Author: A Selection
Publisher: Manoj Publications
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 80
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788131017227
Description
As the name of the book suggests, this treatise is a wonderful collection of 151 wonders which stand majestically across the globe. The visitors who visit these wonders feel awestruck and wonderstruck the moment they sight these magnificent buildings, monuments, waterfalls, monasteries, gardens and what not.
These wonders are really full of wonder in true sense as they stand the test of time over the centuries. They have held the visitors spellbound owing to their architecture, grandeur and perfection.
The text which accompanies each and every wonder tells the history of that wonder in a very easy-to-comprehend language. Beautiful illustrations have really added four-fold beauty to the book which is sure to absorb the interest of young and old alike.
Contents
Contents
1. Taj Mahal
2. Pyramids of Egypt
3. Great Wall of China
4. Mount Taishan
5. Galapagos Islands
6. Grand Canyon
7. Machu Picchu
8. Antarctica
9. Iguazu Falls
10. Bali
11. Amazon Rainforest
12. Ngorongoro Crater
13. Great Barrier Reef
14. Angkor Wat
15. Victoria Falls
16. Forbidden City
17. Bagan
18. Karnak
19. Teotihuacan
20. Banaue Rice Terraces
21. Bora Bora
22. Acropolis
23. Potala Palace
24. Jerusalem Old City
25. Terracotta Warriors
26. Chichen Itza
27. Petra
28. River Nile
29. Easter Island
30. Cappadocia
31. Colosseum of Rome
32. Fjords of Norway
33. St. Peter’s Basilica
34. Egyptian Museum
35. Borobudur
36. Valley of the Kings
37. Hong Kong
38. Great Ocean Road
39. Burj Khalifa
40. Alhambra
41. Louvre Museum
42. Grand Canal Venice
43. Gardens of Versailles
44. Qutub Minar
45. The Lighthouse of Alexandria
46. Newgrange Ireland
47. Metropolitan Museum
48. Mt Everest
49. Emerald Buddha Temple
50. Hagia Sophia
51. Pompeii
52. Rhodes Old Town
53. Old Town Square
54. Khajuraho
55. Amalfi Coast
56. Golden Gate Bridge
57. Chartres Cathedral
58. Mezquita Cordoba
59. Damascus Old City
60. Dubrovnik
61. Uffizi Gallery
62. Christ the Redeemer
63. Golden Pavilion
64. Delphi
65. St. Basil’s Cathedral
66. Abu Simbel
67. St. Mark’s Basilica
68. Florence’s Cityscape
69. Kremlin
70. The Aran Island
71. Carlsbad Caverns National Park
72. Shwedagon Stupa
73. Sahara Desert
74. Leaning Tower of Pisa
75. Baalbek
76. Mont St. Michel
77. Topkapi Palace
78. Minaret of Jam
79. Stonehenge
80. Angel Falls
81. Tawang Monastery
82. Mayon Volcano
83. Matterhorn
84. Lake Baikal
85. Lord Howe Island
86. Eiffel Tower
87. Mammoth Cave
88. Niagara Falls
89. British Museum
90. Burj Al-Arab
91. Mount Rushmore
92. Sydney Harbour Bridge
93. Ayers Rock
94. Purnululu National Park
95. Ganvie
96. Lijiang
97. Neuschwanstein Castle
98. Northern Lights
99. Temple of Poseidon
100. Sigiriya
101. Chocolate Hills
102. Devils Tower National Monument
103. Anuradhapura
104. Drakensberg Mountains
105. Deception Island
106. Mount Fuji
107. Ponte Vecchio
108. Tikal
109. Timbuktu
110. Uxmal
111. Nemrut Dagi
112. Sydney Opera House
113. Gomateshwara
114. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
115. Samaria Gorge
116. Temple of Heaven
117. Matala Caves
118. Hampi
119. Meteora
120. Ua Pou
121. CN Tower
122. Capri
123. Bayou
124. Jantar Mantar
125. West Lake
126. Sequoia National Park
127. Mitla
128. Ring of Kerry
129. Corfu
130. Arc de Triomphe
131. The Statue of Zeus
132. Bay of Fundy
133. Altamira Cave Painting
134. Sun Temple
135. Dingle Peninsula
136. Perce Rock
137. Cabot Trail
138. Paricutin Volcano
139. Baishui Terrace
140. Great Buddha of Kamakura
141. Charles Bridge
142. Copper Canyon
143. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
144. The Temple of Artemis
145. Great Sphinx
146. Cliffs of Mother
147. The Northern Red Sea
148. Na Pali Coast
149. Upolu Island
150. Avila Walls
151. Ajanta-Ellora Caves