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The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012 {Review & Giveaway}

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The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012

The World Almanac and Book of Facts is America’s top-selling reference book of all time, with more than 80 million copies sold. Published annually since 1868, this compendium of information is the authoritative source for all your entertainment, reference, and learning needs. Praised as a "treasure trove of political, economic, scientific and educational statistics and information" by The Wall Street Journal, The World Almanac contains thousands of facts that are unavailable publicly elsewhere–in fact, it has been featured as a category on Jeopardy! and is routinely used as a go-to, all-encompassing guide for aspiring game show contestants. The 2012 edition of The World Almanac and Book of Facts will answer all of your trivia questions from history and sports to geography, pop culture, and much more.
Features include:

  • 2010 Census Results: An up-to-date portrait of the changing face of the American people, based on newly released 2010 census data. Includes essential population statistics about each state’s demographics, typical households, and new congressional apportionment.
    -Time Capsule: The World Almanac lists the 10 items that most came to symbolize the year 2011, from the news and sports to pop culture.
  • Year in Sports: Coverage of every major sport, with bonus World Series coverage including play-by-play and game-by-game playoff action. The 2011 MLB individual batting and pitching statistics give baseball junkies a jump-start on next year’s fantasy baseball draft.
  • The World at a Glance: Fully revised and updated, this annual feature of The World Almanac highlights surprising stats and curious facts that define the changing world today.
    -The Year in Review: The World Almanac takes a look back at 2011 while looking forward to 2012.
  • Offbeat News Stories: The World Almanac editors found some of the wackiest news stories of the year!
  • 2011–Year in Pictures: Striking full-color images from around the world in 2011, covering news, pop culture, and sports.
  • U.S. Colleges and Universities: This feature compiles statistics on thousands of public and private U.S. colleges and universities–an indispensable tool for college-bound students and their families. Complete with student enrollment, tuition and fees, and other useful information on schools.

How did we like it?
We LOVED it!! I was super surprised by ALL the facts and data in this book; this is the first time we ever looked at a The World Almanac and Book of Facts book and I can not believe that we haven’t seen it before; even Hubby spend hours with this book and all he kept telling me was “Wow, did you know…?” all day. It was interesting to see the different tuition for colleges, all the summer Olympic champions and so much more, in over 970 pages that are jam packed full of information and fact I’m sure you will something new!! What an amazing book, I think EVERYONE should have it; this will definitely keep your Tween or Teen busy on long car rides and I bet they will not run out of reading material for a while; such an interesting and amazing book. I’m impressed!

Buy it:
You can purchase this amazing little paper book through Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Barnes and Nobles.com or any of your favorite retailer that sells books; this book retails for $12.99, making it very affordable for anyone to own.

Win it:
One lucky 2Boys+1Girl=OneCrazyMom reader will win this amazing The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2012, just enter the giveaway below.

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I received the product listed above for our honest review; all opinions are 100% our own and no other compensation was nor will be received; the winner will receive the product directly through the PR company. Facebook is not associated with this giveaway and is hereby released from any and all liability.

Comments

  1. My parents used to get this and the world record book when I was a kid and enjoyed paging through. Haven’t looked at one in years and would love to have a copy.

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  7. All the neat facts in one book is such a great resource, coffee table book,
    conversation starter, etc. I would love to have it 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity.

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  9. I’ve never looked at an Almanac, but I love reference books and books with interesting information…so this would be really interesting to look at!

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  15. There are alot of interesting facts in this book. I think my grandchildren would like to learn about these things.

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  34. My son loves knowing random facts, so this would be great for him. Thanks for the chance to win!
    mrsmchappell at gmail dot com

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  38. We love books like this in our house. They’re entertaining, but more importantly, we always learn something when we flip through them! Thanks!
    h4schaffer at gmail dot com

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