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Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot on and Never Will Hardcover – 20 Oct. 2010

by Judith Schalansky (Author), Christine Lo (Translator)
4.3 out of 5 stars 195 ratings
A rare and beautifully illustrated journey to fifty faraway worlds.

There are still places on earth that are unknown. Visually stunning and uniquely designed, this wondrous book captures fifty islands that are far away in every sense-from the mainland, from people, from airports, and from holiday brochures. Author Judith Schalansky used historic events and scientific reports as a springboard for each island, providing information on its distance from the mainland, whether its inhabited, its features, and the stories that have shaped its lore. With stunning full-color maps and an air of mysterious adventure, Atlas of Remote Island is perfect for the traveler or romantic in all of us.
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  1. Print length
    143 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Penguin Group USA
  4. Publication date
    20 Oct. 2010
  5. Dimensions
    1.78 x 11.68 x 21.34 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    014311820X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0143118206
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A rare and beautifully illustrated journey to fifty faraway worlds.

There are still places on earth that are unknown. Visually stunning and uniquely designed, this wondrous book captures fifty islands that are far away in every sense-from the mainland, from people, from airports, and from holiday brochures. Author Judith Schalansky used historic events and scientific reports as a springboard for each island, providing information on its distance from the mainland, whether its inhabited, its features, and the stories that have shaped its lore. With stunning full-color maps and an air of mysterious adventure, Atlas of Remote Island is perfect for the traveler or romantic in all of us.

About the Author

Judith Schalansky was born in 1980 in Greifswald, Germany. She hasdegrees in both History of Art and Communication Design. Judith currentlyworks as a freelance writer and designer in Berlin and has been teaching coursesin the principles of typography at the Potsdam Technical Institute since 2008.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Group USA
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 20 Oct. 2010
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 143 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 014311820X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0143118206
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 499 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.78 x 11.68 x 21.34 cm
  • Customer reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 195 ratings

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Customers appreciate the book's pacing, with one review noting its approach is allusive and wistful rather than didactic. The narrative style is praised for its hazily poetic way, and customers enjoy the travel aspect, describing it as a trip around the remote islands. The map quality receives mixed feedback, with some customers praising the great maps while others find them obscure.

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14 customers mention ‘Pacing’14 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's pacing, finding it interesting and clever, with one customer noting its approach is allusive and wistful rather than didactic.

"...delicate (yet accurate) maps of islands, the greatly researched pieces of information on every island - all of this makes the book a delightful..." Read more

"...The author vividly and poignantly recounts a tale/description of each island and knowing that her inspiration for the book comes from having grown..." Read more

"...It Is not a geographical approach at all. It is interesting to read but then you need an other book to learn about these islands...." Read more

"...The approach is allusive and wistful rather than didactic...." Read more

4 customers mention ‘Narrative style’4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the narrative style of the book, describing it as hazily poetic. One customer notes that the text is atmospheric and personal, while another mentions that the illustrations are intense.

"...The author vividly and poignantly recounts a tale/description of each island and knowing that her inspiration for the book comes from having grown..." Read more

"...The text is atmospheric and personal, with potted histories of the islands on each page described in a hazily poetic way - quite wonderful...." Read more

"...The accounts are bizarre and poetic." Read more

"...It is a wonderful book, engagingly written and the illustrations are intense and detailed, yet minimal and striking...." Read more

4 customers mention ‘Travel value’4 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the travel aspect of the book, which takes readers on a trip around remote islands, with one customer highlighting the 50 featured locations.

"...will make a fantastic present for an experienced traveller, or a budding traveller, or for a dreamer." Read more

"...The idea of a book about remote islands is great, but the execution is poor...." Read more

"It is a great book, with great maps! It is about 50 remote islands...." Read more

"...old fashioned altas feel which helps with the content...a trip around the remote islands with amazing stories, I hope the author does a follow up." Read more

9 customers mention ‘Map quality’6 positive3 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the maps in the book, with some finding them great, while one customer notes they could be more detailed.

"...This is truly inspirational to read, like an old school book of maps, or an atlas of some fantastic far-away lands that are not easily reachable..." Read more

"...The prose alongside each map is at times obscure and leaves you wanting to research that as much as the maps...." Read more

"...The approach is allusive and wistful rather than didactic. The maps are gorgeous and the production values impressive - proper printing, bound in..." Read more

"...But as if this is not enough the maps are a delight, ranging from that of Howland Island, which is basically a blob in the ocean to the much more..." Read more

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  • Lola
    5.0 out of 5 stars A coffee-table book with a substance.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 November 2013
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    This book is a wonderful inspirational tome that I got as a present from myself... to myself. The format (the book is approximately an A4 size), the thick rich paper, the delicate (yet accurate) maps of islands, the greatly researched pieces of information on every island - all of this makes the book a delightful hardcover. I imagine myself as a traveller. I imagine travelling and reaching out to all 50 islands described in the book. What a journey this will be.

    This is truly inspirational to read, like an old school book of maps, or an atlas of some fantastic far-away lands that are not easily reachable (and they are not!), yet all of the islands can be visited. This will make a fantastic present for an experienced traveller, or a budding traveller, or for a dreamer.
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  • Cromarty Forth Tyne
    5.0 out of 5 stars The magic of those dots on the map
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 July 2011
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    I've always been drawn to remote islands, particularly after spending 3 weeks in St Kilda and when I came across a review of this book in the Guardian, I knew I had to get it. It doesn't disappoint. Not only is it lovely to look at but reading it fills you with an immediate longing to visit some of these lonely isles. The author vividly and poignantly recounts a tale/description of each island and knowing that her inspiration for the book comes from having grown up behind the iron curtain with no hope of ever visiting these places only adds to the sense of longing. This is a must for anyone who has ever been fascinated by far flung places.
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  • Babis Bizas
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good little stories
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2014
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    The book is a series of little novels attached to each individual island.It Is not a geographical approach at all.
    It is interesting to read but then you need an other book to learn about these islands. If you like stories is good . If you search for history you will be disappointed.
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  • M. D. Tomkinson
    4.0 out of 5 stars Utterly infuriating
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 March 2015
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    This is an utterly infuriating book - but in a good way. It leaves you wanting to know more, so much more and in fact I defy you to read it without the need to go to the internet to find out more about the subjects - the islands.

    You may not agree with the author's choices and there are probably better and more remote islands perhaps being saved for a volume 2. The prose alongside each map is at times obscure and leaves you wanting to research that as much as the maps. It certainly suffers from translation from the original language (German) hence only 4 stars. However, once picked up (and providing you have good internet access) this book will take you to places you did not know existed and worlds beyond. You will certainly not be disappointed unless you lack imagination.
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  • Stephen
    5.0 out of 5 stars most unusual
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 April 2011
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    A real one-off, to be browsed in and soaked up. To see whether you would like it, look at Tromelin (page 66). The approach is allusive and wistful rather than didactic. The maps are gorgeous and the production values impressive - proper printing, bound in signatures. The translation is pretty good, I imagine catching quite a lot of the original German: just the odd thing here and there (a volcano is 'extinguished' rather than extinct...).

    Something to treat yourself to if you have got an Amazon gift token!
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  • G. Dack
    5.0 out of 5 stars An escapist's refuge
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 August 2013
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    A beautifully produced book - I'm sure that the writer would have hand-bound each copy if she had had the time, having seemed to have done everything else! This is an escapists dream equally suiting a continuous read or a series of dips into the pages when the madness of the real world needs relieving for a few moments. A sensitve translation of the introduction from the original German prepares you for the delights to come. Each island has as detailed a map as is probably available, matched with a relevant account concerning that island. At first reading these accounts seem rather randomly chosen but in fact they add to the remoteness and mystery of the subject. A very clever, sophisticated book, written with a real love for these punctuation marks in the ocean.
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  • Suzanne Murphy
    5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful and unusual book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 June 2013
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    I bought this book out of curiosity because I love maps and atlases. I wasn't disappointed. It's not a book I would read from cover to cover but I take it off the shelf once in a while just to be transported to far and unusual places for a minute or two! It looks and feels lovely. I'm an avid reader of e-books but books like the Atlas of Remote Islands are the reason that physical books will always have an important place in the world. It's more than a book... it's a sensory experience!
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  • Elinvar
    2.0 out of 5 stars Poor
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2017
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    I don't understand why so many people rave about this book. The idea of a book about remote islands is great, but the execution is poor. For each island there is a page of text, but this does not provide a summary of the island in terms of climate, wildlife, vegetation, etc. Instead, the author has selected one small aspect, and concentrated on that to the exclusion of everything else. For example, the Christmas Island account is devoted solely to ants! Facing each page of text is a map of the island in question. These are poor, with only 3 dull colours used. You would do much better to research these islands in Wikipedia.
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  • Sohee Delhra
    5.0 out of 5 stars Muy buen libro que hace volar tu imaginacion
    Reviewed in Mexico on 17 March 2017
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    Para los amantes de estos temas es un libro fantástico y único,las historias de islas remotas te enganchan y te mantienen leyendo hasta terminar cada relato.
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  • bp
    4.0 out of 5 stars alles ok
    Reviewed in Germany on 7 May 2019
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    alles ok
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  • la ninni
    5.0 out of 5 stars perfect!
    Reviewed in Italy on 12 February 2016
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    The Atlas of remote islands is in perfect conditions as described. Everything was perfect and on time.
    thanks a lot
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  • Alex991
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on 12 November 2015
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    Loved that book. Makes you dream. Presentation is also amazing
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  • carlos carravilla
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
    Reviewed in Spain on 18 October 2014
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    La presentación de la publicación es maravillosa. Los mapas, la cubierta. Los conteneos son interesantes. Una fuente de inspiración para viajeros de sillón.
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