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GIVEAWAY — WHO OWNS THE WORLD BY KEVIN CAHILL (Book Review 2010-10)

January 22, 2010 By Mary

Who Owns the World: The Surprising Truth About Every Piece of Land on the Planet (Paperback) by  Kevin Cahill

LOVED IT

This is one book that will remain on my shelf since I find the facts so fascinating.  Who Owns the World is full of interesting research and would be invaluable if you wanted to purchase land in another country.  I also enjoyed reading about how each state in the US is broken down by ownership. 

Product Description
You don’t have to be a student of geography or cartography to have an interest in the world around you, especially with globalization making our planet seem smaller than ever. Now you can IM someone in Alaska, purchase coffee beans from Timor-Leste, and visit Dubai. But what do we really know about these lands?

WHO OWNS THE WORLD presents the results of the first-ever landownership survey of all 197 states and 66 territories of the world, and reveals facts both startling and eye-opening. You’ll learn that:

–Only 15% of the world’s population lays claim to landownership, and that landownership in too few hands is probably the single greatest cause of poverty.
–Queen Elizabeth II owns 1/6 of the entire land surface on earth (nearly 3 times the size of the U.S.).
–The Lichtenstein royal family is wealthier than the Grimaldis of Monaco.
–80% of the American population is crammed in urban areas.
–The least crowded state is Alaska, with 670 acres per person. The most crowded is New Jersey, with .7 acres per person.
–60% of America’s population are property owners. That’s behind the UK (69% homeownership).
–And much, much more!

With its relevance to contemporary issues and culture, WHO OWNS THE WORLD makes for fascinating reading. Both entertaining and educational, it provides cocktail party conversation for years to come and is guaranteed to change the way you view the U.S. and the world.

About the Author
http://www.whoownstheworld.com/
Why write Who Owns the World?
 
Product Details
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; Original edition (January 29, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446581216
ISBN-13: 978-0446581219

Obtained From:  Publisher
WANT TO WIN A COPY OF THIS BOOK? Contest ends 2.12.10

This is for the US only and NO PO Boxes, courtesy of Hatchette Publishing!

All you have to do is leave a new comment for each entry:

+1 comment with a way to contact you
  –you can do this everyday for one entry until the contest ends on 2.12.10
+1 follow me
+2 new follower
+1 leave a comment for each link to a post on your blog, twitter or other social network
+1 visit the web site http://www.whoownstheworld.com/
+1 take the quiz and leave your score here

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Comments

  1. CallMeKayla says

    January 23, 2010 at 1:08 am

    this looks interesting

    kaylajohnson3969@sbcglobal.net

  2. CallMeKayla says

    January 23, 2010 at 1:08 am

    follower

    kaylajohnson3969@sbcglobal.net

  3. CallMeKayla says

    January 23, 2010 at 1:10 am

    visited the website

    kaylajohnson3969@sbcglobal.net

  4. CallMeKayla says

    January 23, 2010 at 1:11 am

    took the quiz. got 100 out of 400

    kaylajohnson3969@sbcglobal.net

  5. Anonymous says

    January 23, 2010 at 2:01 am

    Hi! This would be a interesting book to read. Thanks for the great giveaway,Mary! 🙂

    I am a follower.

    Connie
    connie_bryant@hotmail.com

  6. Margie says

    January 23, 2010 at 2:37 am

    Sounds like an interesting book.
    mtakala1 AT yahoo DOT com

  7. Margie says

    January 23, 2010 at 2:37 am

    follower
    mtakala1 AT yahoo DOT com

  8. Dawn M. says

    January 23, 2010 at 8:31 am

    I love books like this. Count me in, please! :0)

    Thanks!
    librarygrinch at gmail dot com

  9. Dawn M. says

    January 23, 2010 at 8:34 am

    Do you consider subscribing with google reader as following? If so, then I follow.

    librarygrinch at gmail dot com

  10. Dawn M. says

    January 23, 2010 at 8:38 am

    I visited the website. I enjoyed reading the sample pages on Texas and Alaska. :0)

    librarygrinch at gmail dot com

  11. Dawn M. says

    January 23, 2010 at 8:44 am

    Took the quiz. Didn’t get even one of them right. Obviously, I need to read this book. LOL!

    librarygrinch at gmail dot com

  12. Susan Helene Gottfried says

    January 23, 2010 at 8:41 pm

    No need to enter me, darling. I’m dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail. I’ve got this posted at Win a Book for you.

  13. Melissa says

    January 23, 2010 at 10:48 pm

    I’ve been curious about this book. I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the review!

    I follow

    books (dot) things (at) yahoo (dot) com

  14. Susan says

    January 24, 2010 at 3:50 pm

    This would be a great book to read so I can use the information when we are having conversations with my son-in-law (the accountant) and his friends!

    susan56bft at gmail dot com

  15. Susan says

    January 24, 2010 at 3:51 pm

    BookHounds follower via Google

  16. Susan says

    January 24, 2010 at 3:52 pm

    Visited Who Owns The World site

    susan56bft at gmail dot com

  17. Susan says

    January 24, 2010 at 3:53 pm

    Took the quiz 200/400.

    Pretty bad I got the question about the USA wrong.

    susan56bft at gmail dot com

  18. baileythebookworm says

    January 24, 2010 at 4:36 pm

    I would like to win a copy 🙂

    baileythebookworm at gmail dot com

  19. Alyce says

    January 25, 2010 at 2:59 am

    I would love to be entered!

    akreese (at) hotmail (dot) com

  20. Alyce says

    January 25, 2010 at 2:59 am

    +1 I follow your blog.
    akreese (at) hotmail (dot) com

  21. Alyce says

    January 25, 2010 at 3:02 am

    +1 I got a score of 200.

    akreese (at) hotmail (dot) com

  22. Alyce says

    January 25, 2010 at 3:03 am

    +1 Visited the Who Owns the World website.

    akreese (at) hotmail (dot) com

  23. Sean says

    January 29, 2010 at 11:05 pm

    please enter me
    spynaert@gmail.com

  24. Rebecca Graham says

    January 30, 2010 at 9:04 am

    Would love to win and read this.

    rhoneygtn at yahoo dot com

  25. Linda Henderson says

    January 30, 2010 at 8:40 pm

    This looks to be a very interesting book. I would love to win a copy.

    seriousreader at live dot com

  26. Linda Henderson says

    January 30, 2010 at 8:40 pm

    I am a follower.

    seriousreader at live dot com

  27. melydia says

    February 2, 2010 at 8:16 pm

    I’m in.

    melydia@hotmail.com

  28. melydia says

    February 2, 2010 at 8:16 pm

    Visited the website.

    melydia@hotmail.com

  29. melydia says

    February 2, 2010 at 8:16 pm

    Took the quiz. Got a whopping zero. Not sure if I deserve to win this book anymore. (Or maybe I really really need to win it.) 🙂

    melydia@hotmail.com

  30. Jaime says

    February 3, 2010 at 12:57 am

    you can contact me at
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  31. Jaime says

    February 3, 2010 at 12:58 am

    follower
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  32. Jaime says

    February 3, 2010 at 12:58 am

    2 new follower
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  33. Benita says

    February 4, 2010 at 12:25 am

    I’d really be interested in reading this book.

    bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com

  34. Benita says

    February 4, 2010 at 12:27 am

    Follower.

    bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com

  35. Benita says

    February 4, 2010 at 12:29 am

    I visited the website. A discussion forum sounds like a great idea.

    bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com

  36. Benita says

    February 4, 2010 at 12:35 am

    I took the quiz. My final score was 200 out of 400. Not so good…

    bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com

  37. Suko says

    February 4, 2010 at 12:40 am

    I’d love to win this–it sounds very interesting!

    suko95(at)gmail(dot)com

  38. Sunnymay says

    February 6, 2010 at 9:37 pm

    I visited the website.
    I scored 100 out of 400 on the quiz, so my geography is still a challenge.
    The book makes one think of the philosophical questions that may not have any real answer, but are still worthy of a conscientious debate.

  39. Anita Yancey says

    February 8, 2010 at 12:04 am

    I had never really thought about this before, but now I am very interested to read this book and find out. Please enter me. Thanks!

    ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net

  40. Suzanne says

    February 8, 2010 at 12:44 am

    This book sounds so interesting!

    *I am a follower!
    *I visited the site!
    *I took the quiz,hmmm I only got 200 out of 400, but there’s always hope! 😀

    Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
    Suzanne
    quzy at mac dot com

  41. janetfaye says

    February 9, 2010 at 8:46 am

    I would love to read this book.

    janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com

  42. janetfaye says

    February 9, 2010 at 8:47 am

    1. New follower – janetfaye

    janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com

  43. janetfaye says

    February 9, 2010 at 8:48 am

    2. New follower – janetfaye

    janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com

  44. janetfaye says

    February 9, 2010 at 8:49 am

    I visited Who Owns The World and browsed the news.

    janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com

  45. Renee G says

    February 12, 2010 at 4:17 am

    Would love to read this.
    rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com

  46. Jeff says

    February 12, 2010 at 9:24 pm

    jeffintennessee at gmail dot com

    I would love to win! I enjoy your site! Thanks

  47. Mary says

    February 13, 2010 at 7:46 pm

    The winner has been chosen by Random.org
    Result:
    15

    susan56bft at gmail dot com

    I am sending Susan an email right now!

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