Whitaker's World of Facts 2009

Fully updated and revised for 2009, this single volume family reference book comes from the publishers of the renowned Whitaker’s Almanack.It combines the most up-to-date, ‘must have’ information on everyimportant subject on earth, with lashings of fact files, worldrecord-breakers and ‘top ten’ style lists -all lavishly illustrated with full colour photographs. Hugelyentertaining and informative, this book is a superbreference title for all the family. Praise for the first edition includes: “Russell Ash is the king of lists, the author of reference books that offer a short cut to pub-quiz stardom.” The Independent “A Christmas read to dip into again and again. Essential Stuff.” The Sunday Times