This is a pretty standard travel guide. Although I travel very independantly, I always like to at least have a book to browse to make sure I don't completely overlook or forget about something at my destination. Just a few points that stuck out to me:
Likes:
1) Lots of pictures makes it easy to browse when you're not really in the mood to sit down and tackle text.
2) Good country and regional maps.
3) Well-written and thorough historical and cultural sections.
Dislikes:
1) Size: a bit larger than your standard Moon, Rough Guides, or Lonely Planet.
2) Pictures all seem a bit artificial or too touristy from the start; in retrospect, they don't set the mood at all the way I experienced it while there (this is obviously a very objective statement...)
3) Not really enough weird stuff for my tastes. Overall, it's a bit too straightforward and for the standard visitor. I generally want to do strange things that the average person does not do. (Again, this is very objective, and from a twisted mind...) Anyway, I found plenty of weird stuff to do without help.
Overall, it's a good travel guide, and I'm not sure that there is a better one out there. Now that I own it, I'd keep it rather than risk a trade. It does its duty of giving you an idea of what is there.