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Ash, Russell
2 Reviews
(3)
4-6
Comprising of two previously published books, Incredible Comparisons (1996) and The World in One Day (1997), this edition features double-page spreads and foldouts tightly packed with detailed illustrations, a brief text, and captions. Statistical facts on human consumption, population growth, and travel and comparisons of everything from the sizes of planets to the scale of natural disasters fill the pages of the infinitely browsable book. Ind.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
(3)
4-6
Other than a few pages that survey topics such as the Renaissance and Heroes and Heroines, the volume comprises a year-by-year review of the past millennium. Early entries generally list one significant event per year, although more recent times usually include numerous items both serious and ephemeral (1978 marks both the Jonestown murders and the weighing in of the world's heaviest man). Color photographs brighten the browsable book. Ind.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
2 reviews
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