Journey to the Underground World
Journey to the Underground World

Author: Lin Carter

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2018-08-30

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1473220734

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The legends of a fabled land of the lost have floated for centuries around the bazaars of North Africa and the sand-surrounded oases of the vast Sahara. They tell of treasure caravans that have never returned, of weird monsters forgotten by time, of savage peoples surviving out of antiquity. Eric Carstairs had heard these tales but until he met Professor Potter he did not really believe them. But the famous palaeontologist had the location of the entrance to the Underground World pinned down, and wanted only a man of courage to fly him there. Carstairs and Potter took the chance - and pierced the pit to Zanthodon, a world within the world, where cavemen and cave-beasts roamed side by side with dinosaur-monsters of millions of years ago.

Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Underland: A Deep Time Journey

Author: Robert Macfarlane

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2019-06-04

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 0393242153

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National Bestseller • New York Times "100 Notable Books of the Year" • NPR "Favorite Books of 2019" • Guardian "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" • Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award "Mesmerizing…Underland is a portal of light in dark times." —Terry Tempest Williams, New York Times Book Review In Underland, Robert Macfarlane delivers an epic exploration of the Earth’s underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and the land itself. Traveling through the dizzying expanse of geologic time—from prehistoric art in Norwegian sea caves, to the blue depths of the Greenland ice cap, to a deep-sunk "hiding place" where nuclear waste will be stored for 100,000 years to come—Underland takes us on an extraordinary journey into our relationship with darkness, burial, and what lies beneath the surface of both place and mind. Global in its geography and written with great lyricism, Underland speaks powerfully to our present moment. At once ancient and urgent, this is a book that will change the way you see the world.

Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey
Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey

Author: Ingersoll Lockwood

Publisher: eBookIt.com

Published: 2017-08-06

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 145662881X

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Originally published in 1893, Ingersoll Lockwood’s nearly-forgotten Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey blends science fiction and fantasy in a story told by Little Baron Trump, an aristocratic boy who sets out from Castle Trump to discover the World Within a World that he read about in a fifteenth-century manuscript of the “celebrated thinker and philosopher,” the learned Spaniard, Don Fum. Join Baron Trump and his faithful dog and companion, Bulger, as they set off to Northern Russia in search of a portal to the subterranean. Along the 500 mile journey, you’ll meet an assortment of bizarre and fascinating creatures: a giant tortoise, an afflicted princess, a talking clock, Ant People and more. Will Little Baron Trump and Bulger make it back safely to Castle Trump? Join the adventure! This newly-released 2017 edition features: -- The complete text of Ingersoll Lockwood's Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey --Charles Howard Johnson's charming original 19th-century illustrations --A brand new Foreword from the publisher commenting on the striking parallels between Lockwood's work and President Donald Trump, his son Barron Trump, and the incredible claim that President Trump may possess a time machine --Original, stimulating discussion questions for use in book clubs, or for personal enrichment.

Underground
Underground

Author: Will Hunt

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0812996747

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Descend -- Across Paris -- The intraterrestrials -- The ochre miners -- The burrowers -- Lost -- The hidden bison -- The dark zone -- Humberto.

Underground Worlds
Underground Worlds

Author: David Farley

Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal

Published: 2018-05-15

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 0316514004

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A visual and anecdotal exploration of the curious worlds hidden beneath our feet, including ancient cities, salt mine cathedrals, underground amusement parks, and more. From bone-filled catacombs to sculpted salt churches to hand-carved cave complexes large enough to house 20,000 people, Underground Worlds is packed with more than 50 unusual destinations that take some digging to find. Award-winning travel writer David Farley revels in the unexpected, whether it is a cave city in China which houses one of the world's largest collections of Buddhist art or an old salt mine converted into a theme park in Romania. Stunning photos help readers see places they could not even imagine, such as a three-story underground train station in Taiwan that is home to the a 4,500-panel "Dome of Light" that is the largest glasswork on Earth, as well as secret spaces, such as an ornate temple built beneath a suburban home in Italy. Throughout the fascinating text are themed entries of underground systems such as the 2,500-year-old water tunnels of Kish Qanat in Iran or engineering marvels like the New York City steam tunnels.

Walk This Underground World
Walk This Underground World

Author: Kate Baker

Publisher:

Published: 2019-07

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781787413764

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A round-the-world adventure exploring curious worlds hidden beneath our feet, from underground burrows to ancient cities and shopping malls. Fourth book in the successful Walk this World series. This stunning lift-the-flap book takes the reader on a journey all around the globe and deep underground. There they'll find amazing hidden worlds, teeming with life - from prairie dog towns and ant cities, to opal mines and treasure-filled tombs. Each spread is bursting with details and has new surprises to discover in the cutaway artwork and under the flaps. With so much to see and explore, this is a perfect gift for young adventurers.

The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad

Author: Judy Dodge Cummings

Publisher: Nomad Press

Published: 2017-02-14

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1619304880

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Imagine leaving everything you’ve ever known—your friends, family, and home—to travel along roads you’ve never seen before, getting help from people you’ve never met before, with the constant threat of capture hovering over your every move. Would you risk your life on the Underground Railroad to gain freedom from slavery? In The Underground Railroad: Navigate the Journey from Slavery to Freedom, readers ages 9 to 12 examine how slavery developed in the United States and what motivated abolitionists to work for its destruction. The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses operated by conductors and station masters, both black and white. Readers follow true stories of enslaved people who braved patrols, the wilderness, hunger, and their own fear in a quest for freedom. In The Underground Railroad, readers dissect primary sources, including slave narratives and runaway ads. Projects include composing a song with a hidden message and navigating by reading the nighttime sky. Amidst the countless tragedies that centuries of slavery brought to African Americans lie tales of hope, resistance, courage, sacrifice, and victory—truly an American story.

The Journey of Niels Klim to the World Underground
The Journey of Niels Klim to the World Underground

Author: Ludvig Holberg

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1960-01-01

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780803273481

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Fantastic adventures at the center of the earth await a penniless Norwegian student after he plunges into a bottomless hole in a cave. Niels Klim discovers worlds within our own?exotic civilizations and fabulous creatures scattered across the underside of the earth's crust and, at the earth's center, a small, inhabited planet orbiting around a miniature sun. In an epic journey, Klim visits countries led by sentient and contemplative trees, a kingdom of intelligent apes preoccupied with fashion and change, a land whose inhabitants don?t speak out of their mouths, neighboring countries of birds locked in an eternal war, and a land where string basses talk musically to one another. Brave, inquisitive, and greedy, Klim faces many challenges, the greatest of which are his own temptations. øThe Journey of Niels Klim to the World Underground is a classic in speculative fiction and was the first fully realized novel set underground in a hollow earth. First published in 1741, it has earned comparisons to Jonathan Swift?s contemporaneous fantasy, Gulliver?s Travels.