there be magazine which concentrate in just one subject . there be magazine about current event . but National Geographic be a magazine that , use geography as a excuse , it permit itself to tackle every subject imaginable . I look at it as the ultimate GENERAL interest magazine . -lrb- not by chance this magazine every month be translate and publish in just about any language , include Spanish , Portuguese and Polish , just to name some . I read particularly the spanish edition , be my native language . I have try the English edition but some technical word make it a little harder , but not too much -rrb- it be a must if you want to understand the world and everything in it , it be no longer just a geography magazine , since they have feature story range from coca plantation and the danger of cocaine -lrb- January 1989 -rrb- to baseball -lrb- minor league , April 1991 -rrb- . I dare you to look in the publication index at ... \/ publication and search for any subject you think of , no matter how subtle or frivolous might seem . I be sure you 'll find something about it . and of course , the photography and the writing be always superb . it be not suppose to be a very technical magazine , since it be target to the general public . so why do not you give yourself a unlimited passport to anywhere in the world , and a textbook for everything this planet have on it ?