By Sarah Janssen

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The international Almanac® and booklet of evidence is America's top-selling reference booklet of all time, with greater than eighty two million copies offered. on account that 1868, this compendium of knowledge has been the authoritative resource for all of your leisure, reference, and studying wishes. The 2017 version of The international Almanac® reviews the occasions of 2016 and should be your go-to resource for questions about any subject within the upcoming 12 months. Praised as a "treasure trove of political, fiscal, clinical and academic data and knowledge" via The Wall highway Journal, The international Almanac® and e-book of evidence will resolution your whole minutiae needs—from background and activities to geography, popular culture, and masses extra.
Features include:

• 2016—Top 10 information subject matters: The editors of The international Almanac® record the pinnacle tales that held the world's consciousness in 2016.
• 2016—Year in Sports: hundreds and hundreds of pages of trivialities and information which are crucial for any activities fan, that includes entire insurance of the 2016 Olympic video games in Rio, the 2016 international sequence, and masses extra.
• 2016—Year in photos: Striking full-color pictures from worldwide in 2016, protecting information, leisure, technology, and activities.
• 2016—Offbeat information Stories: The international Almanac® editors chanced on a few of the strangest information tales of the 12 months.
• World Almanac ® Editors' choices: Time Capsule: the realm Almanac® lists the goods that the majority got here to represent the yr 2016, from information and activities to pop culture.
• 2016 Election effects: The international Almanac® offers a entire examine the complete 2016 election procedure, from the curler coaster of the early primaries to kingdom and county presidential vote casting effects and assurance of condominium, Senate, and gubernatorial races.
• The global at a Glance: This annual characteristic of The global Almanac® offers a brief examine the extraordinary stats and curious proof that outline the altering international.
• World Almanac ® Editors’ selections: the simplest groups That by no means received It All: In gentle of Golden State's remarkable usual season luck and eventual downfall within the NBA Finals, the realm Almanac® takes a glance again into activities heritage for the easiest groups that fell simply in need of championship glory.
• Statistical highlight: A brand-new function highlights data appropriate to the largest tales of the yr. those facts supply context to offer readers a clean viewpoint on vital concerns.
• different New Highlights: Newly to be had records on sexuality, scholar loans, overdose deaths, country minimal wages, and lots more and plenty extra.