Secret Places, Hidden Sanctuaries: Uncovering Mysterious Sites, Symbols, and Societies |  | Authors: Stephen Klimczuk, Gerald Warner
Publisher: Sterling
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Sales Rank: 142778
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 1402762070
Dewey Decimal Number: 001.9
EAN: 9781402762079
ASIN: 1402762070
Publication Date: November 3, 2009 (New: Last 30 Days)
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The doors of some of the world’s best-hidden places and most secretive organizations have now been thrown wide open! Some of the names are familiar: Area 51, Yale’s Skull and Bones, Opus Dei, the Esalen Institute. Others are more obscure, hidden by fate or purposeful deception, such as the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, the super-secure facility where Vice President Dick Cheney was secreted after the 9/11 attacks, and Germany’s Wewelsburg Castle, which was intended to become the mythological centerpiece of the Nazi Regime. Readers can take an unprecedented look deep inside the off-the-map military installations and shadowy organizations that operate in the murkiest corners of our world.
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Mysterious, strange and weird November 11, 2009
David LaGraff (Madera, California)
Secret Places, Hidden Sanctuaries is a book about, well, secret places and hidden sanctuaries, many of which generate quite a hullabaloo. The authors have have opted here to out the truth, and during the process more than a few cultural icons are smashed and burned, but many are saved, depending on the facts of the case. Some of the stories are light-hearted and some are downright ghastly. The thread holding all this together is the authors sharp-witted running commentary laced with acerbic wit.
The wide-ranging global tour begins at Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland and winds up at the Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles, or, rather, from the smoke and mirrors of Dan Brown's DaVinci Code to the cigar smoke of George Burns. The tour is all the more enjoyable because the authors have worked hard to find information not readily available anywhere else. I consider myself fairly well-versed, but I still picked up at least one new factoid per page. The volume dresses out to 251 pages, so that's a lot of factoids.
I would like to see more pictures, perhaps posted on the companion blog ([...]). I hope a sequel is being planned. I hear the Scientology people have built a secret prison up in Happy Valley ...
A rewarding read, with a running time of about 10 cigars.
Excellent Book October 30, 2009
Robert Overkamp
I received this book as soon as it was released. I've gotten about half way through so far and have been enjoying it thoroughly. There have been many items covered so far that I was unaware of. I hope the authors consider doing another book!
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