<p><strong>'Unique and uniquely beautiful.'</strong> <em>Los Angeles Times </em></p><p><strong>'An essential snapshot of the trends shaping today's world.'</strong> <em>The Ecologist </em></p><p><strong>'The State of the World Atlas is something else - an occasion of wit and an act of subversion. These are the bad dreams of the modern world, given color and shape and submitted to a grid that can be grasped instantaneously.'</strong> <em>New York Times </em></p><p><strong>'Smith presents, without frills, all the essential facts and figures of what really counts in the world today. An assault on your night's rest!'</strong> <em>Argus </em></p><p><strong>'A striking new approach to cartography... no one wishing to keep a grip on the reality of the world should be without these books.' </strong><em>International Herald Tribune </em></p><p><strong>'[The] Atlas provides a beautifully clear and fairly current overview of a whole series of factors relevant to understanding global trends and current events and concerns.'</strong> <em>Change Management Monitor Newsletter </em></p><p><strong>'This excellent little atlas provides a clear and current picture of the state of the world.'</strong> <em>Change Management Monitor </em></p><p><strong>'This guide is an indispensable visual survey of current events and social trends that makes understanding the vast array of data both possible and pleasurable... We are... full of praise - buy this book.'</strong> <em>Pure Living </em></p><p><strong>'State of the World Atlas is a unique survey of global events and trends, providing a comprehensive visual overview.'</strong> <em>Sustain - Built Environment Matters </em></p><p><strong>'It's a marketer's dream and a forecaster's godsend: a cornucopia of facts, stats, trends, demographics and little-known data about the world and what goes on in it.'</strong><em> The Information</em> </p><p><strong>'This is a comprehensive, highly informative and accessible reference work.'</strong> <em>Scientific and Medical Review Network</em> </p><p><strong>'A very lively, beautifully produced set of maps which gives highly visual basic comparisons over a very wide range of examples. As such this is a great addition to any library making it one of the definite must-buys of the texts reviewed this year.'</strong> <em>Ecological and Environmental Education </em></p><p><strong>'Covers with an acute and perspicacious narrative supported by clear illustrations the elements that make up our societies.'</strong> <em>Book Steps </em></p><p><strong>'The atlas sets out data in a clear manner that tells us more about our world, almost instantaneously, than days spent studying the statistics on which they are based.'</strong> <em>African Business </em></p><p><strong>'Provides a unique visual survey of current affairs and global trends.'</strong> <em>International Affairs </em></p><p><strong>'It is well worth a library purchase and some time spent in systematic study.'</strong> <em>SG, Social and Environmental Accounting Journal, April 2007. </em></p><p><strong>'This is a book that should be in every school library.'</strong> <em>Network Review, The Scientific and Medical Network </em></p>