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Atlas Obscura: Wild Life – with Cara Giaimo

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Please note that all seats are General Admission. Doors for the event are at 6:30. There will be a signing after the Q&A. 

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Cara Giaimo visits Phoenixville to discuss Atlas Obscura: Wild Life, the latest book from the wildly popular team at Atlas Obscura. Along with her co-author Joshua Foer, Cara has brought us a nature book like no other—a dazzling, over-the-top collection of the world’s most extraordinary wild species that takes you to all seven continents and beyond. It’s more than a field guide—it’s an adventure. Cara will bring Atlas Obscura’s signature style of curiosity and wonder to Phoenixville for what will be an evening filled with fascinating insight into the natural world.

Please note that this is a ticketed event, and your ticket includes a copy of Atlas Obscura: Wild Life (retail price $40) which Cara will be happy to sign following the event. There are two ticket options:

ADMIT ONE: $42 | Single Ticket: Admission for ONE + ONE signed copy of ATLAS OBSCURA: WILD LIFE (includes processing fee)

ADMIT TWO: $48 | Double Ticket: Admission for TWO + ONE signed copy of ATLAS OBSCURA: WILD LIFE (includes processing fee)

Featuring over 500 extraordinary plants, animals, and natural phenomena, with illustrations and photos on every page, Atlas Obscura: Wild Life takes readers around the globe—from Antarctic deserts to lush jungles, and into the deepest fathoms of the ocean and the hearts of our densest cities. Teeming with detail and wildly entertaining, Wild Life reinvigorates our sense of wonder, awe and amazement about the incredible creatures we share our planet with.

Whether you’re armchair exploring or planning your next real-life adventure, Wild Life makes the natural world feel vivid, magical, and spectacularly real. Discover the hidden natural wonders right in your backyard or explore mind-bending symbiotic relationships on the other side of the world.

Cara Giaimo lives in Somerville, MA, with her wife, Lilia, two cats, many plants, and uncountable neighborhood rats. A former staff writer at Atlas Obscura, Cara now covers our fellow species for the New York Times, Fabrikzeitung, Bloomberg Businessweek, and elsewhere. Her first book, Detector Dogs (with Christina Couch), was published by MIT Kids Press in 2022. She plays guitar in Sidebody.

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