Several times this week, I’ve had occasion to pull down a volume of The World Book Encyclopedia from the set that lived on a bookshelf at my parents’ house and now lives with me. Unfortunately, in my ...

The 86-year-old retired electrician, who has white hair and a lively step, had just finished his two Christmas gift books, "Let's Roll'' by Lisa Beamer and "A Single Step'' by Heather McCartney, wife ...

As well-known and highly respected publishing entities like newspapers and reference books struggle to compete with free information available on the internet, publishers of these types of content are ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--World Book, Inc., (www.worldbook.com) a leading publisher of nonfiction children's book series, core reference, and digital learning platforms, today announced the new ...

World Book, Inc., is partnering with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to explain the origin of the solar system by educating students around the world about NASA’s Stardust ...

ONE of the standard American works of reference — the World Book Encyclopedia (The Quarrie Corporation), carefully brought up to dale — is appearing this year. Let me tell you something about it, and ...

The big picture: The information superhighway sounds like the ideal place to learn about virtually anything and for the last few decades, that's been an accurate assessment. In recent years, however, ...