Guinness World Records 2006 [Hardcover]

Guinness World Records (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2005

Guinness World Records 2006 is crammed with hundreds of new photographs, over 1,500 new and fully updated records and - for the first time ever - giant gatefold features that really bring these incredible records to life. As well as listing the world's largest, tallest, heaviest and most extreme, this year you'll find exclusive celebrity interviews, key sporting facts at your fingertips in the all-new sports reference section, and a host of exciting new categories that bring the best-selling book of all time into the 21st century, such as the X Games, Digital Music, and Computer Games. Plus, as always find the answers to all your nagging questions: * Who's had more plastic surgery that anyone else? * What's the largest object ever stolen? * Why - and how - did one man eat an aircraft? * Where will you find the largest extreme sports event? * And, how do you get your name in the record books? This, and a while lot more, in Guinness World Records 2006 - the ultimate page turner...

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Guinness (August 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904994024
• ISBN-13: 978-1904994022
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #171,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guinness World Records 2006, November 25, 2005

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Joseph S. Maresca "Dr. Joseph S. Maresca CPA,... (Bronxville, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guinness World Records 2006 (Hardcover)

Virtually every type of oddity is described both pictorially and
in writing. Samples are as follows:

- full body contact with ice for prolonged periods
- the tallest living woman over 7 and 1/2 feet
- the heaviest weight lifted by tongue
- the longest neck over a foot and a quarter in length
- the largest desert "Sahara"
- the Nile river (largest)

The pictures alone are worth the price of this book. It is fascinating for cultural enthusiasts everywhere.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything you ever wanted (and sometimes didn't want) to know, August 23, 2005

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Tijiki Mojo (Green Bay, Wisconson) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guinness World Records 2006 (Hardcover)

For people that love trivia and facts, this book is for you. I can spend hours just going through and looking at all the stuff. The biggest cherry pie ever, the biggest tart ever, the tallest man, the heaviest babies, the longest hair, the fastest two-legged race, the biggest tumor, on and on, all kinds of fascinating stuff.

Well worth getting for anyone who likes this type of stuff.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Must hav for info junkies and the curious, December 22, 2005

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Dennis R. Mitton "tolstoy" (Eastern Washington, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guinness World Records 2006 (Hardcover)

No other records book comes close. My kids used to read themselves to sleep every night with this book and the new edition is better yet. It has plenty of photos and just an amazing listing of facts and records in every conceivable category. Great book to have lying around.