The Guinness Book of Records 1997

Guinness World Records

by Mark C. Young, Peter H. Matthews, Norris McWhirter

As the top-selling copyrighted book in publishing history, The Guinness Book of World Records has achieved a spectacular feat. From edition to edition, it has surveyed the world's most extraordinary, authenticated facts and figures measuring all strata of human achievement and endurance, as well as natural phenomena. While it continues 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!

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

704 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1996

Reviews

[azhar · Rating 5 out of 5]

i'll admit, i've never read the 1997 version of this book...i did, however, own the 1985 version, and initially bought it while walking through an aiport only because i noticed it had a picture of michael jackson on the front cover...once i cracked it open though, i found out that the tallest man in the world was from pakistan...needless to say, i was hooked!...a real page-turner...

[Alejandro Caycedo · Rating 4 out of 5]

The presentation is outstanding. Pictures and interesting facts abound. Real life, though sometimes hard to believe.

[Tracy]

i want to read this book because i think it would be kinda interasting to find out what kinda world records peole have done

[Peter · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unimpressed. Seriously, I do most of this stuff before coffee in the morning.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just love browsing through records.