Shelfari edited the description of The Cities Book: A Journey Through The Best Cities In The World (Lonely Planet Pictorial) Saturday, August 1 2009.
Cities represent civilization and human achievement: they are bubbling microcosms of virtues and vices, vanguards of technology and creative pursuits, incubators of traditions and melting-pots of diversity. More than half the world's population now lives in cities, and for travellers they hold an endless fascination.