Since the beginning of civilzation, folk heroes have mesmerized the world with their larger-than-life feats and defeats. In their realm, the unusual and the improbable are the norm, and their oft-repeatied myths reveal cultural freams and fears. Their dramas and tragedies hace been documented in every imaginable form, yet they are still experienced on a personal level.rnrnHere our nobleast figh…
Contained in this book are a great variety of cities from throughoit the world which have been the sites of the great twists and turns of civilization. There are the great political capitals like London and Moscow, and the cities like Venice and New York that defined the world of commerce in their heyday. There are the cities like Athens and Florence, in which intelektual revolutions took place…
The natural world is a wonderful place, filled with amazing features and spectacular sights. The majesty of znow-capped mountains and vast canyons is contrasted with the terror of violent volcanos and the mystery of subtemannean caves and chambers.rnThis book sis a celebration of the wonder of our natural world, as seen from the vantage points of the most spectacular, the most remarkable and th…