Atlas Obscura is a distillation of the entries on the atlasobscura.com website; it's two creators tried to pick the best entries for most of the world and bound them in a beautiful book full of color photographs and illustrations. I was unaware of the website when I got this book, and I think that...
I've been a fan of the website (www.atlasobscura.com) for a long time, and when I heard there was going to be a book, I just knew I had to read it. And like the website, this is a very curious collection of interesting things from all over the world. Those who have been browsing, might recognize som...
Good Read, but I was expecting a little more tricks(at least basic ones). But It was filled with stories of people with medical brain problems and Daniel's chapter where Joshua was trying to discredit from his 'Savant' title. Maybe I was expecting more and get disappointed but overall is REALLY a GO...
Come siete messi a memoria? Vi siete scordati dove avete posato le chiavi dell’auto? E il numero di telefono di quel parente lontano? E dite la verità: siete usciti per fare la spesa e avete dimenticato proprio di comprare il caffè! Tranquilli. Dopo aver letto il libro… continuerete a dimenticare le...
In this fascinating little book (why a 320 page book seems 'little' is another story) Mr. Foer – brother to the recently famous author of a book apparently involving both immediate proximity and copious volume of noise – examines the story behind the 'athletes' of competitive memory championships. I...
I was actually kind of dreading reading this, though it seems like my kind of thing. I guess I was expecting something dry and self-helpy. Yeah, that's right, I said 'self-helpy'.Foer has a good voice and his experience is interesting enough. What makes this an interesting read for me, though, is hi...
Important: Our sites use cookies.
We use the information stored using cookies and similar technologies for advertising and statistics purposes.
Stored data allow us to tailor the websites to individual user's interests.
Cookies may be also used by third parties cooperating with BookLikes, like advertisers, research companies and providers of multimedia applications.
You can choose how cookies are handled by your device via your browser settings.
If you choose not to receive cookies at any time, BookLikes will not function properly and certain services will not be provided.
For more information, please go to our Privacy Policy.
Log in with Facebook 
