‘100 Countries, 5,000 Ideas’

National Geographic Books’ “100 Countries, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do” (400 pp., $26.95) offers trip-planning tips on destinations from Argentina to Zimbabwe.

Featured charts help design trips geared toward specific interests (ex., spa vacation, travel with children, etc.), list things to take into consideration (cost, hotel quality, transportation and safety) and include a month-by-month chart of each country’s average weather.