Secret Wonders: Surprising Visions for the Intrepid Adventurer
Autor Peter Guttmanen Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 dec 2026
Unveiling surprising experiences and wisdom gathered from decades of travel and over 260 countries, this veteran global traveler presents a breathtaking photographic chronicle of soul-stirring exploits, surprising spectacles, wondrous dining, and enchanting overnights providing delightful surprises for curious and daring travelers.
This book’s innovative partition of unforgettable escapades is based on a notion that the secret for leading a magical, well-lived life is often dependent upon what one DOES:
- D = Do: Exhilarating experiences and adventures
- O = Observe: Fascinating marvels and spectacles
- E = Eat: Tasty flavors and cuisines
- S = Sleep: Dreamy hideaways and lodgings
Active explorers glide serenely across a glacial lake on Victorian chair skates or pedal over swaying treetops along a high wire. Fascinated visitors observe messy mashed potato wrestling or daring vine-tethered bungee jumpers. Hungry wanderers chow down on bear stew at a roadkill cook-off or drive through a giant donut for freshly baked, chocolate-glazed pastries. Sleepy adventurers doze to hypnotic sitar lullabies within a moonlit palace or completely rotate a 65-ton bedroom high atop an industrial harbor crane.
In this ambitious, encyclopedic volume bursting with real fairy-tale wonders, an unprecedented catalog of more than five hundred kaleidoscopic travel opportunities are vividly etched in eye-popping, critically acclaimed photography enhanced by engaging text. A concluding directory invites ambitious voyagers to claim these newfound dream destinations for themselves.
Experience these awe-inspiring wonders, sparking curiosity, discovery, and even perhaps personal transformation.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781510780439
ISBN-10: 1510780432
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 254 x 229 x 30 mm
Greutate: 1.57 kg
Editura: Skyhorse
Colecția Skyhorse
ISBN-10: 1510780432
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 254 x 229 x 30 mm
Greutate: 1.57 kg
Editura: Skyhorse
Colecția Skyhorse
Notă biografică
Peter Guttman is a photographer, writer, author, lecturer, television personality, and adventurer, who has traveled on assignment to all seven continents and over 260 countries. Guttman was named by the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film as one of “20 of the World’s Most Influential Photographers.” The author of nine previous books, he has received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Exploration and Storytelling, has three times won the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year Award, and was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the New York Travel Writers Society. Guttman created Beautiful Planet HD, the first number-one bestselling travel app, and has had solo exhibitions in museums and at Sotheby’s and the United Nations. His work has appeared in Condé Nast Traveler, Geo, Men’s Journal, National Geographic Adventure, the New York Times, and Outside. Joining the ranks of Jacques Cousteau and Buzz Aldrin, Guttman was named a Fellow of The Explorer’s Club, requiring substantial contributions to mankind’s geographical knowledge, in 2023.
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Praise for Peter Guttman:
“A legendary photographer and journalist whose travels have taken him across all seven continents.”––Arts in the City
“Some of the most daring, thrilling, breathtaking photos of the last four decades have come from the camera of Peter Guttman, whose images have transported people to all seven continents and 250 countries.”––Arts in the City
“He’s braved molten lava, chased violent tornadoes, hung off cranes over Antarctica’s icy seas, climbed presidential noses, and waded deep in cranberry bogs to get his shots.”––Arts in the City
"How the photographs are placed in this exquisitely composed book reveals as much about the American character as Mr. Guttman's prose."––New York Sun
"His photographs, like Walt Whitman’s poetry, paradoxically restore faith in a more perfect union.”––New York Sun
“That Mr. Guttman is a fine writer, as well as a connoisseur of people and places, is evident."––New York Sun
"If only Whitman were alive to catalog Guttman’s lineup of American types that are so well put together."––New York Sun
"You too will fall under his spell ... A marvelous dream book, sure to appeal to any traveler with a sense of wonder, where Peter is the map!"––The Longitude Blog
"Life on the edge: fearless travel journalist Peter Guttman chronicles the extreme end of what the world can offer."––Daily Mail
"This is armchair traveling at its best and just might give you the nudge you need to add more adrenaline-laced activity to your life."––Time Warner Cable News
"Using light to its fullest, Mr. Guttman creates stunning images no matter how far he travels ... sumptuous, dramatically lit shots ... a one-man Explorer's Club."––The New York Times
"Peter Guttman is a gutsy photographer who has taken pictures all over the world and paints glorious word-pictures with extraordinary photographs... legendary."––Popular Photography
"His photographs all seem to glow from an inner light."––Dallas Morning News
"One of the premiere travel photographers."––CNN
"Such a beautiful vision."––CBS This Morning
"One of the world's most accomplished photographers."––National Public Radio
"Guttman's photographs capture the spirit of a place."––Time
"Breathtaking... evocative... stunning. "––Kirkus Reviews
"It is his thirst for new experiences––and new subjects to photograph––that drives his life. He has chased tornadoes, skydived, gone spelunking, ridden Olympic bobsleds, and climbed high into the rigging of tall ships and to the top of a radio tower at the North Pole."––Kodak Guide to Shooting Great Travel Pictures
"His work is filled with joy, beauty and insight, and he conveys his sense of wonder with the world in every photograph. His work is inspiring and impressive."––Society of American Travel Writers
"His eye is magical, and he clicks his lens at the perfect moment––time and time again. Gifted photographer Peter Guttman thrives on discovering unusual destinations ... the photography is stupendous."––New Orleans Times Picayune
“A legendary photographer and journalist whose travels have taken him across all seven continents.”––Arts in the City
“Some of the most daring, thrilling, breathtaking photos of the last four decades have come from the camera of Peter Guttman, whose images have transported people to all seven continents and 250 countries.”––Arts in the City
“He’s braved molten lava, chased violent tornadoes, hung off cranes over Antarctica’s icy seas, climbed presidential noses, and waded deep in cranberry bogs to get his shots.”––Arts in the City
"How the photographs are placed in this exquisitely composed book reveals as much about the American character as Mr. Guttman's prose."––New York Sun
"His photographs, like Walt Whitman’s poetry, paradoxically restore faith in a more perfect union.”––New York Sun
“That Mr. Guttman is a fine writer, as well as a connoisseur of people and places, is evident."––New York Sun
"If only Whitman were alive to catalog Guttman’s lineup of American types that are so well put together."––New York Sun
"You too will fall under his spell ... A marvelous dream book, sure to appeal to any traveler with a sense of wonder, where Peter is the map!"––The Longitude Blog
"Life on the edge: fearless travel journalist Peter Guttman chronicles the extreme end of what the world can offer."––Daily Mail
"This is armchair traveling at its best and just might give you the nudge you need to add more adrenaline-laced activity to your life."––Time Warner Cable News
"Using light to its fullest, Mr. Guttman creates stunning images no matter how far he travels ... sumptuous, dramatically lit shots ... a one-man Explorer's Club."––The New York Times
"Peter Guttman is a gutsy photographer who has taken pictures all over the world and paints glorious word-pictures with extraordinary photographs... legendary."––Popular Photography
"His photographs all seem to glow from an inner light."––Dallas Morning News
"One of the premiere travel photographers."––CNN
"Such a beautiful vision."––CBS This Morning
"One of the world's most accomplished photographers."––National Public Radio
"Guttman's photographs capture the spirit of a place."––Time
"Breathtaking... evocative... stunning. "––Kirkus Reviews
"It is his thirst for new experiences––and new subjects to photograph––that drives his life. He has chased tornadoes, skydived, gone spelunking, ridden Olympic bobsleds, and climbed high into the rigging of tall ships and to the top of a radio tower at the North Pole."––Kodak Guide to Shooting Great Travel Pictures
"His work is filled with joy, beauty and insight, and he conveys his sense of wonder with the world in every photograph. His work is inspiring and impressive."––Society of American Travel Writers
"His eye is magical, and he clicks his lens at the perfect moment––time and time again. Gifted photographer Peter Guttman thrives on discovering unusual destinations ... the photography is stupendous."––New Orleans Times Picayune