TIME Almanac 2010 |  | Author: Editors of Time Magazine
Publisher: Time Almanac
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 525578
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Reading Level: All Ages
Pages: 864
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.5
ISBN: 1603208259
Dewey Decimal Number: 031.02
EAN: 9781603208253
ASIN: 1603208259
Publication Date: November 3, 2009
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Product Description
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.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good source of information May 6, 2010
Tornado
I like to be up to date, and this almanac is very helpful. And I like some of those article pages to read, not just all statistics.
 Good book, to small January 3, 2010
Kelly Lorensini
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought my dad this book in 2007 and the book was bigger, meaning the writing. They tried to fit alot of info into a book and made it way to small. I have to return it hopefully I can find a book with the same info but bigger his eyes arent that great!!
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