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All aboard Guinness World Records 2021 for a life-changing journey of discovery! This year, we're devoting a chapter to the history of exploration, starting ...
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This landmark piece of reference publishing offers a reliable, visually stunning, and family-friendly alternative to online information sources.
Packed with carefully curated content, the pages ...
For nearly thirty years, Pocket World in Figures has been the indispensable handbook on the state of the world. Where else would you find out ...
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The Horologicon (or book of hours) gives you the ...
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A visual guide to how the world really works, through stunning infographics and data visualisations, thoroughly revised, recalculated and reimagined for this new edition.
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