The New York Times Almanac 1998: The World's Most Comprehensive and Authoritative Almanac (Reference) - Softcover

Wright, John W.

9780140514056: The New York Times Almanac 1998: The World's Most Comprehensive and Authoritative Almanac (Reference)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140514058 ISBN 13: 9780140514056

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1997

Drawing on the resources of the world's premier news organization, and featuring reports by leading Times writers, this compendium of information includes in--depth international and national coverage of politics, education, health, medicine, sports, the economy, the environment, science, and much more. Efficiently organized into six major sections--The Events of the Year, The United States, The World, Science and Technology, Awards and Prizes, and Sports--and including an extensive index and a 16--page color map section, The New York Times Almanac is the first choice for students, writers, researchers, office workers, and others who need accurate, timely facts at their fingertips.

Why is The New York Times Almanac better than the competition?
� Provides the most complete sports section, including summaries of Super Bowl and World Series games
� The only almanac with comprehensive sections on science, technology, and the environment
� Includes more information on the internet than any other almanac
� Names every Nobel Laureate and explains why they won
� Contains far more detailed histories of all nations and provides tables of information, such as demographic and economic statistics, for easier comparison
� Helpful glossaries and timelines throughout the book
� And much, much more

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Review:

The New York Times 2000 Almanac is a dazzling achievement, with a thousand pages of densely packed information that cover the U.S., the world, the economy, health, sports, science, and technology with depth and perspective, while its "Almanac of the Year" chapter includes a "Chronology of the Year's Events," "Obituaries from 1998-1999," "Novel Prizes," "The Millennium," and "Major News Stories of 1999." And the almanac provides 16 color pages of maps, covering time zones and a current depiction of the world's nations, provinces, and states.

The index alone is 29 pages long. A glance at the P's illustrates the extraordinary scope of this almanac. A small sample includes Pittsburgh, Pa. (with population statistics, climate, crime, government, rents, and Web sites), Planets (glossary, characteristics, visibility, and 1998 to 1999 discoveries), Plate tectonics theory, Pledge of Allegiance, and Poetry (with Pulitzer Prize, Bollingen Prize, and National Book Awards), as well as Poland (with area codes, economy, geography, government, etc.), Polar regions, Political action committees, and James K. Polk. There are 65 entries under Population, plus entries for Poverty, Presidential elections and administrations, Prisons, Professional sports, Public schools, Purchasing power of the dollar, and Purim.

In topic range and quality of reporting, the Times Almanac outshines its competitors. It likewise surpasses them in usefulness and sheer quantity of detail. Though the print is small and the pages are thin, the Times 2000 Almanac will no doubt become the reference standard for researchers and writers, students and professionals who require easy access to abundant and accurate information. --Stephanie Gold

About the Author:

John W. Wright is a book packager as well as an author of reference books.

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