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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher*Follow up to the best-selling Not-For-Parents Travel Book, Extreme Planet is a whirlwind tour of the globe, seeking out the highest, deepest, widest, narrowest, coolest, hottest, scariest, smelliest... things on the planet. What's the longest place name? The oldest fossil? Most treacherous road in the world? Most dangerous food to eat? Scariest place to stand because you're most likely to be struck by lightning? It's all here!Authors: Written and researched by Lonely PlanetAbout Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, children's books, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places where they travel.TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) *#1 in the world market share - source: Nielsen Bookscan. Australia, UK and USA. March 2012-January 2013
Series: Lonely Planet Not for Parents
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Lonely Planet; 1 edition (October 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1743214243
ISBN-13: 978-1743214244
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 0.8 x 12 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
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I realize this book says "not for parents". However, as a parent, I do feel like we are sometimes left out of all the fun. It's like the world expects us to have lost all sense of fun and excitement once we became adults and had families of our own. Well, I am here to say, that I am not dead yet! I want to read about "the planet's hottest, wettest, deepest, coldest, highest, driest, windiest, and all-round wildest places" too. And I'm all about "the biggest, smallest, smelliest, slimiest, weirdest, and kookiest critters"! So while my 11-year-old son has attempted to commandeer the book for himself, he doesn't know that I sneak around with it while he is at school.Some of you may be asking why I can't just follow the rules and agree that this book is "not for parents". Well, here's why. It's broken down into reasonably short two-page spreads with lots of pictures and short blurbs of fascinating information - perfect for a busy parent who has other, parenty-type things to do. Perfect also for the parent who is trying to read without the kids finding out...And while I am aware that us parents are supposed to know everything (even though our kids *think* we know nothing), sometimes I *don't* have all the answers. So it's pretty cool when I can AMAZE my children (they pretend they're not amazed, but I think we all know better) with tidbits like these:* Hippo sweat is pink* The ghost beetle is the whitest natural object on Earth* Modern-day chickens are actually descendants of Tyrannosaurus Rex* The "vampire squid from hell" (really) has the biggest eyes in the animal kingdom - if humans had eyes the same ratio, they would be as big as beach balls.* The largest insect in the world is from New Zealand and eats full-size carrotsSee?
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