All new for 2006 in a large hardcover format that offers a larger font for improved readability and a colorful protective dust jacket! For information that's entertaining, accurate, accessible, useful, and most of all reliable, The World Almanac can't be beat.    Completely revised and updated from the first page to the last, The World Almanac 2006 provides over 1,000 pages of facts and figures (including 32 pages in color).  New features include:   A major feature story on ChinaA new section on the year's health newsA review of the Tsunami tragedyA second annual crossword puzzleUp-to-date maps and geography information  With the answers to everyday questions, The World Almanac makes everyone smarter!  .