Time: Almanac 2002


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From the experts at "Information Please" and the editors of "Time" magazine comes this comprehensive assembly of incredible facts and statistics on just about anything--famous people, demographic data, geography, history, and more. From global trends to election results, all the up-to-the-minute facts, dates, and information one needs. 32-page color insert.




Astronomical Almanac for the Year 2002


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The Time Almanac 2000


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Over One Million facts and world statistics.




Children's Book-a-Day Almanac


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An almanac with information about famous events and celebrations for each dayof the year and related children's book recommendations.




TIME Almanac 2010


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COMPLETE, COMPREHENSIVE, AUTHORITATIVE Packed with information and completely updated to cover the key events and people of 2009, this handy one-volume almanac is an essential tool for understanding your world. Join students, academics, journalists, and professionals around the globe in making the TIME Almanac an indispensable part of your life ... for work, for school, for reference ... and just for fun. Here's what's inside: THE PEOPLE Brief biographies of the year's most influential figures ... the TIME 100, 2009 ... TIME's complete Person the Year list ... Obituaries, 2009 ... complete Oscar, Nobel, and Pulitzer prizewinners ... Olympic champions ... and more. THE PLACES Countries of the World offers hundreds of pages of international coverage ... extremes of world geography ... a complete World Atlas ... flags of the world's nations in full color ... and more. THE EVENTS The Year in Pictures: 16 full-color pages of photos of the key events of 2009 ... The Year in Review: month-by-month news headlines of 2009 ... plus comprehensive sports records for the year ... and more. THE CONTEXT Articles from TIME and Encyclopedia Britannica explore the key trends of the year, from the new US military commitment in Afghanistan to the effects of the recession on US consumers to the significance of Twitter ... and more. THE BACKGROUND Includes the founding documents of US life and government ... mankind's greatest civilizations ... history's greatest natural disasters ... and more. THE FACTS 2010 calendar and key holidays ... zip-code maps and US telephone area codes ... nutritional value of selected foods ... the world's greatest religions ... and more.




The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2002


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Offers comprehensive facts, figures, and explanations of the events, people, and places in the news, with original articles on recent issues and topics.




The Time Almanac


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Pennsylvania


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Illustrations and text present the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, and social life and customs of Pennsylvania, which boasted the first hospital in the United States.




The Original Thoroughbred Times Racing Almanac--2004


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This Almanac is the ultimate reference guide to Thoroughbred racing, containing statistics from the early days of the sport through the 2003 Triple Crown races.