Since its debut in 1868, The World Almanac and Book of
Facts has become the best-selling American reference book
of all time, with more than 80 million copies in print.
This essential household and workplace desk reference
is “the most useful reference book known to modern man,”
according to the L.A. Times. Renowned New York Times
crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz calls it his “#1
reference work for facts.”
Completely updated, The World Almanac and Book of Facts
2007 provides reliable, authoritative information on a wide
range of topics from science and technology, to education
and entertainment, to world history and sports. In its
browseable, completely indexed format, this book helps you
find essential facts that could take hours or days to hunt
down online, if you could find them at all.