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World Desk Reference

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DK did an excellent job on this revised version of their bestselling World Reference Atlas. This is much more comprehensive and includes new things like the telephone country code, the internet suffix, and whether the citizens drive on the left or right side of the road. An excellent book!

Really it's quite big and very good. It contains 3 sections, section 1, maps, more like an atlas, a map on the world on every page. Section 2 - Factfiles for every country in the world, including Dependencies and territories such as Antarctica. Section 2 also contains the date of independence, which years borders were eastablished, the country's national day, the vehicle registration plate, crime, transportation and many many more. Section 3 is a very useful gazetteer plus a great nearly over an a hundred paged index.

I especially like books from DK. And this one doesn't disappoint me. DK World Desk Reference is a fine reference to the countries of the world. Like many DK books, the books are easy to read. DK uses vivid colors and symbols make the books very interesting and easy to understand. Highly recommended.