The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004 (World Almanac & Book of Facts) [Hardcover]

Ken Park (Editor)

Book Description

Series: World Almanac & Book of Facts

The World Almanac 2004 continues the 135-year tradition of excellence, and provides today's readers with the information they need, available anytime, anywhere. Highlights include:

- Expanded coverage of the most turned-to sections: noted personalities, education, space, sports, nations of the world, awards, and consumer information
- Enhancements and improvements on every page of the book
- Two color photo sections, with highlights of the years most noteworthy people, places, and events
- Free monthly e-mail updates provided to all readers throughout the year
- Larger type in selected sections and more illustrations throughout the book
- Authoritative, comprehensive and timely information on just about everything: census figures, health, historical anniversaries, presidents, personal finance, religion, sex, statistics, weather, and so much more - all in one book!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"It's mind-boggling the amount of stuff you can find in this book. And it's the kind of thing one needs every year, too, because the world keeps changing."
- Knoxville News-Sentinel

"Every household needs a copy."
- Richmond Times

"The most useful reference book known to modern man."
- Los Angeles Times

"The biggest bargain on the shelf."
- Esquire

"It's mind-boggling the amount of stuff you can find in this book. And it's the kind of thing one needs every year, too, because the world keeps changing."

(Knoxville News-Sentinel )

"Every household needs a copy."

(Richmond Times )

"The most useful reference book known to modern man."

(Los Angeles Times )

"The biggest bargain on the shelf."

(Esquire )

About the Author

Ever since The World Almanac 1868 was published 135 years ago, more than 80 million people have turned to The World Almanac to get accurate, timely, and reliable information they need on every subject imaginable. Today, The World Almanac remains the world's favorite information source.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1008 pages
• Publisher: World Almanac (December 5, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0886879116
• ISBN-13: 978-0886879112
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.3 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,710,360 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Best for the U.S., February 16, 2004

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Obi (Alaska USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004 (World Almanac & Book of Facts) (Hardcover)

While there are a few almanacs that purport to be world comprehensive, each one seems to have a particular emphasis or general perspective--subtle as it may be. Thus, the World Almanac 2004 captures in exceptional detail news, statistics, and histories primarily associated with the U.S.

The histories included are by themselves a gem of discovery, especially the year-by-year capsules of U.S. history. Also, the biographies of U.S. presidents, the review of the amendments, and the state-by-state geographical summaries are presented with well-organized brevity.

Crossing international lines, the almnanac also covers the highlights in astronomy, science and technology, and a fascinating chronology of human spaceflight. The summations of the world's nations are concise and intriguing, including even the official web site for each country.

For the sheer numbers of it all, The World Almanac 2004 is quite impressive. Also, I highly recommend the hardcover edition as it contains much larger print and can easily lie open by itself.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not a WORLD almanac, April 9, 2005

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karamelz - See all my reviews

This review is from: The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004 (World Almanac & Book of Facts) (Hardcover)

First of all, this will be a great almanac for you if you are focusing only on US studies. This book contains everything from main events to average teacher salaries, and many other useful (and weird) facts of the united states. However, when i tried to look up information on India and Argentina, it contains very few information. I'll guess that 97% of the book focuses only on America and have minor out-of-date information on other countries. Two stars is for the indepth info on united states, and the missing three stars are for naming the book "world" almanac even though it does not focus on the world. May as well be the United States Almanac for the hunnger-for-weird-facts.