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Education is world book s commitment and its editorial team is world book s strength. A given edition of the book of the year is named in terms of the year of its publication, though the edition actually covers the events of the previous year. The 2016 year book by world book encyclopedia has over 250 informative articles, arranged in alphabetical order, to help you understand the most important events from 2015. This year s berkshire annual meeting is the first time in years that the print product has been. Remember all of the events that shaped 2015 and changed the world. The world book encyclopedia is an encyclopedia published in the united states. The world book yearbooks are an almanac of what happened in the year written in the present tense. Vintage hardcover the world book encyclopedia complete set 1963 22 volume total. This set is in very good condition for 19 to 53 years old. Vintage world book encyclopedia years 1969 to 1984 year book lot 16 volumes world book encyclopedia year 1969 through 1984 hardcover year book lot 16 volumes.
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The encyclopedia deliberately uses nontechnical language and abundant graphics to make it especially accessible to students and general readers without sacrificing depth and accuracy. I have the one for my birth year 1971 and found it just as fascinating. May 05, 2018 the last shop on earth that still sells the world book encyclopedia. The world book encyclopedia, 2019, is a general az lookup source in 22 hard cover volumes full of accurate and trustworthy facts. Peruse the diverse topic in the year boook covering influential people and issues. The world book encyclopedia, volume 16 of 19, t 1937 edition by silas edgar farquhar ed. Flipping through it 50 years later, you realize how different the world was back then. The world book encyclopedia is the only general az print research source still published today. Mar 19, 2012 world book and childcraft products of yesteryear. We bought the set back in 1985 and continued with the year book for another 10 years. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. Gave them to the custodian with instructions they were to immediately go into the dumpster.
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