1.   Topics cover a wide spectrum.

2.   Topics covered in an extensive supplementary section range from sleeping and feeding arrangements and etiquette on the trail to a listing of Internet sites that focus on traveling dogs.

3.   Topics covered range from airfare know-how to home swaps, car rentals to health and safety.

4.   Topics covered range from relationships to pantyhose.

5.   The topics covered economic change, literature, Islam, history and gender.

6.   Topics covered in workshops and discussions include everything from drug prices to homosexuality, AIDS orphans and funding.

7.   Topics covered range from environmental damage to life expectancy.