The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2018

by World Almanac Books, Sarah Janssen (Editor)

The 150th Anniversary edition of the best-selling reference book of all time!

The World Almanac® and Book of Facts is America's top-selling reference book of all time, with more than 82 million copies sold. Since 1868, this compendium of information has been the authoritative source for all your entertainment, reference, and learning needs. The 150th anniversary edition celebrates its illustrious history while keeping an eye on the future. Praised as a "treasure trove of political, economic, scientific and educational statistics and information" by The Wall Street Journal, The World Almanac and Book of Facts will answer all of your trivia needs—from history and sports to geography, pop culture, and much more.

Features include:
 
150 Years of The World Almanac: A special feature celebrating The World Almanac's historic run includes highlights from its distinguished past and some old-fashioned "facts," illustrating how its defining mission has changed with the times.
Historical Anniversaries: The World Almanac's recurring feature expands to incorporate milestone events and cultural touchstones dating to the book's founding year, from the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson to the publication of Little Women.
World Almanac Editors' Picks: Greatest Single-Season Performances: In light of Russell Westbrook's unprecedented 42 regular-season triple-doubles (and the second-ever season triple-double), The World Almanac takes a look back in sports history for athletes' best single-season runs.
Statistical Spotlight: A popular new feature highlights statistics relevant to the biggest stories of the year. These data visualizations provide important context and new perspectives to give readers a fresh angle on important issues.
The Obama Presidency: A year after Barack Obama’s second term came to a close, The World Almanac reviews the accomplishments, missteps, and legacy of the 44th president.
The World at a Glance: This annual feature of The World Almanac provides a quick look at the surprising stats and curious facts that define the changing world.
Other New Highlights: A brand-new biography of the 45th president and profile of the Trump administration; official 2016 election results; and statistics on criminal incarceration and sentence lengths, health care, overdose deaths, shootings, terrorism, and much more.
The Year in Review: The World Almanac takes a look back at 2017 while providing all the information you'll need in 2018.

2017—Top 10 News Topics: The editors of The World Almanac list the top stories that held the world's attention in 2017.
2017—Year in Sports: Hundreds of pages of trivia and statistics that are essential for any sports fan, featuring a preview of the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympic Games, complete coverage of the 2017 World Series, new tables of NBA, NHL, and NCAA statistics, and much more.
2017—Year in Pictures: Striking full-color images from around the world in 2017, covering news, entertainment, science, and sports.
2017—Offbeat News Stories: The World Almanac editors found some of the quirkiest news stories of the year, from the king who secretly worked as an airline pilot for decades to the state that's auctioning off its governor's mansion.
World Almanac Editors' Picks: Time Capsule: The World Almanac lists the items that most came to symbolize the year 2017, from news and sports to pop culture.

 
 
 

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, History

1008 pages, Paperback

Published December 5, 2017

Reviews

[ALLEN · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite the Internet's generally brilliant ability to cough up facts and figures with just a search or two, this WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS 2018 maintains a fond place in my heart and a visible, usable place on my study table. I've used it or earlier versions of it since childhood, and know how to find corporate addresses and websites, populations and economic data for the nations of the world, sports data, and prior Academy Award, Newberry, Pulitzer, Nobel and other prize winners in a trice. In my experience the biographical data for celebrities living and deceased is more apt to be correct than some of the Internet sites that are basically "fan sites." Besides, sometimes my Internet connection crashes, or I have so many tabs open already on my computer that I dare not open another. All this for less than fifteen bucks!

NOTE: Although the WORLD ALMANAC's publisher has indicated a publication date of mid-December for the 2019 Almanac, Amazon and Barnes & Noble are taking pre-orders with a release date of December 4, 2018 (release date at Walmart is December 10, 2018).

[Mrs Mommy Booknerd http://mrsmommybooknerd.blogspot.com · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a fact lovers dream come true. It is filled with everything you ever wanted to know and then some! It covers so many areas like: 2017 Year in Review, Crime, Science and Technology, Sports and so much more. I thought is was great fun jumping around from topic to topic and finding out information I never knew. My kids are going to think this is so awesome too!

NOTE: The print is very small, so if you have trouble reading small print this book may be one you want to buy in large print or use a magnifying glass.

[Stephen Paul Chase, Jr. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Happy 150th anniversary to the real book with this special collector's edition!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!