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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Bachmann, Stefan, 1993- author.     Subjects     Architectural design -- History.     Historic buildings -- Design.     Corridors -- Designs and plans.     Hiding places -- Designs and plans.     Secrecy.     Curiosities and wonders.     Eccentrics and eccentricities.     Hiding places.     Rooms.     Corridors.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bachmann, Stefan, 1993- author.       by title:      The secret life of h...         MARC Display

The secret life of hidden places : concealed rooms, clandestine passageways, and the curious minds that made them / Stefan Bachmann & April Genevieve Tucholke. by Bachmann, Stefan, 1993- author. New York, NY : Workman Publishing, [2023] Subjects Architectural design -- History.   Historic buildings -- Design.   Corridors -- Designs and plans.   Hiding places -- Designs and plans.   Secrecy.   Curiosities and wonders.   Eccentrics and eccentricities.   Hiding places.   Rooms.   Corridors. ISBN:  9781523516988 (hardcover) 1523516984 (hardcover) Description:  xi, 292 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  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). Requests:  1 Summary:  "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?"-- Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aiea Public Library Acquisitions --- On Order   in Processing Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Acquisitions --- On Order   in Processing Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Acquisitions --- On Order   in Processing Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult New Books 720.9 Ba In Cataloging Add Copy to MyList Kaneohe Public Library Pop-Up Adult Nonfiction 720.9 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList Keaau P/S Library Acquisitions --- On Order   in Processing Add Copy to MyList Naalehu Public Library Adult Nonfiction 720.9 Ba Transit Request Add Copy to MyList Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library Acquisitions --- On Order   in Processing Add Copy to MyList

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