The 1,200 photographs in this book are, for the most part, mouth-watering, and I like the egalitarian design (the countries are listed in alphabetical order, and each one gets two pages, no matter the size or population or relative fame). A word to the easily offended: there are several photos of bare-breasted women and at least one of nude children.

Certainly this book whets a person's appetite for international travel. As a travel guide it's not very useful, since there's only bits of information on each nation, but it's wonderful browsing and would probably be good for people trying to make up their minds on where they want to go. ( )

Excellent brief glimpse at the countries of the world. I especially liked how they gave recommendations on what to read, watch and listen to, for each country. ( )

Love this book! Amazing photographs and very insightful information for each country in the world. ( )

This is a fantastic book that is always on my coffee table. I love to browse through it with a cup of coffee on a rainy Sunday morning. Very inspiring! ( )