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2009 Annual Register: World Events

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This iconic 250th year edition of the Annual Register of World Events covers a momentous and turbulent 2008. From the election of Barack Obama, the world financial crisis, oil at $147 a barrel, the Beijing Olympics, Burmese cyclone, and widespread droughts, right down to the finding of a skeleton of a flightless but featherred dinosaur it was a year worth remembering. The Register covers multiple facets of economics, details of regional and country statistics, international relations, judicial and political affairs, environmental, military, UN and scientific developments and many more fields. The sub-prime crisis and the Lehman crash gave early warnings of worsening employment and bankruptcies to come, while evidence of melting ice-caps was maybe offset by better news of rising living standards in Asia and the triumphant Chinese Olympic triumph.
The 680 page Register gives expert summaries of progress in fields such as IT, scientific and medical, archaeology, nano-technology, sport, art, loss of biodiversity, space research and many more endeavours.
Somewhat expensive (cheaper on Amazon), but something for everyone to look back on for years to come.