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Bet You Didn't Know

Hundreds of Intriguing Facts About Living in the USA
  • ISBN-13: 9781591026358
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: PROMETHEUS
  • By Cheryl Russell
  • Price: AUD $38.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 30/10/2008
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 316 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Cultural studies [JFC]USA [1KBB]
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Statistics maven Cheryl Russell - editorial director of New Strategist Publications and the former editor-in-chief of American Demographics magazine - has spent a career tracking down the facts that many pundits in the media avoid, don't know, or don't care to know. In "Bet You Didn't Know", a fast-paced adventure in trend spotting, she separates facts from fantasy and applies a hefty dose of common sense to provide a deeper understanding of the processes at work in American society. Whether you are planning to look for a job, invest in the stock market, get married, have children, buy a house, vote, run for political office, or are just looking for some luscious titbits to drop at your party, you had better check Russell's book first to get your facts straight. And you are guaranteed to be amazed by what you find! Russell knowingly focuses her perceptive eye on America's top obsessions.
Cheryl Russell (Beaufort, SC), a recognized authority on statistics and demographics, is the editorial director of New Strategist Publications and the former editor-in-chief of American Demographics magazine. Her articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, TV Guide, Family Circle, and many other publications, and she has appeared on the CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, and PBS. She is the author of The Master Trend and 100 Predictions for the Baby Boom.
"...full of almost random statistical facts. What makes it an intriguing book is the thought and commentary that Russell provides for each statistic... Russell pulled together well-tied themes, and her insights into them is what really makes this book shine... Hopefully, Russell will be successful enough with this volume to turn it into an annual event." -- Sacramento Book Review, September 2008. " A bonanza of information based on the latest data available. Facts about families, men and women, sex, marriage and divorce, babies, housing, technology, health and much more are provided in easy bite-size bits that add up to a portrait of the nation today. If you want to know what is really occurring and why, this book holds the answers." --Bookviews.com, November 2008 "Each page holds a surprise, some good, some bad and each one more interesting than the last. Inquiring minds won't want to miss this one." --MonstersandCritics.com, Oct. 29, 2008
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