Arianne Cohen is the award-winning author of Confessions of a High School Word Nerd, The TALL Book, and The Sex Diaries Project- What We're Saying About What We're Doing. Cohen's work regularly appears in Marie Claire, the New York Times, Vogue, and the Guardian. Cohen has given talks around the world about self-esteem, body image, and healthy relationships. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University. Colleen Kinder is the author ofDelaying the Real Worldand the co-editor ofConfessions of a High School Word Nerd. Kinder is also a travel writer and photographer whose work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, The New Republicand the Wall Street Journal. Her essays have been anthologized in The Best American Travel Writing 2013, Readings for Writers, The Best Women's Travel Writing,and more. Kinder is a graduate of both YaleUniversity and the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program. She teaches writing in both the United States and France.
A well-written and well-organized overview of the country's geography, turbulent history, culture religions, people, and government. The textual sidebars, highlighting places, people, and culture and interesting and informative. A useful resource for reports.