“Having World of Wonders chosen as the Book of the Year is an astonishment for this former hapless chemistry major who wandered the aisles of Barnes & Noble in college in a big city — my first ...

They make quite the ambitious travel bucket list – the New Seven Wonders of the World. Find out what they are, their histories and the best times to go.

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While some of these wonders now only exist in history books and legends, a foundation called the New7Wonders sought to unite the world by honouring heritage across the globe and naming seven other ...

Maybe it simply feeds modern society's obsession with lists and rankings, but more than 2,000 years after ancient Greeks identified the Seven Wonders of the World, millions of people around the ...

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In 1997, CNN released a "Seven Natural Wonders of the World" list, which comprises geological, aquatic and astrophysical phenomena, in collaboration with the Seven Natural Wonders organization.

What does the world look like 3,000 feet down? Or 30,000? Those are the questions Susan Casey had, and her book “The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean” chronicles her search for ...

At Earth Day, books show kids some of the world’s wonders How a drop of water changed a girl’s life; a tribe’s respect for fishes; myths to bust; and more: picks from columnist Caroline ...

“The Wonders of the Little World” is Meissner’s third novel and 12th book overall. “Meissner is such a beautiful writer. I admire his voice, his eye for detail and his gentle humor, ‘The ...

The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World Trevor Cox. Norton, $26.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-393-23979-9 ...

The book urges readers to protect those plant communities, as they store up carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen, because “green is the most important color in the world.” “Little Brown Nut ...