An Atlas of Countries That Don't Exist : A Compendium of Fifty Unrecognized and Largely Unnoticed States (Hardcover)

from bostonian71

In terms of looks, this gets 4 stars, being rather handsomely designed (though the type, being italic, is harder to read). In terms of content, however, I found myself wanting more, sometimes quite literally. The selection of "countries" seems rather arbitrary, as the author admits, and has both ...

from kcshankd

A partly serious, partly cheeky geographers look at the world. Some of these hidden countries are deadly serious - Northern Cyprus, Catalonia, Crimea, Tibet, Bangsamro - and some are a lark: Sealand and seemingly countless fantasy islands. I was left wanting more about the serious countries and m...

from yoyogod

It's a book about 50 countries that lack (or lacked as some no longer exist) general outside recognition as independent states. Each country is given four pages. Page one has the country's name, a one sentence description, and its flag(s). Page two has some basic data and a cutout through which y...

from velopunk

I took this book to a picnic and several people found it very interesting, as did I. It's not necessarily a book that you read in one sitting. I found myself going back to the book over a period of time. The book has an interesting way of placing the "country".On a solid red page the outline of t...

from wdwilson3

A triumph of design over content, this volume's 232 pages are chiefly consumed by peek-a-boo maps, double-page continent headings and fact sheets with huge borders. That leaves little space with useful content, just a page for each of 50 “countries.” I did learn a little about places I was unfami...