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Get thousands of facts right at your fingertips with this updated resource.The World Almanac® and Book of Facts is America's top-selling reference book of all time, with more than 82 million copies sold. Published annually since 1868, this compendium of information is the authoritative source for all your entertainment, reference, and learning needs. Praised as a “treasure trove of political, economic, scientific and educational statistics and information” by The Wall Street Journal, The World Almanac® contains thousands of facts that are unavailable publicly elsewhere—in fact, it has been featured as a category on Jeopardy! and is routinely used as a go-to, all-encompassing guide for aspiring game show contestants. The 2013 edition of The World Almanac® and Book of Facts will answer all of your trivia questions—from history and sports to geography, pop culture, and much more.
Series: World Almanac & Book of Facts
Paperback: 1008 pages
Publisher: World Almanac Adult; 1 edition (December 4, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 160057162X
ISBN-13: 978-1600571626
Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 1.6 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (251 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #400,727 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #175 in Books > Reference > Almanacs & Yearbooks #3216 in Books > Textbooks > Reference
As great of a resource as the Internet can sometimes be, there is still nothing like personally owning and browsing through a single, authoritative, well-organized, tangible compendium of essential information about our world. It is easy to get lost in all the information on the Internet, but browsing through the "World Almanac" can be an enjoyable, educational, linear-path "guided tour" through much of the most important and relevant information about many aspects of the world.The "New York Times" and "Time with Information Please" almanacs have ceased publication in recent years, so it is good that the "World Almanac" is still going strong. Its only major remaining competitor is the "Time Powered by Britannica". The "World Almanac" is clearly the better of the two, as it has color photo plates for the year in review, is more up-to-date, is 144 pages longer, and, most importantly, makes much better use of space. For example, "Time's" listings of the nations of the world covers 297 pages, while the "World Almanac's" covers only 107, even though the "World's" is arguably more comprehensive. Similarly, both have essentially the same coverage of Olympics, but the "Time" takes 68 pages to do it while the "World Almanac" takes 25. Thus, there is much more total information in the "World Almanac." Nevertheless, there are some good things in the "Time" not in the "World" (such as more detailed information about state governments; listings of Fields Medal, National Medal of Science, and National Medal of Arts winners; tables of nutritional values of foods; and listings of great symphonies and opera companies of the world along with their directors), so, if you like almanacs, I would still recommend getting both.
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