World Almanac Launches Record-Breaking Records Book:
The First Edition of The World Almanac Book of Records
NEW YORK, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Almanac Book of Records: Firsts, Feats, Facts and Phenomena debuts today in stores throughout the country. With more than 500 pages and 5,500 records, The World Almanac Book of Records is the biggest record book of all time.
The World Almanac Book of Records is published by World Almanac Books, which has published the perennial #1 best-selling The World Almanac and Book of Facts since 1868. With more than 80 million copies sold, The World Almanac and Book of Facts is also a record breaker as America's all-time top-selling reference book.
The all-new World Almanac Book of Records begins "at the top" with the challenge to scale Mount Everest (the first wedding at the summit was celebrated in 2005). It plumbs the depths (the Marianas trench in the Pacific Islands is 35,480 feet below sea level). It records records from East (25 records and firsts about China, including the Terracotta Army Museum in Xi'an) to West (17 records about Alaska, including coldest U.S. temperature, -80 degrees Fahrenheit); and from the North Pole to the South Pole (Polish teen Janek Mela reached both extremes in a single year, with the aid of an artificial leg!).
The World Almanac Book of Records' coverage of baseball, football, basketball, NASCAR, presidents, history, states, and countries dwarfs the competition. Its 500 pages deliver more than 5,500 fascinating "firsts, feats, facts, and phenomena" and more than 500 photographs on entertainment, feats, nature, the arts, and everyday life. Just a few of the unique sections in The World Almanac Book of Records include:
Spanning The World, with records of nations (The Antica Pizzeria Port'Alba in Naples, Italy, has been serving pies since 1830)
Team by Team Sports Records (Roger Clemens and Cy Young both won 192 games for the Boston Red Sox)
Chocolate, a delicious selection of firsts and records (the Swiss eat the most-more than 21 pounds per person per year)
State by State records (Alaska contains both the westernmost and easternmost points in the U.S.)
The Wizard of Oz ("Wizard" Frank Morgan played the most roles in the film, five)
Three years in the making, The World Almanac Book of Records is edited by Mark Young, an Emmy award-winning television writer, experienced television presenter, and longtime reference editor, including a stint at that other well-known records book.
World Almanac Education Group
The World Almanac Education Group delivers the highest quality reference and educational materials in print and online for schools, homes, libraries and all age levels. Founded in 1868, The World Almanac(R) and Book of Facts is the top-selling American reference book of all time. The World Almanac Education Group's other operations include Facts On File(R) news services, producers of FACTS.com and Facts For Learning online databases; Gareth Stevens, Inc., a leading publisher of nonfiction supplemental and curriculum books; the Funk & Wagnalls(R) Encyclopedia database; and World Almanac Education Library Services, whose catalogs are used by more than half of the nation's schools and libraries.
The World Almanac Education Group is part of WRC Media Inc., a leading publishing and media company that creates and distributes innovative supplementary education materials for the school, library, and home markets. In addition to World Almanac Education Group, WRC Media's operating companies include CompassLearning(R), Weekly Reader Corporation, and WRC Consumer and Custom Publishing Group, which together market some of the best-known brands in educational publishing. SOURCE World Almanac Education Group
