The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World (Paperback)
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*Starred Review* Even the most avid readers of travel guides and travel literature will not have encountered a book quite like this one. It is huge and heavy but reasonably priced, and it is vastly informative, which is its (more…)
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Too Little About Too Much
I borrowed this book from the local library and found it to be one of the most unwieldly books in existence!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Substantial Yet Inadequate
“The Travel Book” is a Lonely Planet book with much promise and many features to recommend it: it also falls short in a number of areas.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great book! Lots of great pictures and helpful information
This is a great book with lots of helpful, yet basic, information about each place. It is a lot of fun to open up to a random page and read about a country that you may have…
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best books I own!
I keep this book on my coffee table and find myself getting lost in it at least once a week. Not only was it a huge endeavor for them to make a compilation of every country in the…
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don’t purchase from this seller
I never got the book. Contacted seller twice and was ignored. Amazon.com customer service also ignored me.
4.0 out of 5 stars
25,000 miles wide and an inch deep
Who knew Lonely Planet, publisher of the quintessential guides for backpack-hostel-rail pass travelers, aspired to become the next National Geographic?
5.0 out of 5 stars
It inspires me.
I was surprised so many people critiqued this book as if it could even begin to be a comprehensible travel book for the ENTIRE WORLD.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Look @ the World
I loved this so much I bought one for a gift. It’s a wonderful look at EVERY country in the world…. amazing!
1.0 out of 5 stars
Big disappointment
I bought this book and find it absolutely useless. If you expect to learn something about a country this is not the book for you. It is a big waste of money.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great travel book
This book is excellent for anyone who has a good sense of wanderlust. It gives a good snippit for each country and the pictures are beautiful.