An engaging celebration of global linguistic diversity, with plenty of fascinating cases of cross-linguistic variation in each chapter.

Geographic terms defined, plus information tables, illustrations and maps.

What makes a nation happy? Is one country's sense of happiness the same as another's? In the last two decades, psychologists and economists have learned a lot a

Tag along on this New York Times bestselling “witty, entertaining romp” (The New York Times Book Review) as Eric Weiner travels the world, from Athens to Si

Have you ever wondered what a badland is? What about a gulch? Do you wonder what an isthmus is? Or a seamount? What about the difference between a plateau and a