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Product details Series World Almanac and Book of Facts Paperback 1008 pages Publisher World Almanac (November 1, 2005) Language English ISBN-10 0886879647

World Almanac and Book of Facts World Almanac 9780886879648 Books Reviews

• I first got the World Almanac in 1958 when I was ten years old. I must say the quality has never gone down and it's been most consistent in presenting the information the reader needs in a compact format. Two changes that have improved the Almanac over the years is that it is no longer so New York City orientated. It's not owned by a NYC newspaper but now is national and international in scope. Another change is that it's published on acid-free paper. My old 1958 collapsed into dust when I tried to open it in 2002. All the tables and information stays in the same part of the Almanac so you don't go looking for it. This has always been a useful tool and I hope it will be around in 2078.
• I buy this EVERY year.
  Buy the HARDBACK.
  The paperback is just so damned small the print will be hard to read
  for those of us in our senior years.
• A good book to have around the apartment or house, the World Almanac provides a quality reference material. Highly organized and well formatted, with very clear sections, I found this useful for browsing and specific searches on topics and facts. In the beginning of this title there is some good overview of the 2010s in the US, economic, social, and election events. There is also a chart about drug use trends, and just with this one entry I already have some new understanding of national events (p. 6, 7). Looking further, I found good summaries of US Presidents (p. 489) and facts, summaries, and residents of the 50 States (ex. p. 566-567). Later, I found the top nations in the world by population (p. 730). I'd estimate that, like me, a majority of US college students can't name the top ten countries in the world by population in order (here's an acronym CIUIBP-NBRJ). Finally, the book has a lot of good illustrations, mostly black and white, with some good quality color charts and photos in the middle. For those who aren't buying this one, most public libraries will have a copy, either the hardcover or paperback version. Hope people enjoy and benefit from a strong culture of learning in America, and support bookstores and libraries (partly because of the public access, partly because learning by print books is generally superior to learning on screens). Our competitors like China (60 Minutes, 1/13/19) are very much in tune with this idea. Federal and State budget debates need to revisit the idea of establishing categories of funding (akin to Kant's Categorical Imperative), with bright lines and percentages that guide the funding decisions, and not just dollar amounts (for example, dedicating two percent (2%) of the Federal budget to the DOE would provide good results, and State legislature funding at ten percent (10%) for state colleges would similarly provide affordable quality higher education, and help these programs avoid being squeezed by entitlement spending other than Social Security ("EOTSS"), primarily Medicare and Medicaid).
• This is perhaps the worst purchase I have ever made from . The paperback version of this book has MICROSCOPIC print. Seriously, it is absolutely ridiculous. I don't know how anyone could actually read and enjoy this. My teenagers couldn't even read it comfortably without a magnifying glass. Note that the "look inside" option is the KINDLE view, so don't expect it to look like that if you buy the paperback version. The pages are like newspaper pages, but with print about 1/4 the size of newsprint. We have purchased many different types of almanacs as they are my 12 year old son's favorite thing to read. This is a very thick book with very thin pages, printed in teeny tiny black and white print. It is definitely more of a reference book than something that you would read for fun facts. I was shocked, quite honestly, after all of the almanacs we have purchased. I thought I understood what we were getting. This version is NOT for older kids/young teens who love world record books and informational almanacs. No pictures, no color, just microscopic black and white print, organized in a way that is tedious to read. I was not looking for a children's book, but I don't see how a teen or adult could enjoy this.