Can anyone tell me what is the Format of a book?

Question

What order does the preface, acknowledgment, contents, introduction go.
then appendix and glossary and index ect ect at the end?

is anything missing?
or what is the right order?

please explain if you can.
thanks

Answer 1

you could look in a book for an example.
and here is the order that they should be in- http://writingnonfiction.suite101.com/article.cfm/anatomy_of_a_book__the_contents

Answer 2

YIKES! Have you never READ a real book? KO, I will try to 'splain it to you lil Ricky... they go in the order you just named, but for one thing - the acknowledgments go before the preface. I think. hehe