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[2] The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1987, besides a tea kettle, TIPA, Dharamsala, India. In 1894, when it claimed more than a half-million "habitual users," The World Almanac changed its name to The World Almanac and Encyclopedia. This was the title it kept until 1923, when it became The World Almanac and Book of Facts, the name it bears ...
The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, [1] is a reference resource produced by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.
The idea that inspired the creators of the almanac was to find a new form of rapid transmission of information. Inspired by the U.S. The World Almanac and Book of Facts, Gottfried Bermann Fischer, publisher, and Gustav Fochler-Hauke, editor, developed a product that became a bestseller in the German market, reaching, in the first edition print run, about 100 thousand copies, although it is ...
Regarding the relative paucity of women on the list (only three of the top 100 figures are women), [5] the authors point out past barriers to women assuming historically significant roles. [6] However, critics have also postulated a bias in the underlying data source, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 6 ] since only 15% of English Wikipedia editors are female. [ 6 ]
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play is the autobiographical book of NBA player Kobe Bryant, where he provides personal insights on his life and basketball career.The book was published by Macmillian Publishers on October 28, 2018, with photography and an afterword by sports photographer Andrew D. Bernstein.
The book reached number one on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers list [11] and got the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction in 2017. The book was adapted as a film by the same name, released in 2016, that was nominated for three Oscars. [1] [12] It received numerous other awards. [13]
Mark Twain popularized the saying in Chapters from My Autobiography, published in the North American Review in 1907. "Figures often beguile me," Twain wrote, "particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.'" [4] [1] [2]
Figures in a Landscape, subtitled: People and Places; Essays: 2001-2016, is a collection of thirty essays, profiles, articles and book introductions all by Paul Theroux. [1] The thirty pieces cover a wide variety of topics including authors, artists, celebrities, Africa, travel experiences, reading and the craft of writing.