'On the desert island of the imagination this title should certainly be up there with the Bible and Shakespeare.' - Parliamentary Maritime Review 'You need more than one of everything because no information is value-free - except perhaps in [Palgrave's] annual The Statesman's Yearbook...a masterpiece of pure quantification.' - Daily Telegraph (Victoria Glendinning's choice of Top Reference Book) 'The book should be in every office which is concerned with world trade and, indeed, in every school which produces the future traders. It is an essential tool of all global thinking.' - Geographical Magazine 'This venerable reference work remains as indispensable as ever before...the information contained in this one volume is prodigious and if a researcher could only have one volume to hand, this would be it.' - Contemporary Review 'In a volatile political world, this annual publication brings a sane voice to its presentation of the vital information every diplomat needs. And all in one volume. An essential purchase.' - London Diplomat 'Palgrave Macmillan's The Statesman's Yearbook, which LJ named one of the top 50 reference sources of the millennium was just released in its 143rd edition. Originally designed for statesmen but now used by anyone needing information on the politics, cultures, and economies of the world, this yearbook is one of the longest-running annual publications in history. Perhaps the most important new feature is ... the availability of the book's content online for the first time. The newly created web site (www.statesmansyearbook.com), which is available at no extra cost to anyone who purchases the book, is accessed via a unique registration code found on the sticker on the book's cover. Updated regularly and offering various downloading options, the site comes with a single-user license giving online access to the fully searchable text. Especially noteworthy to librarians: unlimited user upgrades are available for libraries that want to network the online version for wider use, and full usage statistics can be made available at any time.' - Library Journal, December 2006 '... a magnificent achievement. It says a lot about the editorial team that they were able to produce such a detailed survey. And - in this era of unreliable information - it is a very reliable and highly respected publication.' - Keith Suter, Australian Institute of Management 'The newest version of The Statesman's Yearbook...is the same high-quality, easy-to-use resource in a bigger package. Boasting new 2007 content, such as biographical profiles of current world leaders, expanded political histories and economic overviews, and essays on globalization and military expenditures, it dwarfs older editions in size.' - M. Shores, Choice '...a first source of call for political, social and economic information on the nations and regions of the world, and on international and regional organizations.' - Bob Duckett, Reference Reviews
