Whitaker's World of Facts

A delightful descendant of Whitaker’s Almanack, fairly evenly divided between Time, Space, Planet Earth, Life Sciences, Science and Technology, Human Body, World History, Countries of the World, People, Beliefs and Ideas, Conflict and Crime, Work and Home, Buildings and Structures, Transport and Travel, Language and Literature, Education and the Arts, Music and Performance, Film TV and Radio, Sports, and ‘Last Lists’, which includes Famous last words and Unusual deaths. For example, Buildings and Structures comprises spreads on Building Styles, Great Buildings, Skyscrapers, Bridges and Tunnels, and Wonders of the World. Entertainingly illustrated, adequately indexed and sensibly cross-referenced, with Web links for many subjects. Only complaint: many excesses of precision, as for example in the claim that ‘In the UK there are 10,720,283 children’.