by Bounty Bounty (Author)
The wide ranging content is laid out in an informative newspaper-style and covers subjects including sporting records, exploration, film and enterainment, music and literature, fashion, scientific achievements, politics, inventions, quotations, birthdays, war and royalty. The volume not only describes events but follows up with revelant contexts such as biographies of key figures, complimented by many photos by famous historial and present photographers of key events, people and places.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Publisher: Bounty
Published: 18 Oct 2013
ISBN 10: 0753726041
ISBN 13: 9780753726044
Book Overview: With a whole page devoted to each of the 366 days of the calendar, this volume explores all the major events and a lot of the minor ones that happened throughout history on each day of the year in a lively and accessible way. Use as an encyclopedia, a history book, for reference or just as a source of quirky anecdotes.