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I liked it OK because it didn't have very much action as I was
hoping for says my child Grant. I hope this is all the info you
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Linda
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It's a good book, the ones you should leave in the bathroom and everyone that goes there kind of goes through it every page in a while. Very curious stuff
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This is a great book to pick up when you have just a few minutes "to kill". The articles are all short enough to read intermittently. Very interesting subjects. I didn't realize that they actually travel around the world to be present when these records are broken.
I highly recommend this book as a gift.
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I have bought a copy of, Guinness: World Records, for my son every year for Christmas since 1995. We love reading the records.
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This is one of those annual collections that I await each year. I love publications like this, where trivia of interest proliferates. One feature of this version--for better or worse--is the inclusion of 3-D lenses which can be used on certain of the entries. There is some context for the book at the outset, although not in great detail. For example, see a couple paragraphs tucked into Page 6. Context does show up on pages 4-15. For instance, contacting the website to check out how to set or break records--Page 10). The work jumps right in to the first entries--America's tallest person (7 feet 8 inches [I'm surprised that there is no one taller!]), the world's longest crawfish boil (What's that?) by Paula Deen.
There are a series of sections--from Space to Living Plant to Being Human to Gatefolds to Human Achievements to Spirit of Adventure to Modern Life to Science & Engineering to Entertainment to Sports to Gazetteer.
One of the things that I like to do is to randomly flip from one page to another. Here are some observations on the content. . . .
Page 36. Largest crocodilian--over 23 feet long in India. Page 51. Lowest mammalian body temperature--26 degrees Fahrenheit for the Arctic ground squirrel. Page 109. Furthest drive by a car using alternative fuel--23,697 miles from Cologne, Germany to Leipzig, Germany in 2006-2007, using natural gas.
Page 161. Best-selling video games--Call of Duty 4 (7.13 million). Whatever happened to "Pong" (the first video game that I ever played) or "Space Invaders? Page 178. Most parachute descents by a woman--Cheryl Stearns, 16,000; most freefall skydives by a man--Don Kellner, 34,000. Page 204. Largest margin of victory in a major tournament--Tiger Woods (2000 US Open by 15 strokes). Page 219. Most consecutive wins in World's Strongest Man competition--Bill Kazmaier and Magnus Ver Magnusson, 3 times each). Page 245. Most US singles on the US music charts--Elvis Presley (151 hit singles). Page 253. Fastest time to pluck a turkey--1 minute 30 seconds, Vincent Pilkington of Ireland.
And so it goes.
If you are familiar with this book, it's yet another hit. If not, it's a rip, lots of fun, and you might want to check out the experience!
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