The Book of Everything: A Visual Guide to Travel and the World

By Nigel Holmes

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher*

Want to know how to wear a kilt, kiss a stranger, prevent a hangover, get out of a sinking car, eat a lobster, greet an alien, predict the weather, play croquet and much, much more? The Book of Everthing has it all. Open the book Dive in We guarantee you'll learn something new. And, equipped for a world of smart, safe and exciting travel, you can use your witty know-how to make friends wherever you go.

Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Nigel Holmes.

About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places where they travel.

TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category

'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times

'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)

*#1 in the world market share - source: Nielsen Bookscan. Australia, UK and USA. March 2012-January 2013

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1742209637
• ISBN13: 9781742209630
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

I thought I knew how to French kiss.

I practiced French kissing all my life. Good thing I have this book as subject 68 on the etiquette of how to kiss, I would be happily embarrassed. This critter is full of interesting tips (no depth whatsoever), such as a bottle of vitamin B3 I received had all kinds of propaganda on the label; however, this book cuts to the chase and tells you what it is in English under the section 90 on victimology. Being in a household of felines, I particularly like the section on the various flags, “If the world were ruled by cats…” The only practicality of the book is the extensive index and the hours of fun perusing through the pages. Oh, if you do not see the subtitle, it is “A Visual Guide to Travel and the World.”