'Whitaker's Almanack 2006' is the essential reference tool for every business and library. With unparalleled breadth and depth of content, Whitaker's Almanack is meticulously updated annually, thoroughly checked and contains hundreds of facts and figures on the UK and the rest of the world.
Contents include: summaries of the year's news; in-depth profiles of each country; expert overviews on a range of subjects and overviews of the social, economic and political infrastructure. Government and politics, astronomy, communications, education, transport, utilities, societies and institutions, the legal system, royalty and peerage, social welfare, IT, religion and environment are also covered in-depth.
Using Whitaker's Almanack you could find out: which horse won last year's Derby, the world's tallest dam, which countries have the death penalty - or even the definition of Zoroastrianism. Quite simply the perfect book for anyone interested in current affairs and general knowledge.