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050 4 NA2840|b.B246 2023
082 001.94
082 720.48
082 720.9
082 728.048
100 1 Bachmann, Stefan,|d1993-|eauthor.
245 14 The secret life of hidden places :|bconcealed rooms,
clandestine passageways, and the curious minds that made
them /|cStefan Bachmann & April Genevieve Tucholke.
264 1 New York, NY :|bWorkman Publishing,|c[2023]
264 4 |c©2023
300 xi, 292 pages :|bcolor illustrations ;|c24 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
336 still image|bsti|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
505 0 The sunken manor (Nottinghamshire, England) -- The book
thief of Mont Sainte-Odile (Barr, Alsace, France) -- A
room like warm honey (Tsarskoye Selo, Russia) -- A city on
an anthill (Puebla, Mexico) -- The oddly built temple
(Kanazawa, Japan) -- Doll's eye view (Amsterdam,
Netherlands) -- Alchemy, Frankenstein, and "evil
scientist" laboratories (Various) -- The Winchester
Mystery House (San Jose, California, USA) -- The
initiation well, the Knights Templar, and the Freemasons
(Sintra, Portugal) -- The gateway to hell (Paris, France)
-- The weird history of labyrinths (Various) -- Marie-
Antoinette's secret escape (Versailles, France) -- The
Krazy Kat Klub speakeasy (Washington, DC, USA) -- The
shocking things in Cupboard 55 (London, England) -- The
bone chamber (Leuk, Switzerland) -- Saints below (The
Vatican, Italy) -- The sleeping beauty apartment (Paris,
France) -- King Tut's Tomb, treasure hunts, and our need
to dig (Valley of the Kings, Egypt).
520 0 "A spellbinding tour, filled with stories and photographs,
of some of the world's most fascinating architectural
mysteries. This wondrous guide for the curious and the
intrepid takes readers on a lushly photographed and
lyrically written tour of eighteen of the world's most
captivating architectural mysteries. Delve into both the
secretive places themselves and the eccentric and
obsessive minds that created them. Visit a chamber of
skulls high in the Swiss Alps, a Japanese temple full of
traps, a Parisian apartment locked and untouched since
World War II, a Prohibition-era speakeasy in Washington,
DC, and a spooky "initiation" well in Portugal built by a
secret society. How far down can you climb before losing
your nerve?"--|cProvided by publisher.
650 0 Architectural design|xHistory.
650 0 Historic buildings|xDesign.
650 0 Corridors|vDesigns and plans.
650 0 Secrecy.
650 0 Curiosities and wonders.
650 0 Eccentrics and eccentricities.
650 0 Hiding places|vDesigns and plans.
650 0 Hiding places.
650 0 Rooms.
650 0 Corridors.
650 7 architecture (discipline)|2aat|0(CStmoGRI)aat300054156
650 7 corridors.|2aat|0(CStmoGRI)aat300004294
700 1 Tucholke, April Genevieve,|eauthor.
994 C0|bWHP
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