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The World Book Encyclopedia 2024 - Hardcover 22 Volume Set - Over 17,000 Articles

World Book

As the only general reference encyclopedia still published today, The World Book Encyclopedia 2024 provides authoritative content on almost every topic to learners of all ages, from school-age readers (9-18) to adults. Whether you are looking up information to understand a subject or checking a fact...

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The Mel Robbins Podcast

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The Mel Robbins Podcast

Mel recalled how his mother bought the World Book Encyclopedia for the family, giving him access to knowledge he otherwise couldn't afford.

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She bought us the World Book Encyclopedia... I couldn't claim to have always understood because when you're 10, Christmas comes along and you go outside and your friends are like, well, I got a bicycl...

— Episode: How to Be the Kind of Person Who Changes...

Episode: How to Be the Kind of Person Who Changes the World...

Mel recalled how his mother bought the World Book Encyclopedia for the family, giving him access to knowledge he otherwise couldn't afford.

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She bought us the World Book Encyclopedia... I couldn't claim to have always understood because when you're 10, Christmas comes along and you go outside and your friends are like, well, I got a bicycle. I got a baseball... I got volume G of the World Book Encyclopedia.

StarTalk Radio

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StarTalk Radio

It was mentioned that Natalia had a right of entry in this book, which apparently includes information about primate mating patterns and gestures, including sexual positions.

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But I had to talk about how long spider monkeys will engage and it's usually on the upwards of like 20 minutes

— Episode: Cosmic Queries: Primatology

Episode: Cosmic Queries: Primatology

It was mentioned that Natalia had a right of entry in this book, which apparently includes information about primate mating patterns and gestures, including sexual positions.

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But I had to talk about how long spider monkeys will engage and it's usually on the upwards of like 20 minutes

I had to talk about how long spider monkeys will engage and it's usually on the upwards of like 20 minutes Really? Yeah, they can be for a very long time.

I had a right at entry in the Primatological encyclopedia that's coming out on intro mission pattern and copulatory gesture, which is basically monkey sex positions, right?

On Being with Krista Tippett

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On Being with Krista Tippett

The interviewee grew up with a World Book Encyclopedia, which his mother purchased when he was a baby. He remembers fondly reading it and receiving annual updates with stickers to replace outdated entries.

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Yeah, we had the world book at home from a very young age. My mother in the classic style bought it from a door-to-door salesperson when I was a baby.

— Episode: [Unedited] Jimmy Wales with Krista Tippe...

Episode: [Unedited] Jimmy Wales with Krista Tippett

The interviewee grew up with a World Book Encyclopedia, which his mother purchased when he was a baby. He remembers fondly reading it and receiving annual updates with stickers to replace outdated entries.

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Yeah, we had the world book at home from a very young age. My mother in the classic style bought it from a door-to-door salesperson when I was a baby.

So the World Book would send out if you subscribed every year, there was sent out the annual update. So you had the A through Z books and then you had, you know, year 1974, 1974, 1975 and so forth.

Episode: [Unedited] Jimmy Wales with Krista Tippett

The interviewee's family owned a World Book Encyclopedia, which he read extensively as a child; it influenced his later creation of Wikipedia.

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Yeah, we had the world book at home from a very young age.

My mother in the classic style bought it from a door-to-door salesperson when I was a baby.

It was something that I really loved as a child and read a lot.

I read a lot of things in the encyclopedia. And I always liked anything I wanted to know to go and get a summary of it.

Episode: Jimmy Wales — The Sum of All Human Knowledge

The podcast guest, Jimmy Wales, mentioned having a World Book Encyclopedia growing up; his mother purchased it when he was a baby. He fondly recalled reading it extensively as a child, though he didn't read it cover to cover.

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Yeah, yeah, we had the world book at home from a very young age.

my mother in the classic style bought it from a daughter of a salesperson when I was a baby.

it was something that I really loved as a child and read a lot

I can't say I read it cover to cover although I did have that ambition at times but I read a lot of things in the encyclopedia

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