The New York Times Almanac 2009: The Almanac of Record,   ISBN:9780143114574

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A lot of good information is included in this Almanac. On the other hand, a lot of the information is out of date and some bits of information doesn't match from different sections of the book, in fact they contradict each other. Most of the problems seems to be just sloppy proofreading and nothing more. It seems as if the information was cut and pasted from another source. All in all, it wasn't a bad purchase.

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my mother loves this book. facts never change except for countries in Africa and Asia (for starters). it is very handy for New York Times' crossword puzzles. a must have for everyone.

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In an era when Google has made dictionaries almost obsolete, it is comforting to have a "hard copy" on hand to provide the charts and tables and detail to expand on what we find on Google.

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I received this Almanac a month ago.
I had anticipated loads of info, but I was surprised about the way they were so neatly organized in a manner that is very useful even when you want to access information fast and do not have much time to go through many books, or the web.
I recommend this Almanac to anyone who wants to get a hold of up to date info as well as general knowledge.

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It is true that the book is incredibly informative and certainly worth having; but I was very surprised to learn that Italy still uses the Italian Lira.... Strange, I am Italian and I was sure we'd been using the Euro for over 7 years... Jokes aside, I guess that part hasn't been proof-read for the last 7 years. I hope there aren't many such mistakes.