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Title: The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2003 by Ken Park ISBN: 0-88687-882-9 Publisher: World Almanac Pub. Date: 23 November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.86 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An essential reference work for a "shrinking" planet
Comment: I recently bought a copy of "The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2003" for my workplace, and the book has gotten a lot of use. It's both a practical source of useful information and a fun thing to read in spare minutes.
The book reviews the top news stories of 2002, and includes coverage of the war on terrorism. There is a chronology covering 11 Oct. 2001 to 15 Oct 2002. The almanac is packed full of data in many categories: the U.S. government, arts and the media, awards, languages, religions, astronomy, nations of the world, etc. To make the book easy to use there is not only a one-page quick reference index and a more extensive general index, but also a quick thumb index on the back cover.
So if you want to know the salary of the Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, the name of the winner of the 1918 Pulitzer Prize in poetry, the surface area of the island of Elba, the number of Buddhists in Europe, or a huge number of other global facts, you've come to the right source.
Rating: 2
Summary: No 2002 World Series or Election Results
Comment: I've used the World Almanac for the last 30 years and it has been one of the best books around. I cannot say that about the 2003 edition, which became available in bookstores on Halloween. This is because the 2003 World Almanac does not include two features that have made it an institution: coverage of the most recent World Series and of the November 2002 Congressional and Gubernatorial elections. Having these results in book form shortly after they happen has been one of the World Almanac's greatest strengths until now. Those who want and need this information in book form will have to buy another book. If the publishers could have waited just a couple of weeks and published the book with these results as they have in the past, I would have given the book five stars. Publishing the 2003 World Almanac without the results of the World Series and midterm elections leaves a very big hole in the book. It is sad to see a grand 135 year tradition that I'm sure has been very profitable over the years damaged this way.
Rating: 4
Summary: Best Almanac Available, But Where are the Elections?
Comment: The World Almanac is the standard. Every year it's got all the information you need: economic statistics, historical data, states and presidents and sports. It's great again this year, except that the publishers rushed it to print and ignored the 2002 Congressional elections. Election data, state-by-state returns, are one of the key attractions of the Almanac, so this is a sore disappointment. Suggest that future readers, before buying, check to see if it covers the elections returns. If not, give it a pass.
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Title: The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004 by Editors of World Almanac ISBN: 0886879108 Publisher: World Almanac Pub. Date: 05 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Atlas of the World (ATLAS OF THE WORLD) by Oxford University Press ISBN: 0195219864 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $80.00 |
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Title: Time: Almanac 2003 by Borgna Brunner ISBN: 1929049951 Publisher: Time Almanac Pub. Date: 15 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: ESPN Sports Almanac 2003 : Information Please by Gerry Brown, Michael Morrison ISBN: 078688715X Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 29 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2002 by Ken Park ISBN: 0886878721 Publisher: World Almanac Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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