almanacs

An up-to-date source for accurate and comprehensive information on U.S. and world affairs.

Provides information on subjects of particular interest to children, from computers, inventions, health, and history to movies, television, books, and sports. Includes a color section of world maps and flags.

Contains facts, trivia, riddles, recipes, and more for every day of the year.

Shares thousands of facts and entries on subjects ranging from science and sports to history and culture.

Presents facts, statistics, dates, and other information for the year 2005, noting significant news stories and people, covering topics in over forty categories, arranged alphabetically from astronomy to writing and language, and including a photographic review of the year.

Provides detailed profiles and statistics on each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories.

Presents a week-by-week chronology of world news events which occurred during the 1995 year.

Presents thousands of facts and statistics about a wide variety of subjects, such as U.S. government, economics, employment, crime, personalities, arts and media, taxes, technology, sports, world nations, and other topics, and includes a look at the Hurricane Katrina disaster, a review of 2005, photographs, and a color section of maps and flags.

Provides information on subjects of particular interest to kids, featuring fun facts, brain-teasers, and activities on topics such as computers, inventions, health, movies, and books.

Presents thousands of facts and statistics about a wide variety of subjects, such as economy and business, science, sports, and noted personalities, and includes the year in review, discussion of the terrorist attack on America in September 2001, and a color section of world maps and flags.