Condition: Used, Great. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Light rubbing wear on the cover and spine. No Dust Cover. No folded pages, no notes, no underlines or markings on the pages.

Details: Marvels and Mysteries of The World Around Us, Reader's Digest *Vintage 1979

Pages: 320

Published: 1979

READER'S DIGEST Marvels and Mysteries of THE WORLD AROUND US Have you ever wondered how the Earth was formed? Where life began? Why we have vol- canoes, hurricanes and earthquakes? Today, thanks to an unprecedented era of discovery, science has the answers to these questions. You will fnd them all in MARVELS AND MYSTERIES OF THE WORLD AROUND US, a new, beautifully illustrated 320-page book prepared by the editors of the Reader's Digest. Through the words and pictures of some of the world's best authors. photographers and artists. MARVELS AND MYSTERIES OF THE WORLD AROUND US presents a new portrait of the Earth in which you can see the dramatic landscape of the ocean floor, the infinitesimally slow drift of the continents across the face of the Earth, the strange radiation belts high above us and many other astonishing new discoveries. In addition to the 68 main fea- tures on the great natural wonders of the world, there are more than two dozen short articles on such tantalizing subjects as: "The Oldest Fossil Ever Found," "Where Was Atlantis?" and "A Mountain Higher Than Everest?" Altogether the book contains 150,000 words of lively and read- able text and more than 350 pictures in full color. Few of us are fortunate enough in a lifetime to see more than a tiny fraction of the world's great natural wonders. And only small number of courageous and adventurous people have climbed the highest mountains in the world. scanned the deepest abysses of the oceans or looked into the heart of a tornado. In MARVELS AND MYSTERIES OF THE WORLD AROUND US the interesting people whc have done these things-and the scientists who ponder their work-will be your guides to great natural features of the planet that you may never have a chance to see tor yourself. A full panorama of the world, past and present unfolds before you in the six major sections of MARVELS AND MYSTERIES OF THE WORLD AROUND US