Thoroughly revised and updated for 2010! Here are thousands of the most up-to-date facts on a world of topics -- answers that address almost every subject on earth. Every page is illustrated with... This description may be from another edition of this product.
This is a well-conceived, well presented, casually edited book. There are just too many inaccuracies. Reading it was like sitting through a PowerPoint presentation by someone who is an expert in the medium, not the message. Because the text is so often wrong about things I am knowledgeable about, I am less-than-confident about accepting all informantion about the subjects I know little about. It is, however, a great book to read and share with kids. Just don't use it to settle bar bets.
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