2008, ISBN: 0007261292

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[EAN: 9780007261291], Near Fine, [PU: Harper-Collins Publishers], Jacket, Hardcover, xx + 300 pages, NOT ex-library. Book looks unread, a minor mark on upper page edges externally. Dust j… Meer...

[EAN: 9780007261291], Near Fine, [PU: Harper-Collins Publishers], Jacket, Hardcover, xx + 300 pages, NOT ex-library. Book looks unread, a minor mark on upper page edges externally. Dust jacket shows light edgewear, a barcode sticker on the back, a faint stain noticeable on inner panels. -- A quirky history of the many madcap attempts to get into The Guinness Book Of Records told by a man determined to set his own world record. A household name, The Guinness Book Of World Records has a rich and varied history full of hilarious record breaking attempts and fiercely determined people. For more than 50 years, tens of thousands of records have been set ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous. When Larry Olmstead decided to get into Guinness by setting a new world record, he began to wonder about all those people who had gone before him. He takes the reader behind the records to learn about the colourful characters who set them. Meet the Frenchman Michael Lotito who won the title of greatest omnivore for his ability to eat up to 2 pounds of metal a day (he's even eaten a supermarket trolley) and Sridhar Chillal whose grotesquely curling and twisted fingernails were left uncut for more than 50 years or find out about the oldest vomit (160 million years)! Everyday people, through single-minded focus, creativity and strong will, can join the ranks of the genetically gifted superstars of sports and science. In a culture obsessed with celebrity, it is this part of the Guinness equation that drives thousands of people of every possible description to try their hand at records each year. The most determined of these are among the lead characters in Getting Into Guinness. Built on a framework of GWR's fascinating 50 year history, Getting Into Guinness will demonstrate how the book quickly evolved, and continues to evolve, from an academic compendium of records into something people around the world strive to get into. Getting into Guinness will also showcase some of the funniest and most interesting Guinness records and the people behind them, always emphasizing that no matter how bonkers a record sounds, some real person came up with the very specific idea behind each one and did all the elaborate preparations for the attempt, meeting the scrupulous standards demanded by Guinness rules., Books<

2008, ISBN: 0007261292

[EAN: 9780007261291], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Collins, London], Jacket, Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership … Meer...

[EAN: 9780007261291], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Collins, London], Jacket, Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks.320 pages clean and tight. Getting Into Guinness is the hilarious true story of record breaking attempts, how record obsession has become a global phenomenon, the weird and wonderful characters that set records and the history of the Guinness Book of World Records. Meet Larry Olmsted, a freelance travel and sports writer, always on the hunt for new and intriguing stories. In Spring 2003, somewhere over the North Atlantic, Larry stumbled on an article about the worldwide popularity of Guinness. Inspired by what he read, and in a bid to impress his editor, he took the drastic decision to set a record of his own and become part of the book's history. This leads Larry to break the record for the greatest distance travelled between two rounds of golf played on the same day and two years later to play poker continuously for 72 hours. After his own hilarious record attempts, Larry sets out to discover more about the vast and colourful history of the Guinness Book of World Records. This leads him to his fellow record setters with their widely varied motives for record-mania. Meet Ashrita, Record Breaker for God, who has been breaking records for 30 years and has set or broken 177 Guinness World Records in his lifetime. And Jackie 'The Texas Snakeman' Bibby, who became one of the book's all time icons by sharing a bathtub with poisonous rattlesnakes and dangling them from his mouth, and who literally puts his life on the line every time he breaks one of his rattlesnake records. Size: 8vo<

2003, ISBN: 9780007261291

Getting Into Guinness is the hilarious true story of record breaking attempts, how record obsession has become a global phenomenon, the weird and wonderful characters that set records and… Meer...

Getting Into Guinness is the hilarious true story of record breaking attempts, how record obsession has become a global phenomenon, the weird and wonderful characters that set records and the history of the Guinness Book of World Records. Meet Larry Olmsted, a freelance travel and sports writer, always on the hunt for new and intriguing stories. In Spring 2003, somewhere over the North Atlantic, Larry stumbled on an article about the worldwide popularity of Guinness. Inspired by what he read, and in a bid to impress his editor, he took the drastic decision to set a record of his own and become part of the book's history. This leads Larry to break the record for the greatest distance travelled between two rounds of golf played on the same day and two years later to play poker continuously for 72 hours. After his own hilarious record attempts, Larry sets out to discover more about the vast and colourful history of the Guinness Book of World Records. This leads him to his fellow record setters with their widely varied motives for record-mania.Meet Ashrita, Record Breaker for God, who has been breaking records for 30 years and has set or broken 177 Guinness World Records in his lifetime.And Jackie 'The Texas Snakeman' Bibby, who became one of the book's all time icons by sharing a bathtub with poisonous rattlesnakes and dangling them from his mouth, and who literally puts his life on the line every time he breaks one of his rattlesnake records.; Fiction, Collins<

2003, ISBN: 9780007261291

Getting Into Guinness is the hilarious true story of record breaking attempts, how record obsession has become a global phenomenon, the weird and wonderful characters that set records and… Meer...

Getting Into Guinness is the hilarious true story of record breaking attempts, how record obsession has become a global phenomenon, the weird and wonderful characters that set records and the history of the Guinness Book of World Records. Meet Larry Olmsted, a freelance travel and sports writer, always on the hunt for new and intriguing stories. In Spring 2003, somewhere over the North Atlantic, Larry stumbled on an article about the worldwide popularity of Guinness. Inspired by what he read, and in a bid to impress his editor, he took the drastic decision to set a record of his own and become part of the book's history. This leads Larry to break the record for the greatest distance travelled between two rounds of golf played on the same day and two years later to play poker continuously for 72 hours. After his own hilarious record attempts, Larry sets out to discover more about the vast and colourful history of the Guinness Book of World Records. This leads him to his fellow record setters with their widely varied motives for record-mania.Meet Ashrita, Record Breaker for God, who has been breaking records for 30 years and has set or broken 177 Guinness World Records in his lifetime.And Jackie 'The Texas Snakeman' Bibby, who became one of the book's all time icons by sharing a bathtub with poisonous rattlesnakes and dangling them from his mouth, and who literally puts his life on the line every time he breaks one of his rattlesnake records.; Fiction, Collins<

2008, ISBN: 9780007261291

Letzte Aktualisierung am: 10.11.19 06:02:15 Binding: Gebundene Ausgabe, Label: Collins, Publisher: Collins, NumberOfItems: 1, medium: Gebundene Ausgabe, numberOfPages: 300, publicationDat… Meer...

Letzte Aktualisierung am: 10.11.19 06:02:15 Binding: Gebundene Ausgabe, Label: Collins, Publisher: Collins, NumberOfItems: 1, medium: Gebundene Ausgabe, numberOfPages: 300, publicationDate: 2008-10-06, authors: Larry Olmsted, ISBN: 0007261292 Bücher, Larry Olmsted<