Time 1999 Almanac: The Ultimate Worldwide Fact and Information Source

The Time Almanac is thorough, concise, and clearly organized. My favorite highlights: --10 pages summarizing the year's news in a month-by-month calendar --200 pages outlining the history and current status of every country in the world, including economic statistics names of governmental leaders --80 pages surveying U.S. history --90 pages of celebrities and awards --35 pages summarizing world history in a year-by-year calendar, complete with portraits of the famous And there are many other sections--the sciences, languages, sports, business, and more--all laid out clearly and readably. The Time Almanac is a great resource!

This almanac was an indispensible resource. Everything from historic fact to current issues is readily accessible, but, even more helpful is the way the book is organized - the index is comprehensive and the layout instinctual. The infoplease site is well worth checking out too...great info on every search I tried.

This is an information-lovers resource for everything from outer space to cyberspace....from the past to the present...from global trends to local elections. Within these pages you will find the most comprehensive up-to-the-minute facts, statistics, dates and information. If you have never read all four verses of The Star-Spangled Banner or read the history of its origin, this book is worth buying for that alone. If you want to be dazzled by fascinating statistics or simply read a summary of world history, this is the best edition I have ever read. No, you cannot absorb this book in one, two, three or even 100 readings. This is also the perfect resource for a writer, or it could simply be read for 15 minutes at a time. The type is rather small in this edition; I would like to see a larger print version. Within these pages you will also find maps of the world, a first aid section for crossword puzzlers, a broad overview of history, an overview of the religions of the world, and even a section on life-saving skills. My favorite section is the extensive chapter about the countries of the world. I can just about bet that no one ever took the time in school to teach you the geography, governments and histories of Egypt, Bolivia and Kenya. If you are a U.S. citizen but went to school overseas, you will appreciate the complete copy of The Constitution of the United States of America, The Declaration of Independence, and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The chapter on States reveals the latest information available from the U.S. Census Bureau and gives the details of each state flower, nickname, capital, population and motto. This book is simply encyclopedic, eye opening and mind expanding. I recommend this exhaustive collection to everyone interested in increasing their knowledge base, to parents who want to help their children with homework, to the sports fan who relishes sport statistics and to every American who wants to be well informed and knowledgeable on a potpourri of interesting details. I was pleased to see a complete Internet resource guide and a U.S. metric cooking conversion guide. The Index is also conveniently placed in the front section of the book. The only problem with this book is that it is so appealing to your natural curiosity that once you start reading it....you may not want to put it down! ~The Rebecca Review

This is the best reference almanac around: not only does the book provide facts about obscure and interesting topics - top dog-biting cities! - it seems to really capture our world at this particular moment in history. Anything you want to know is here - including really interesting millennium facts like the first country to greet the millennium. It's better than watching tv.

I've always been a fan of almanacs because they pack so many facts and interesting statistics into a compact package. But I really liked the Time almanac because it was very easy to quickly find everything I was looking for, and also featured some interesting articles from Time Magazine. This made the book much more "browseable" than some of the other almanacs -- and a lot more fun.