Books in Guinness World Records series

Calling all animal lovers! Guinness World Records: Amazing Animals puts the spotlight on the world’s most fur-nomenal creatures, peculiar pets, wacky wildlife, and cute critters. In this action-packed annual, you’ll meet surfing pigs, talking gorillas, and even the world’s largest elephant orchestra! Ever see a dog who thinks he’s Picasso or a bunny who plays basketball? You will now! From the tallest and smallest animals to the most popular social pet-working stars, they’re all here. If it’s activities you want, you’re in for a treat! Create your very own record-breaking animal with our online game, or try making an origami zoo! Test your wildlife knowledge with fun quizzes and puzzles, plus find out if your pet is a secret Einstein with our exclusive IQ tests.For a superlative showcase of the world’s greatest creatures – and a few LOLs along the way – get your paws on Amazing Animals now!

The Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition is the ultimate guide to videogames. The all-new 2014 book is bursting with news and views from the gaming world, alongside the latest and very best records relating to the world's most popular games. Amazing trivia sits alongside hard facts and top tips on how to achieve greater feats on the games you love. This edition brings you: An At A Glance feature on every game spread for those who crave the essential lowdown on each game's genre, characters and strategy. A Best of the Rest wrap up all of the games we couldn't squeeze into the other pages, widening the already panoramic scope of the book. A Reader's poll that reports back on the most fundamental question you can ask any gamer - what is the greatest videogame of all? With a brand-new, visually dynamic design intended to reflect exciting developments in technology, Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition continues to be the world's greatest videogaming almanac!

With hundreds of new records, photographs, and gatefolds, an updated edition of the favorite annual reference features more tales of heroism, survival, and feats of daring, as well as new sections on forensic science, the environments, terrorism and conflict, home entertainment and consumer tech, health of the nation, games and puzzles, and peculiar pastimes. 1,000,000 first printing.

The world's most authoritative family reference. The Guinness Book of Records itself holds the record for being the world's bestselling copyrighted book! The 1999 edition highlights all of the current record-holders for events common (the largest single auto plant in the world belongs to Volkswagen) and strange (the "human arrow" Ariana was fired 75 feet from a crossbow); funny (Fabian Pretou, 6'2" married Natalie Lucius, 3'1") and macabre (Jed Shaner was covered by a mantle of 343,000 bees!). From unknown people to famous (Michael Jordan, Kenny G, Jerry Seinfeld), this book has them all!

From the shortest man ever to the largest walking robot, from the hairiest people on the planet to the farthest distance skateboarding . . . by a goat—the most amazing records from around the world can be found here! Guinness World Records 2014 presents the most outrageous, uplifting, and unbelievable record breakers ever. Filled with don’t-try-this-at-home human exploits, natural and technological wonders, incredible achievements in sports and entertainment, and much more, this fully updated edition introduces thrilling new records and incredible facts that will fascinate young and old alike. Did you know that . . . • In February 2013, the U.K.’s Martin Bacon drove a car he built himself at an average speed of 65.53 mph—powered entirely by coffee beans? • New examinations calculate that Spinosaurus measured 14 feet longer than Tyrannosaurus rex, making it the largest land predator ever known? • At a total cost of $6 billion, the 2012 U.S. elections were the most ex

The Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition is the ultimate and complete guide to videogames. The brand new 2013 Edition is packed full of the most up-to-date news, achievements and developments in the gaming world, illustrated with the best and most exciting imagery from this year's top titles. Complete with fascinating facts and figures and full features on the most popular games, the 2013 edition also includes gameplay tips and hints, retro facts from classic games and the results of our reader's poll on the top 50 most visually stunning games. Videogame characters battle against each other within the pages of the book with our new Face-off feature, while an interactive story feature and a videogaming quiz offer readers a unique way to interact with the book.

Advancing on the high-tech frontier as the world's most cutting-edge wireless tool, Guinness World Records 2002 Edition is the catalytic reaction of Wireless, Web, and TV within one dynamic print medium. As the world's best-selling copyright book, it's a record-breaking publishing phenomenon! Guinness World Records has historically rocked the best-seller charts selling over 4 million copies last year alone, with publications printed in over 23 different languages. The 2002 Edition represents all things fanatically interactive for the record-breaking obsessed. Providing a navigational journey that allows you to experience true record-breaking mania, its techno iconography challenges you to turn a 2-dimensional image into a 3 dimensional feat using television, the Web, or your own wireless gadgets. Carving new turns in the world of global achievement, fabulous new sections of the book feature the absolute extreme of all extreme sports, online Internet madness, cutting-edge computer games, survival against all odds, anti-gravitational skateboard thrashing, and other limitless experiential opportunities. In addition, all records from Guinness Prime Time TV are listed in the book for the first time ever. But reading isn't a spectator sport-act on the opportunity to interact with the record and experience it as it happened. Follow an icon's lead to the respective record's online site and embark on an opportunity to view this record clip, as well as takes from FOX production that have never before been aired on live TV.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Incredible Animals! might be the wildest Guinness World Records book yet. From jaw-dropping skills to unique physical traits, every furry, feathered, scaly, smooth, and slimy creature in this book has defied the odds and silenced the neigh -sayers to become the biggest, fastest, and coolest animals, from the jungle to your own backyard. Guinness World Records chapter books present the stories behind the greatest records through full-color photos and 100 records per book. The easy-to-read text is organized into engaging chapters that will captivate the most avid and reluctant young readers alike!

You'll have no trouble getting students to practice their reading comprehension with this full-color, photographic book! Records such as the balloon-popping dog and the world's tallest snowman are leveled and written in story format so they can be used for comprehension and vocabulary practice. Questions on specific reading comprehension strategies for fifth grade students are featured after each passage. The questions progress in difficulty and can be assigned accordingly to differentiate instruction. Optional extension activities include creative arts, research and reference skills, and critical response. 128 reproducible color pages are included.©2011 Guinness World Records Limited • www.guinnessworldrecords.com

A brand-new Guinness World Records book for kids!Amazing Body Records! is the ultimate book on the most hair-raising, tongue-wagging, head-turning world records. Meet the world’s hairiest family, the most tattooed man, the planet’s loudest burper, and many more amazing people whose unique talents and physical attributes have earned them a Guinness World Records title.Guinness World Records chapter books present the stories behind the greatest records with full-color photos and 100 records per book. The easy-to-read text is organized into engaging chapters that will captivate the most avid and reluctant readers alike!

From the shortest siblings to the longest beard, from the smallest jet engine to the largest tug-of-war tournament—if a world record has been created or surpassed, it’s here! Guinness World Records™ 2012 presents the most amazing, inspiring, and wild record breakers ever. Filled with don’t-try-this-at-home human exploits, natural and technological wonders, incredible achievements in sports and entertainment, and much more, this fully updated edition introduces thrilling new records and incredible facts that will fascinate young and old alike. Did you know . . . • Swiss high-wire artist Freddy Nock performed the highest cable walk at a death-defying 10,836 feet, braving harsh winds and below-freezing temperatures?• A Missouri man was engulfed by a tornado in his mobile home and woke up 398 miles away—the farthest distance to be moved in a tornado and survive?• The largest pizza commercially available measures 4'6" wide? This mammoth meal feeds up to 100 people and retails at $199.99 . . . plus tax. And that’s just a hint of what you’ll find inside this addictive book, including new photos and spreads on the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, a history of time (including the Mayan calendar), and the world’s largest pop culture convention: Comic-Con in San Diego.

You'll have no trouble getting students to practice their reading comprehension with this full-color, photographic book! Records such as the balloon-popping dog and the world's tallest snowman are leveled and written in story format so they can be used for comprehension and vocabulary practice. Questions on specific reading comprehension strategies for third grade students are featured after each passage. The questions progress in difficulty and can be assigned accordingly to differentiate instruction. Optional extension activities include creative arts, research and reference skills, and critical response. 128 reproducible color pages are included.©2011 Guinness World Records Limited • www.guinnessworldrecords.com