Book by This is a shorter, weaker version of the Cosmopolitan World Atlas. World Book has all the drawbacks of the Cosmopolitan without the benefit of the latter's maps of U.S. states and Canadian provinces. That wouldn't be so bad if the price were reasonable. But World Book asks $109 for significantly less than Rand McNally offers for $70. This is not so much a bad atlas as a bad deal. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.