{"product_id":"the-penguin-state-of-the-world-atlas-isbn-9780143122654","title":"The Penguin State of the World Atlas","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe completely up-to-date edition of a comprehensive overview of the elements that define our world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in its ninth edition, the widely praised \u003ci\u003ePenguin State of the World Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e remains an accessible, unique visual survey of current events and global trends. Completely revised and updated, this distinctive atlas presents the latest statistics on communications and information technology, international trade, globalization of work, aging and new health risks, food and water, energy resources and consumption, global warming and biodiversity, literacy, gender equality, wars and peacekeeping, and more. Fascinating, troubling, and surprising, this is one atlas no student of the world should be without.\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for the 8th edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin State of the World Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The\u003ci\u003e State of the World Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Unique and uniquely beautiful . . . A single map here tells us more about the world today than a dozen abstracts or scholarly tomes.\" —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A striking new approach to cartography . . . no-one wishing to keep a grip on the reality of the world should be without these books.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eInternational Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Packed with fascinating facts and figures on everything from the international drugs industry to climate change.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is Secretary General of  International Alert, based in London, and former Director of the  International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO). In 2007-2011 he was  Chairman of the UN Peacebuilding Fund Advisory Group. In 2002 he was  awarded an OBE. He is also author of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlas of War and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe State of the Middle East.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305137197285,"sku":"NP9780143122654","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143122654.jpg?v=1767740915","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-penguin-state-of-the-world-atlas-isbn-9780143122654","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}