Time Almanac with Information Please 2007 - Softcover

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9781933405490: Time Almanac with Information Please 2007

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ISBN 10: 193340549X ISBN 13: 9781933405490

Publisher: Pearson Education, 2006

Featuring more than one million facts, this comprehensive, updated reference includes the latest information on world statistics, famous people, demographic data, history, geography, global trends, election results, sports statistics, Internet links and e-mail addresses, scientific research and technological innovations, and more. Simultaneous.

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From the Inside Flap:

The editors of TIME and Information Please present the world's leading annual information source -- the completely revised Time Almanac with Information Please 2007. Reliable, wide-ranging and user-friendly, it's the world's fastest fact-finder.

RELIABLE
Veteran chroniclers of a changing world, the editors of TIME magazine and Information Please combine to bring you information you can count on -- almost 1,000 pages of statistics, data, tables and charts that paint a vast yet detailed portrait of the world in 2007.

WIDE-RANGING
It's all here: the TIME Almanac is a treasure-trove of information, statistics, historical documents and argument-solving facts. Here are Oscar Award winners and sports champs... Supreme Court cases... planets and plastics, presidents and prime ministers... Headline History, Countries of the World, and a World Atlas... and much, much more.

USER-FRIENDLY
It's the world's fastest fact-finder -- because it's indexed four different ways. Thumb tabs direct you to major sections... a one-page Keyword Index hastens your search... a Section Index guides you to major areas of coverage... and right up front, a 32-page Comprehensive Index lists every major entry in the book.

TOPICAL
Completely revised for 2007, the TIME Almanac includes memorable pictures of the year 2006... updated lists of awards, sporting events, and weather extremes... recent obituaries... reports on the conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Darfur... and much, much more.

USEFUL
Stuck on a crossword puzzle -- or puzzling over placing an apostrophe? More than a compendium of facts, the TIME Almanac also offers a number of hands-on reference guides that you'll turn to again and again: a crossword puzzle guide; a guide to Eenglish grammar and style; a complete U.S. ZIP code list; a glossary of foreign words and phrases -- and many more.

AND SURPRISING
You'll turn to the TIME Almanac with Information Please 2007 for the information you need. But you'll keep turning pages to discover a host of fascinating facts, surprising statistics and illuminating insights. Discover the world's largest lakes... greatest disasters... tallest towers... favorite CDs... highest-paying occupations... and much, much more.

IT'S ALL HERE -- AND MORE! -- IN THE WORLD'S FASTEST FACT-FINDER

From the Back Cover:

Completely updated for 2007, this 992-page volume includes the key events of 2006, from renewed crises in the Middle East to America's ongoing battles over immigration.

SPECIAL SECTIONS
* Global Warming: Why it's for real -- and what it means for the future
* Stem Cells: The hope, the hype, the science, and the controversy
* 14-page, full-color Year in Pictures insert
* TIME's Person of the Year, 1927-2005

AND
More than a million facts inside!

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