As surely as the Sun rises in the east and maple leaves turn color in autumn, The Old Farmer's Almanac is back€"and it's better than ever! Recognized for generations by its familiar yellow cover, America's best loved annual and oldest continuously published peridocial promises to be "useful, with a pleasant degree of humor," thus fulfilling the mission set forth by its founder, Robert B. Thomas, and readers' expectations. Packed with wit, wisdom, tips, advice, facts, fun, and recipes, Old Farmer's Almanac includes:

€ Traditionally 80 percent-accurate weather forecasts  
€ Creatures from hell  
€ Readers' wacky coincidences  
€ Making sausages at home  
€ Wildfires' effect on weather  
€ Love potions  
€ Beauty secrets  
€ Odds of almost everything  
€ Unmasked mysteries of plant seed dispersal     
€ Moon phases and other celestial sightings, tides, gardening tables, and best days
€ Full-color winter and summer weather maps