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"How do you pick football's GOATs? Is Tom Brady the greatest quarterback? Is Alan Page the greatest defensive tackle? Who's the all-around champ? It comes down to stats, history, and hunches. Read more about some of the legends of football and see if you agree that they're the greatest of all time"-- Provided by publisher.

Comparing the world population of 7 billion, 50 million people to a village of 100 persons, the author reveals such facts as the languages of the village, how much each earns, if the person is literate, has a television and has enough to eat.

"Soccer is one of the world's most popular sports. Fans can keep up with soccer's intense competition through stats. From assists to goals to epic saves, explore the stats of soccer's best teams and players"-- Provided by publisher.

"From common sports stats to how stats help a team make money, readers will learn the importance of statistics in sports"-- Provided by publisher.

"[T]his new fanbook is filled with fun trivia, unique lingo, and illustrated behind-the-skills how-to's. Chapters include Team Tidbits (salient baseball facts about every MLB team), Think Like a Manager (essential strategies to understand), He Reminds Me Of (compares current players to legendary greats of America's favorite pastime), and much more!"--Amazon website.

Who scored the most points? Who played the most games? Which players have carved their names into the WNBA record books? Find out who has piled up the points and see the records that need breaking!

Powerful grizzlies, foraging polar bears, and serene-seeming pandas...bears are fascinating to watch and read about. This book uses our natural interest in bears to help readers understand the basic math concept of comparison. Vibrant photographs help students juxtapose various bears and sizes. From cute cubs to ferocious full-grown carnivores, learning about math is finally fun. Series Review: Animal Math"This is a series that mixes simple math concepts...

No nation on earth has a gun culture that quite compares to that of the United States. The U.S. accounts for about 5 percent of the world's population, yet it possesses nearly 50 percent of all guns on the planet. There are, in fact, more guns in the United States today than there are people, although only about one in three Americans reports owning a gun. Not only do Americans have far and away the most guns, they also have far and away the most...

Uses photographs of animals, including dogs, cats, and giraffes, to teach varying size.

The World Almanac is America's bestselling reference book of all time, with more than 83 million copies sold. For more than 150 years, this compendium of information has been the authoritative source for school, library, business, and home. The 2023 edition of The World Almanac reviews the biggest events of 2022 and will be your go-to source for questions on any topic in the upcoming year. Praised as a treasure trove of political, economic, scientific...