Product Description

Completely updated with hundreds of new entries and features,
the second edition of the bestselling Schott's Almanac presents the
essential biography of the year. From Islam's outrage at cartoons of the
Prophet to the winner of Eurovision, from the Nobel Prize for Literature to
the Bad Sex in Fiction award, from the threat of avian flu to Guantánamo
Bay's language of interrogation - Schott's Almanac records and analyses the
stories of the year across thirteen informative, entertaining and eloquent
sections:

CHRONICLE - the events if the year, day by day; WORLD - the four corners,
the three worlds, the seven seas; SOCIETY & HEALTH - from cradle to grave,
and everything in between; MEDIA & CELEBRITY - from the Big Brother house
to the cover of Vanity Fair; MUSIC & CINEMA - pop, classical, Hollywood,
and art-house; BOOKS & ARTS
bestsellers, theatre, fashion, events, and exhibitions; SCI, TECH, NET -
the scientific and the technological year dissected; TRAVEL & LEISURE -
planes, trains, automobiles, and the rest; MONEY - personal finance, from
pay-day to tax freedom day; PARLIAMENT & POLITICS - the facts and figures
behind the spin; SPORT - sporting endeavour and achievement; EPHEMERIDES -
key calendar dates and miscellany for the year ahead.

Schott's is an almanac written to be read.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #65892 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-27
• Released on: 2006-10-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 352 pages

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