This is the standard reference for over twenty years, now completely revised and updated with many new illustrations. "Gemstones of the World" is the most comprehensive and informative colour manual of the world's gemstones and includes more than 1,400 examples. Opposite each illustration the text provides an exact description of the particular ...
With a topic-by-topic structure, this reference work provides an account of the records set in prehistory, at the birth of Christ, at 1000AD and at the end of the 20th century.
This is a revised, updated and augmented edition of the best-selling "Book of Millennium Records". It takes a series of historical snapshots, tracking human achievement at the birth of Christ, at 1000 AD, and in the year 2000. This lateral look back at the last two thousand years vividly illuminates our history and casts a new light on the world ...
While continuing to entertain millions with superlatives ranging from the trivial to the sublime, it's clear that this one mammoth volume may be the best superlative of them all! This 40th-anniversary edition includes never-before-published interviews with the record-breakers, from the world's tallest woman to the most well-traveled couple.
With over 63 million copies sold worldwide, The Guinness Book of World Records is the top-selling copyright book in publishing history. The best and the worst, the most beautiful and most grotesque, the most memorable, the longest, shortest, highest . . . the most extraordinary achievements ever known are all here--in the newly revised, updated ...
Here is the brand-new, updated edition of the multimillion-copy bestseller. From extraordinary human achievements to wonders of the universe, this consistent favorite features facts, feats and figures that are hardly believable but always surprisingly true! The definitive collection of outstanding records from all over the world.
The best and the worst, the most beautiful and the most grotesque, the wackiest and the most memorable, the most extraordinary in an extraordinary world are all here in this exciting and expanded edition of the number one record book of all time. The 28th annual edition.
The all-new, updated edition of the multimillion-copy bestseller contains themost definitive collection of records on all aspects of the world, from humanachievements to wonders of the universe. Includes astounding facts, feats andfigures from around the globe.
New features in the 37th edition of this well-known reference book include double-page spreads on the World Cup, circumnavigation of the Earth, endangered species and the remotest man-made object. Thousands of new entries and over 300 new colour illustrations have been added.
The Guinness Book of World Records is the #1 record book of all time--over 50 million copies have been sold! The new giant 1987 edition contains the most incredible collection ever of facts, feats, and figures from around the globe.
The world's most comprehensive collection of extraordinary, authenticated facts and figures, measuring all manner of human achievement, endurance, and natural phenomena. This is the one book that millions turn to for discovering the largest and smallest, the longest and shortest, the quickest and the slowest, the richest and stingiest--in one ...
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