Guinness World Records 2003 [Mass Market Paperback]

Claire Folkard (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 29, 2003 | Series: Guinness World Records

The world’s bestselling authority on astonishing facts and unparalleled human achievements--completely revised and updated for 2003!

From the world’s fastest speed skater to the world’s fastest snail, the most coffee consumed to the longest strand of pasta--418 feet--Guinness World Records™ is the most complete, authoritative, and exciting guide to every record, statistic, and feat of human endeavor and natural wonder imaginable. And it’s packed with exciting photos to back them up!

• The world’s longest kiss took place in New York City, lasting a Guinness World Record 30 hours, 59 minutes, and 27 seconds.

• Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, and Courteney Cox Arquette, the female leads in NBC’s Friends, earned a whopping Guinness World Record $1 million each per episode of the 2002 season.

• The most expensive house sale to date goes to a Hong Kong businessman who collected a staggering Guinness World Record $101,909,312 for his home.

And that’s only the beginning! Dive into the awe-inspiring, newly expanded Guinness World Records™ 2003 and discover a feast of fascinating facts. Animal, vegetable, or mineral--if it’s occurred and been recorded, you’ll find it here.

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The world?s bestselling authority on astonishing facts and unparalleled human achievements--completely revised and updated for 2003!

From the world?s fastest speed skater to the world?s fastest snail, the most coffee consumed to the longest strand of pasta--418 feet--Guinness World Records? is the most complete, authoritative, and exciting guide to every record, statistic, and feat of human endeavor and natural wonder imaginable. And it?s packed with exciting photos to back them up!

? The world?s longest kiss took place in New York City, lasting a Guinness World Record 30 hours, 59 minutes, and 27 seconds.

? Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, and Courteney Cox Arquette, the female leads in NBC?s Friends, earned a whopping Guinness World Record $1 million each per episode of the 2002 season.

? The most expensive house sale to date goes to a Hong Kong businessman who collected a staggering Guinness World Record $101,909,312 for his home.

And that?s only the beginning! Dive into the awe-inspiring, newly expanded Guinness World Records? 2003 and discover a feast of fascinating facts. Animal, vegetable, or mineral--if it?s occurred and been recorded, you?ll find it here.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (April 29, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 055358636X
• ISBN-13: 978-0553586367
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,059,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lack of information comparable with Guinness 2002, November 8, 2002

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"qwerty8888" (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guinness World Records (2003) (Guinness Book of Records) (Hardcover)

yupe, i agree that the paper of the Guinness 2003 has better quality and the color is much better. but in term of the records, it seem like Guinness Editor take out some of the part of the records such as in Guinness 2002 (Fame and Money). And Information for the "building and Structure" seem LACK of information comparable to Guinness 2002...

i would said that this year Guinness 2003 is NOT RECOMMENDED to own it... it's wasted of money...

here, i hope that the editor of Guinness would take this as review for the next edition (2004)...

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As always....., October 31, 2002

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B. Aaron "sk8erboi4sale" (oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guinness World Records (2003) (Guinness Book of Records) (Hardcover)

I have always liked the Guinness series...to see what new records have been made. Now, though, with this 2003 edition, the pictures are even better, and the kind of record attempts are much more varied. Great new medical technology, as well as other revolutionary findings are revealed in this book. There's so much interesting information...you will read it many times over, to be sure!

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I miss the old one, December 28, 2002

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Jedidiah Palosaari "Not My Real Name" (Fes, Morocco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guinness World Records (2003) (Guinness Book of Records) (Hardcover)

I grew up on the Guinness Book of World Records, and loved it. I'd devour each new edition, from cover to cover. I love facts and inane trivia, and the Guinness Book was made for people like me. The "Guinness World Records"- what these books have become- is not the same book. It is mostly pictures, and filled with obscure records like how many straws one can fit in a mouth. I am interested in records like the earliest dinosaur or the largest construction project- not records that are there only because someone wanted to have a record and fame, and have no other practical purpose. I give it two stars because some of these old records- the kind that really matter- are still present. But the new format of the book seems to be so filled with pictures that there is no room for many important records, and hence much is missing. What is present seemed to be editorialized, supporting the West in it's "war" on terrorism in many sections, showing only those aspects that support America and Britain, ignoring their faults or any mention of 9/11. Whether or not this is laudable, it is inappropriate in a completely factual text. There is now an entire section devoted to the military, as opposed to the military being a subsection of the human world in the 2001 and 1998 editions- back when the pictures were black and white and the book was full of records. Even since the 2001 edition (also pictoralized) the Table of Contents has become more cursory- you have to look in the Index to find any group of records beyond the broadest. Now, when I want to find a record, I go back to 1998, as I still have that copy. If I want to see pretty pictures and the occasional updated record, I'll look at this new edition.