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Snapshot: The Visual Almanac for Our World Today
A new generation of illustrated reference book for the entire family, Snapshot is packed with cleverly presented, trustworthy information on an encyclopedic range of topical subjects.
Snapshot makes the complex world easy to understand.
It uses cleverly conceived graphics to explain the facts behind today's big issues.
However, it doesn't just provide information; it takes all the fact and figures, analyzes them, spots the trends hiding beneath the surface and presents them in an easily-understandable, new and highly-illustrated way.
In exploring trends, Snapsho t explains not just how the world works today, but also how things might work tomorrow.
Snapshot makes the complex world easy to understand.
It uses cleverly conceived graphics to explain the facts behind today's big issues.
However, it doesn't just provide information; it takes all the fact and figures, analyzes them, spots the trends hiding beneath the surface and presents them in an easily-understandable, new and highly-illustrated way.
In exploring trends, Snapsho t explains not just how the world works today, but also how things might work tomorrow.
352 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2009
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January 23, 2023
A book that is astonishingly appealing and informative!
February 22, 2024
Despite being outdated for 16 years, I still found this book useful due to the information presented. The use of various graphs to easily convey information was well executed. The book was divided into six parts: (1) the environment, (2) society, (3) the state, (4) finance and commerce, (5) technology, and (6) culture. On each part, it branches into different issues that are worthy of knowing. One thing that I do not like is the use of the font in some parts of the book, wherein all texts are in all capital letters and the capital E looks like a reversed number three. The information presented, especially the definitions of some unknown words to me, is what made this book worthy of reading.
April 15, 2013
Book: Snapshot: The Visual Almanac for Our World Today
Your Name : Sandra Smith
Type of Reference : Almanac
Call Number : Ref 976
Content/Scope: This volume addresses the adult/High School age grouping and covers broad areas such as: environment, finance, culture, voting, music and other numerous topics. It includes archival photos, charts and graphs, and perceptive and concise comments focusing on important details and Internet resources.
Citation for where the item has been reviewed: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69...
Accuracy/Authority/Bias: The Library Journal is a respected peer review that reviews many works to help personnel make appropriate choices. The content scope appears to be presented in great detail, no limitations noted. The accuracy appears to be authentic and no bias was observed.
Arrangement/Presentation: The presentation, pictures and information make it interesting for audiences seeking fact filled information. Full of illustrations and factual information, it should appeal to the visual learners out there.
Relation to other works: No other works were found that were similar or as in-depth.
Accessibility/Diversity: Due to the fact it is highly illustrated and full of factual information that would cover many broad audiences, it appears to appeal to many different audiences.
Costs: Cost is $50.
Professional Review: CIRCA (Cambridge International Reference on Current Affairs). (2009, September 1). Details-Snapshot: The Visual Almanac for Our World Today. Retrieved April 2, 2013, from Book Verdict: http://www.bookverdict.com/details.xq...
Your Name : Sandra Smith
Type of Reference : Almanac
Call Number : Ref 976
Content/Scope: This volume addresses the adult/High School age grouping and covers broad areas such as: environment, finance, culture, voting, music and other numerous topics. It includes archival photos, charts and graphs, and perceptive and concise comments focusing on important details and Internet resources.
Citation for where the item has been reviewed: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69...
Accuracy/Authority/Bias: The Library Journal is a respected peer review that reviews many works to help personnel make appropriate choices. The content scope appears to be presented in great detail, no limitations noted. The accuracy appears to be authentic and no bias was observed.
Arrangement/Presentation: The presentation, pictures and information make it interesting for audiences seeking fact filled information. Full of illustrations and factual information, it should appeal to the visual learners out there.
Relation to other works: No other works were found that were similar or as in-depth.
Accessibility/Diversity: Due to the fact it is highly illustrated and full of factual information that would cover many broad audiences, it appears to appeal to many different audiences.
Costs: Cost is $50.
Professional Review: CIRCA (Cambridge International Reference on Current Affairs). (2009, September 1). Details-Snapshot: The Visual Almanac for Our World Today. Retrieved April 2, 2013, from Book Verdict: http://www.bookverdict.com/details.xq...
May 1, 2012
This book is mostly pictures, graphics, tables and statistics. I'm a visual learner so it was fun for me to read and look at. There were some pretty eye-opening things in there about all the global issues. I really learned a lot reading this book.
The book was published in 2008. It seemed pretty accurate and up-to-date reading it this year (2012). Yet a lot of stuff in the book could be considered out-of-date in another 6 years or so.
The book was published in 2008. It seemed pretty accurate and up-to-date reading it this year (2012). Yet a lot of stuff in the book could be considered out-of-date in another 6 years or so.
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