Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley (September 22, 2009)
ISBN-10: 1845335236
ISBN-13: 978-1845335236
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A new generation of illustrated reference book for the entire family, SNAPSHOT, packed with cleverly presented, trustworthy information on an encyclopedic range of topical subjects.
- Get Informed – Global Issues At A Glance
- Eye-Opening Facts In Eye-Catching Graphics
- The Latest Information, From An Expert Authority
- Essential Reference For Everyone On The Planet
SNAPSHOT makes the complex world easy to understand. It uses cleverly conceived graphics to explain the facts behind today’s big issues.
However, it doesn’t just provide information; it takes all the fact and figures, analyzes them, spots the trends hiding beneath the surface and presents them in an easily-understandable, new and highly-illustrated way.
Social issues discussed include:
- The Environment: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Disasters and more.
- Society: Health, Food, Sex & Society, Religion and more.
- The State: Voting, Government, The Press, War, Terrorism and more.
- Finance and Commerce: Money, Wealth, Debt, Fair Trade and more.
- Technology: Energy, Communications, The Internet, Surveillance and more.
- Culture: Language, TV, News, Tourism, Fashion, Music, Film and more.
In exploring trends, SNAPSHOT explains not just how the world works today, but also how things might work tomorrow.
This Coffee Table Book is choked full of information! The contents are broken down into 6 interesting topics with sub-sections. Each page has awesome and colorful graphics, photos, and charts. As is this almanac doesn’t give you enough information, there is even websites listed to visit to absorb even more on your topic of interest!
About the Author..
Circa (Cambridge International Reference on Current Affairs) specializes in the delivery of global and current affairs content, with a twenty-year reputation as one of the most reliable and accurate suppliers of global political, economic and geographical statistics and information.
A Special Thanks goes out to both Circa and
for the opportunity to Review this almanac of vast information on today’s world!
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#1 by Kayla on December 19, 2009 - 9:56 PM
Now, this is a book that I would be extremely interested in looking at–It sounds like a great read!