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'An illuminating glimpse of the chain reactions of human and physical geography.' Financial Times'A truly original adventure into new ways of exploring what we mean by a sense of place.' Simon JenkinsOur world has innumerable boundaries, ranging from the obvious - like oceans and mountain ranges - to the intangible - like subtle differences in language or climate. Most of us cross invisible lines all the time, but rarely do we stop to consider them. Invisible Lines presents 30 such unseen boundaries, intriguing and unexpected examples of the myriad ways in which we collectively engage with and experience the world. From football fans in Buenos Aires to air quality in China, Paris' banlieues to sub-Saharan Africa's Malaria Belt, the invisible boundaries that shape our experiences and existence provide a compelling guide to seeing and understanding our world anew.

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Praise for INVISIBLE LINES * : * An illuminating glimpse of the chain reactions of human and physical geography * Financial Times * Fascinating...a truly original adventure into new ways of exploring a sense of place -- Simon Jenkins A chance to see the world anew through the eyes of a wonderfully curious new writer * Observer * Endlessly interesting * Spectator * Old worlds enhanced, new worlds exposed and challenged ... a wise and thought-provoking series of raids across borders we thought we knew and others made visible to us, by Maxim Samson's forensic eye -- Iain Sinclair Invisible Lines is a fascinating, detailed exploration of the hidden boundaries that carve up the world ... it is a pleasure to accompany Samson to the Malaria Belt, inside eruvim (markers of a single domestic space within which fewer Sabbath regulations apply), or along the border of Portugal to discover why vultures prefer not to cross it * Telegraph * Utterly engrossing! Samson's literary atlas of the world's unseen boundaries and how they've shaped our lives demands to be read -- Professor Lewis Dartnell, author of Origins: How the Earth Shaped Human History A fascinating exploration of the lesser-known and more subtle borders across the earth and the surprising ways in which they shape our lives * i news *

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Maxim Samson is an adjunct professor at DePaul University in Chicago, specialising in cultural geography and religion. An award-winning educator and researcher from the UK, he holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Leeds and has researched and taught at universities in the US and Indonesia. He is the author of Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts that Define the World and Earth Shapers: How Humans Mastered Geography and Remade the World.

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