Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World (Lonely Planet Pictorial) [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]

*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 calling card. All the writers who contribute to the Lonely Planet travel guide series have put heads, knowledge, and experience together and come up with an A-Z series of capsule profiles of every country in the world, 230 in number. Each country gets a two-page spread, on which are placed, like luscious dishes set before one at a feast, illustrations that are typical of Lonely Planet's unique, non-picture-postcard brand of shots. The accompanying text presents a cogent rundown of the best experiences for gaining the essence of the place; books to read beforehand; music to listen to before you go; food and drink to consume once you are there; and a few brief but pungent closing comments on the trademark things to do and buy and see and what, ultimately, is the best surprise awaiting the tourist. For borrowers in the travel section to sit down, look at, and make notes from, without taking off the premises. Brad Hooper
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San Francisco Chronicle, November 14, 2004
'Lonely Planet's photographs are technically perfect...and with all those images, every reader will find something to admire.'

Ein ganz besonderer Bildband über alle Länder dieser Erde: mit faszinierenden Fotos und unterhaltsamen und informativen Texten. Das perfekte Geschenk für alle Reisefreunde.

pint-sized paperback version of the best-seller The Travel Book inspirational images and text will make travel from your armchair a delight and inspire your future travel plans A-to-Z coverage of 218 countries - captures every country on the planet in photographs and atmospheric text features more than 1300 stunning images with double-page spreads of every country entertaining, informative text that captures the essence of being there includes cultural insights, key facts and maps content created and produced by Lonely Planet's expert staff and authors breathtaking photographs that capture the soul of each destination from Lonely Planet's comprehensive image library, Lonely Planet Images Images and text will make travel from your armchair a delight and who knows perhaps this book will inspire more exciting trips in the future?