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About the Author

Renowned Olympic historian David Wallechinsky is NBC's radio commentator on the Olympics and the author of many best-selling reference books. He has appeared on a number of television shows. He currently splits his time between Santa Monica, California, and the South of France. (Bowker Author show more Biography) show less
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Series

Works by David Wallechinsky

The People's Almanac (1975) 442 copies
Book of Lists #3 (1983) 249 copies
The People's Almanac #3 (1981) 188 copies
Significa (1983) 54 copies
Midterm Report (1986) 31 copies
Laughing Gas (1973) 10 copies
Class Reunion '65 (1987) 8 copies
The Man 4 copies
Almanaque de lo insólito (1900) 2 copies
Almanaque de lo insólito (1978) 2 copies
Facts (1979) 2 copies
The Knowledge Book (2008) 1 copy

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Interesting book of what became of a typical California class. Some went to Vietnam, etc.
 
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kslade | Dec 8, 2022 |
The People's Almanac #3 by David Wallechinsky (Bantam 1981) (031.02). Here's the third collection of outstanding and absolutely useless trivia. I read it cover to cover, and it's great fun to browse. My rating: 7.5/10, finished 1983 David Ward https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/609999.The_People_s_Almanac_3
 
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fhanq | 2 other reviews | Mar 13, 2022 |
The Books of Lists and People's Almanacs by the Wallace/Wallechinsky family were my favourite books growing up in the 1980s, although in those days of my callous youth many of the references went way over my head.

I didn't enjoy The People's Almanac 2 to the extent of its predecessors (a long section on "nations and their rulers" had me wanting to skip a few pages) but there was still much to like, including the entries on buried treasure and footnote people in world history.

There have been many imitators of the Books of Lists and People's Almanacs but none yet that match the originals.
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MiaCulpa | 3 other reviews | Nov 2, 2021 |
I loved this book SO MUCH as a teenager! I can't remember a single fact in it (although that may not be entirely true - perhaps a lot of the useless trivia knowledge I now have may be the result of reading this book!) but I know I loved it and would have given it 5 stars back in the day.
 
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