TIME ALMANAC 2008
The magazine

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The Trusted Source for Facts Around the World

Two of the world's great names in information - TIME Magazine and Encyclopedia Britannica - team up to create a volume bursting with facts you can use about every subject under the sun.

More coverage of key subjects than any other leading almanac

THE YEAR IN REVIEW:A survey of the major events of the past year: turmoil in the Gaza Strip, the U.S. 'surge' in Iraq, calamities at Virginia Tech, Charleston, S.C. and Minneapolis - and Harry Potter's finale. Plus dozens of photos, maps and flags in full color.

• CELEBRITIES AND NEWSMAKERS: Instant information on thousands of fascinating people - artists and athletes, heroes and villains, warriors and writers. Plus TIME's Person of the Year and the TIME 100.

MUST-HAVE INFORMATION:It's all here - ZIP codes, time zones, holidays, weights and measures, country data and more.

AWARDS: From the Oscars and Tonys to the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes - complete lists of the world's top honors.