The People's Almanac Presents the Twentieth Century: The Definitive Compendium of Astonishing Events, Amazing People, and Strange-But-True Facts

by David Wallechinsky

Book Overview

If you're a fan of The Book of Lists or The People's Almanac, you'll love this book. (The very accurate subtitle is "History with the Boring Parts Left Out.") Like those earlier tomes, this one... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316920959
• ISBN13: 9780316920957
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 835 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

My husband is really enjoying this book, reading the info over and over.

I bought this book for my husband at Christmas, because he had read another edition of it so much and enjoyed it. I wanted to get him some new material of this sort, and he is enjoying it just as much. The price was good for a used copy and was received in good shape. Another thank you to the seller for having it for sale is due.

No boring parts, HONEST!

20 bucks for a book?! Well, this one's worth it and much more! The hundreds of articles and illustrations will satisfy every interest under the sun. I swear, once you start reading this book you won't be able to put it down! I've learned so much about 20th century history from this one book than in my five months of Modern History at college. Entertaining AND informative!

Great bathroom reading!

At last a history book that you can browse through. As expected, you can learn about wars, presidents, and genocide. But you can also find the unexpected, with fascinating tidbits everywhere. For example: read about great practical jokers (page781), great thefts (page 190), entertainment scandals (page 434), the invention of silly putty (p 581), hoaxes (769). Well written, fun, and interesting -- what more could you want