When I lived in Vermont there was a country store whose motto was, "If we ain't got it, you don't need it." That could be the motto of The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion.
This book has recipes for every cookie and bar type cookie imaginable. The folks at King Arthur know a lot about baking as they run a baking center at their flagship store in Vermont.
The recipes in the beginning of the book for things like chocolate chip, sugar, oatmeal and peanut butter come with many variations. Every recipe comes with an introductory paragraph as well as nutritional information.
There are only a few pages of photographs in the middle of the book but there are numerous drawings sprinkled throughout.
I have tried numerous recipes in this book and they all produce spectacular results. Simply put, if you're looking for a cookie recipe and this book doesn't have it, you don't need it.