<H1>User-Friendly Maps And Facts</H1> K Publishing, New York, is offering a pocket-sized atlas and a global fact book.
The Ultimate Pocket World Factfile ($12.95), is a comprehensive guide that includes more than 10,000 pertinent facts about nations around the world. Each page includes short abstracts on a country's geography, climate, social makeup and economy, as well as a map. The bottom of the page has a Fact File detailing the country's date of formation, area, capital, population, density, languages, religions, ethnic mix, currency and government.
The Ultimate Pocket World Atlas (also $12.95) features the most up-to-date information on political and state borders, terrain, vegetation, towns and cities, communication lines, airports and even details of the sea floor. For information, call 212-213-4800.
<H1>Multimedia Travel Guides</H1>Is business taking you to a new city? Macmillan Digital USA, a division of Simon & Schuster, has released Frommer's Interactive Travel Guides (suggested retail, $34.95).
The series is debuting with four titles; New York City, San Francisco, New Orleans and Boston. Each guide includes the full text of Frommer's Comprehensive Travel Guides, with hotel, restaurant, ATM and other resource listings; high-quality digital video clips, photos, interactive locator maps, an integrated planner so that users can prepare a customized travel itinerary, and AOL and Internet connections for travel updates. The software is compatible with Windows 3.1 and Windows '95 operating systems.
To order, call 800-910-0099. Frommer's Website can be reached at http://www.macdigital.com.
<H4>Portable Workstation</H4>Rolodex has released The Curtis Case, a dual-purpose laptop accessory that combines computer protection and electronic features to facilitate work en route.
The protective case features built-in wiring ports allowing travelers to run cables through the bag that connect to a retractable surge protector. "The Curtis Case not only provides the best protection for a notebook computer, but it facilitates mobile computing with its immediate transformation into a portable work station," said Richard Tremmel, general manager of Secaucus, N.J.-based Rolodex.
For information, call 800-955-9514, or send e-mail to
[email protected].