillippe Petit）／高空鋼索藝術家、探險家

Embark on an eye-opening adventure in the land Down Under, and see eight creatures in astounding motion. From the New York Times bestselling series. Using Photicular® technology that’s like a 3-D movie on the page, OUTBACK whisks you to the vast, remote world of wild Australia, where heat waves dance forever and animals, isolated by the vagaries of continental drift, are unlike those found anywhere else on Earth. Each moving image delivers a rich, immersive visual experience—and the result is breathtaking. The kangaroo hops. A wombat waddles. The frilled lizard races on two legs across the desert floor. A peacock spider dances and shows off its vibrant colors. Experience it for yourself!

Praised as the "bestest travel guide ever" (Mary Roach) and "a joy to read and reread" (Neil Gaiman), Atlas Obscura is a phenomenon of travel books: "Odds are you won''t get past three pages without being amazed" (San Francisco Chronicle) It rocketed to the top of bestseller lists and has over 626,000 copies in print since its publication in late 2016. Now the best gets better and the weirdest gets weirder with this completely revised and updated second edition that includes 120 new entries that offer readers even more of the most unusual, curious, bizarre, and mysterious places on earth. In addition, the second edition includes a full-colour gatefold Atlas Obscura road trip map, with a dream itinerary. Created by the founders of AtlasObscura.com, the vibrant travel community that''s grown substantially since the original edition - not only online but in stores, too, with the recent publication of the -1 New York Times bestseller The Atlas Obscura Explorer''s Guide for the World''s Most Adventurous Kid - Atlas Obscura expands the reader''s sense of what''s possible. Oversized, beautifully packaged, compellingly written, scrupulously researched, and filled with photographs, illustrations, maps, charts, and more, it is the book that inspires equal parts wonder and wanderlust. It informs us on every page of something we never knew - and paints a rich panorama of what a marvellously strange world we live in. For the travel lover and curious reader, it''s a gift book that''s literally impossible to put down.

"A thrilling book about slavery to freedom. It takes place in one of the most renowned and well-known plantations: the Middleton?s. The author, Rose, was the first slave descendant of Middleton Plantation to return home. All this started a conversation that led to the first Middleton Reunion of slave descendants and slave owner descendants in 2006. What was it like to be a slave? How were slaves treated? What skills keep the slaves alive? Our Family?s Keepers explores various controversial and dynamic issues that many African Americans faced during slavery, and also highlights the trials that their masters faced as well. A must read for history fanatics."--