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One of the stand-out successes of the last four Christmases, the new edition of Schott's Almanac is set to storm the bestseller lists again at Christmas 2009. Publication will be backed with a national press advertising campaign, publicity across press and radio, regular features by Ben Schott in The Times leading up to Christmas, author events and signings Now in its fifth triumphant year, Schott's Almanac - essential, irreverent, impartial and endlessly entertaining - is the ultimate book of the year.
Schott's Almanac is designed to be a practical and entertaining annual volume that tells
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Produktbeschreibung
One of the stand-out successes of the last four Christmases, the new edition of Schott's Almanac is set to storm the bestseller lists again at Christmas 2009. Publication will be backed with a national press advertising campaign, publicity across press and radio, regular features by Ben Schott in The Times leading up to Christmas, author events and signings
Now in its fifth triumphant year, Schott's Almanac - essential, irreverent, impartial and endlessly entertaining - is the ultimate book of the year.
Schott's Almanac is designed to be a practical and entertaining annual volume that tells the real stories of the year, from the anxious South African elections to the hope generated by the election of Barack Obama, from worldwide recession to the green shoots of recovery, and from Russia's growing ambition to the Copenhagen Conference on climate change, all in the UN's Year of Astronomy. Section headings are: Chronicle; World; Society & Health; Sci, Tech, Net; Celebrity & Media; Music & Cinema; Books & Arts; Travel & Leisure; Money; Parliament & Politics; The Establishment; Sport; Ephemerides. In an age when information is plentiful but selection is rare, Schott's Almanac offers both the essential facts and the lucid analysis, combining the authority and accuracy of the Economist with the wit and vitality of Have I Got News for You.
Autorenporträt
Ben Schott was born in North London in 1974. He was educated at University College School. Hampstead, and Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, where he read Social and Political Sciences. He has worked with the Independent, The Times, the Sunday Times, Reader's Digest and Sunday Business, amongst many others and has photographed celebrities from Hugh Grant to Tony Blair and Enoch Powell. Now a full-time writer, he has had columns with a number of publications including Condé Nast Traveller and the Daily Telegraph, and is now a regular contributor to the New York Times and The Times of London. He lives in London.
Rezensionen
'A social barometer of genuine historical value.' The Times