Overview
The World Book Year Book 2011 is a 496-page record of the year 2010 covering current events along with national and international news. Lavishly illustrated, the Year Book includes more than 400 articles that update such topics as economics, politics, international affairs, medicine and health care, the arts, sports, fashion, and important or interesting trends of the day. The Facts in Brief tables covers the world’s countries current populations, national leaders and monetary units, along with import and export statistics.
A Year in Brief section gives a month-by-month listing of the most significant world events of the year. Fully illustrated articles, called Focus On, provide a record of the year’s new car models, Academy Award winners, and weather extremes. Such sports articles as Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Horse racing, and Olympics include statistics of the year’s winning teams and championships. The Deaths section carries obituaries of well-known people who died during the year. Another section of the Year Book features biographies of people in the news. Every new edition of the World Book Year Book includes new or revised articles from the famous World Book Encyclopedia.
The Year Book, handsomely bound for a lifetime of use, is the record of the year’s current events and trends. Published since 1921, the World Book Year Book is known as the authoritative reference in the field.