I’ve been a geography nerd since I can remember. It used to be limited to ordering atlases from the Scholastic Book magazines in elementary school. Now it’s books about the history, politics, and cultures of regions that fascinate me. “An Atlas of Countries that Don’t Exist” was right in my sweet spot for geographical books. Nick Middleton chooses fifty unrecognized states and gives a brief history of what was, what is, and what the states want to be in the future. Some of the states […]