An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Introduces a wide range of cultures and the landscapes which they inhabit.

Provides information on 192 countries, with subjects including geography, demographics, economics, and social information.

Discover the countries of the world - explore their geography, wildlife, traditions, and arts in this picture-included children's ebook. Every country profile includes photos, and each nation has a full-colour map detailing its main cities, landscape features, and borders, and exactly where in the world it is. At-a-glance panels provide a quick reference to all the stats, and the easy-to-read text is full of fascinating, fun facts. Countries, Cultures, People & Places shows the many unique things that make one country different from another, but might also reveal surprising similarities. Did you know that Cuba's national sport is baseball, one of the most popular sports in the USA? And that kids in both Japan and Chile have earthquake drills on their school schedule? Find out about anything from the spookily vibrant Day of the Dead parade in Mexico and the beautiful springtime cherry blossom displays of Japan, to blueberry-picking in Sweden and India's space programme. So pack your bags, decide your destination, and begin your journey!

Alphabetically arranged entries provide political, economic, and business information for 232 nations and self-governing territories around the world, and includes maps, charts, and tables.

By intelligence officials for intelligent people