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She has also written books for younger readers, both children and young adults. Her recent novel Magnetic Hill (Mágneshegy) won the EU Prize for Literature in 2019. She has also won a number of domestic literary awards. Mán-Várhegyi lives in Budapest, where she works as a book editor. [1]
A gravity hill, also known as a magnetic hill, mystery hill, mystery spot, gravity road, or anti-gravity hill, is a place where the layout of the surrounding land produces an illusion, making a slight downhill slope appear to be an uphill slope. Thus, a car left out of gear will appear to be rolling uphill against gravity. [1]
Cover of 1969 tourist pamphlet for Magnetic Hill. With the rise in tourism after the Second World War, the roughly 1 kilometre segment of gravel road became one of Moncton's prime tourist attractions (along with the tidal bore on the Petitcodiac River). Magnetic Hill is now a historic property. [1]
Kutch district - Kalo Dungar magnetic hill: [114] [115] has a gravity hill optical illusion 5.2 km (3¼ miles) west of the Kutch Dattaterya Temple and 33 km (20 miles) northwest of Kutch city. Ladakh union territory: Leh district - Leh-Manali Magnetic Hill: is located 7.5 km (4¾ miles) southwest of Nimmoo on Leh on Manali-Leh highway. [116]
Magnet Hill is a gravity hill located, near Leh in Leh district of Ladakh, India. [1] The layout of the area and surrounding slopes create the optical illusion of a hill. The hill road is actually a downhill road. Objects and cars on the hill road may appear to roll uphill in defiance of gravity when they are, in fact, rolling downhill. [2]
Part of the Carta marina of 1539 by Olaus Magnus, depicting the location of magnetic north vaguely conceived as "Insula Magnetu[m]" (Latin for "Island of Magnets") off modern-day Murmansk. Detail from Gerardus Mercator 's map of the Arctic ( c. 1620 edition), showing the Rupes Nigra at the North Pole ('POLVS ARCTICVS'), surrounded by four large ...
Laura, the central character, lives happily enough with her husband and children, until a long forgotten lover comes back into her life. When her passion is re-awakened, she comes to realise how the excitement has faded from her life.
The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain (novel) is a 1995 novel by Christopher Monger. The book, narrated by the author, is claimed to be based on a story heard by him from his grandfather about the real village of Taff's Well , in the old county of Glamorgan, and its neighbouring Garth Hill .