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1999 TIME/Information Please Almanac: From the experts at Information Please & TIME Magazine
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Time-Life Books (1998-11)
ISBN: 1883013461
EAN: 9781883013462
UPC: 034406313464
Dewy Decimal #: 031.02
Hardcover: 1040 pages
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Editorial Reviews
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Book Description
Created by the editors of Time Magazine and the experts at Information Please, the Time Almanac is a comprehensive book of facts from the world's leading information source. If the subject isn't covered in the Time Almanac, it probably doesn't exist. From global trends to election results...outer space to cyberspace...the past to the present...all the most comprehensive up-to-the-minute facts,statistics,dates, and information you'll ever need.
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Customer Reviews
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Time Almanac 2002
Rating  (5)
Date: 2002-05-13
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
The Time Almanac is thorough, concise, and clearly organized. My favorite highlights:
--10 pages summarizing the year's news in a month-by-month calendar
--200 pages outlining the history and current status of every country in the world, including economic statistics names of governmental leaders
--80 pages surveying U.S. history
--90 pages of celebrities and awards
--35 pages summarizing world history in a year-by-year calendar, complete with portraits of the famous
And there are many other sections--the sciences, languages, sports, business, and more--all laid out clearly and readably. The Time Almanac is a great resource!
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Best Reference Book Ever
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-05-02
3 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
The 2002 TIME ALMANAC is a great reference tool for anything. This book has everything you need.It has a listing of the history of the United States and World history, and the history of the U.S. government. It also has tons of information form all different subjects. Sports, world news, politics, music, and anything you need to know, plus a listing of famous people who died in the past year (2001). This 2002 edition is very up-to-date. It includes a section about the terrorist attacks on America on 9-11 plus a section of the book with color photographs and TIME MAGAZINE Editorials. If you want the most helpful and informational reference books, the 2002 TIME ALMANAC is the one to get. With a very low price, I highly recommend this book.
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Very comprehensive!
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-04-17
5 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
The Time Almanac 2001 is packed full of information. It has a little something for everyone:* History buffs will find a time line of important events in U.S and world history. Also, histories of the U.S government and information on all the countries of the world are included. There is also a listing of "Firsts in America" and Pulitzer Prize winners. * A listing of people who died in 2000 and a listing of famous people (Dead and alive) is included. * Film buffs will find a lot of information. A listing of the major Academy Award winners from 1928 to 1999 is included. There is also a list of the top 50 actors (Male and Female) and finally, a list of the AFI's top 100 movies of all time. * In addition, there is a color photograph section in the middle of the book of events from 2000. There are also editorials from TIME Magazine. There is just too much stuff to list. Take my word for it and buy a copy!
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ultimate information tool
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-03-01
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
This almanac was an indispensible resource. Everything from historic fact to current issues is readily accessible, but, even more helpful is the way the book is organized - the index is comprehensive and the layout instinctual. The infoplease site is well worth checking out too...great info on every search I tried.
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I still stand by this series, for what I use it for.
Rating  (4)
Date: 2001-01-17
6 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
I have mainly used this series for its running total of population figures, GDPs, and literacy rates for each country in the world. It attempts to present each nation on a comparable basis, as much as it can, and it doesn't tend to split out a new nation (such as when the Soviet Union broke up) until *some* recognized international authority has blessed the creation of the new state (such as Eritrea). I find reading the political and economic summaries each year is a good way to get caught up with what's happening in countries that I don't ordinarily pay attention to or hear about in the papers (like French Guiana for example). I don't fault them for not having the 2000 election results in this 2001 issue. They actually published this around December 1st, and even if the U.S. election had been decided by then it is too much to ask for them to put the November 7th results in there and go to print within 3 weeks.I don't have an opinion on the Time takeover; certianly a book like this can always be improved in some respects...
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