Ever want a quick, visual explanation of far-rangling topics from anthropology to zoology? In Camille Juzeau and design studio the Shelf Company's Phenomena: An Infographic Guide to Almost Everything, vibrantly and boldly imaged infographics give readers a crash course on content such as dinosaur size, space pollution, permafrost, the history of yoga, Ovid's The Metamorphoses, and the chemistry of love. The eye-catching, full-page diagrams accompany short informative texts that provide interesting, conversation-provoking overviews. To resist the heaviness of a textbook, the topics are loosely organized, allowing for a free-thinking approach to new information--deep-sea exploration, for example, finds itself next to the world's tallest buildings, and a page on snail shells faces one on mobile homes. There are helpful guides for easy navigation at the end of the book: a list of topics and a further list of subject fields. This coffee-table book is meant to be opened frequently and randomly, and can be explored alone or with others; Phenomena achieves a skillful balance between teaching and entertaining. --Michelle Anya Anjirbag, freelance reviewer