Beyond the Map: Unruly Enclaves, Ghostly Places, Emerging Lands and Our Search for New Utopias

New islands are under construction or emerging because of climate change. Eccentric enclaves and fantastic utopian experiments are multiplying. Once-secret fantasy gardens are cracking open their doors to outsiders. Our world is becoming stranger by the day—and Alastair Bonnett observes and captures every fascinating change.
 
In Beyond the Map, Bonnett presents stories of the world’s most extraordinary spaces—many unmarked on any official map—all of which challenge our assumptions about what we know—or think we know—about our world. As cultural, religious and political boundaries ebb and flow with each passing day, traditional maps unravel and fragment. With the same adventurous spirit he effused in the acclaimed Unruly Places, Bonnett takes us to thirty-nine incredible spots around the globe to explore these changing boundaries and stimulate our geographical imagination. Some are tied to disruptive contemporary political turbulence, such as the rise of ISIL, Russia’s incursions into Ukraine and the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom. Others explore the secret places not shown on Google Earth or reflect fast-changing landscapes.
 
Beyond the Map journeys out into a world of mysterious, daunting and magical spaces. It is a world of hidden cultures and ghostly memories, of uncountable new islands and curious stabs at paradise. From the phantom tunnels of the Tokyo subway to a stunning movie-set re-creation of 1950s-era Moscow; from the caliphate of the Islamic State to virtual cybertopias—this book serves as an imaginative guide to the farthest fringes of geography.

• Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies
• Atlas of Improbable Places: A Journey to the World's Most Unusual Corners
• Walking the Americas: 1,800 Miles, Eight Countries, and One Incredible Journey from Mexico to Colombia
• The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps
• Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier
• Atlas of Cursed Places: A Travel Guide to Dangerous and Frightful Destinations
• The Road Trip Book: 1001 Drives of a Lifetime
• To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration
• All Over the Map: A Cartographic Odyssey
• History of the World Map by Map