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Guinness World Records 2009 | 
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| Publisher: Guinness World Records Limited
Category: Book
List Price: £20.00
Buy New: £10.73
You Save: £9.27 (46%)
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 99
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Revised edition
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 1904994369
EAN: 9781904994367
ASIN: 1904994369
Publication Date: September 17, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Sent 1st class from UK
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Always the best, but this year I discovered something that makes it even better September 28, 2008
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I first read the Guinness Book of World Records when I was kid back in the 70s, and it's comforting to see it still going strong. I'll say that I definitely preferred the old school text-heavy versions from back in the day to the flourescent lime, 3D photography, picture-fest of today. It's a new world we live in now, so I guess it's hard to fault the Big G for keeping up with the times.
As much as I've long loved the Guinness book itself, I was always a little disappointed that there wasn't a good resource written ABOUT Guinness -- its history, evolution, and especially about how it became the phenomenon that inspires people to carry out such dedicated acts of nuttiness. A few weeks ago in New York, I saw a book profiled in the newspaper titled GETTING INTO GUINNESS by Larry Olmsted. Olmsted is a journalist as well as a two-time GBWR record-holder, and I gave it a try. Well, it's the perfect companion piece to the Guinness book; it puts everything into context and lets you feel like a real insider. 300 pages of fascinating real life stories about the quest for Guinness recordhood, and Amazon has it for under nine pounds. I'll be giving them together as a gift to my nephew. Buy them as a tandem (which is what I should have done) and you'd even get free shipping with Prime! Getting into Guinness: One Man's Longest, Fastest, Highest Journey Inside the World's Most Famous Record Book
The Best yet October 19, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have collected plenty of copies of GWR but this excels all. The 3-D glasses bring the book to life.
No wonder this is the world's best selling book! September 23, 2008
20 out of 24 found this review helpful
After having received Guinness World Records 2009, as a gift, I've realised just how good it is. I was in Tesco a few days ago, and flicked through it then. I thought it was good. But now I own it, it's enabled me to see the extent of just how good it is.
Saying that it's the best edition of Guinness World Records to date, and it is (no worries there), isn't really that much of an achievement. Saying, however, it's the best book I've ever read...the best book ever made...is.
And this is. It's crammed full of amazing achievements, epic engineering, fantastic feats, and much more amazing stuff to feast your eyes on.
Leaving `Ripley's: Believe It Or Not' for dead, GWR really have excelled themselves this time. It really is astonishing.
This year's edition also includes huge, awe-inspiring fold out 3D features, which are apparently obvious when you wear the 3D-glasses that are provided.
It's awesome!
-Revealed: the world's strongest man
-The record-breaking world of Harry Potter
-Inside the Hollywood Hall of Fame
-The top ten videogames of the year
-Face to face with dinosaurs in exciting 3D!
-Plus your favourite records country by country
All this can be found in the spectacular book that is Guinness World Records 2009.
I'd suggest going over to that bookshop, right this second, and buying a copy.
Guaranteed - you won't be disappointed.
The best gets better every year October 2, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I still buy and read the Guinness Record book every year, because it's become like an old friend that I like to catch up with, but I have to disagree with Birch East. I like the way it has changed and brings out a fresh look each year. The changes, like holograms, 3D whatever, make it fresh every year. My nephews also are big fans of the 3D gimmick.
I do agree with the recommendation for Getting Into Guinness: One Man's Longest, Fastest, Highest Journey Inside the World's Most Famous Record Book, the new book by Larry Olmsted about the history and culture of the Guinness World Records book. After reading his review I snapped up a copy and it is great--very entertaining and a fun read! I have read the record book for years but never stopped to wonder where it came from (Guinness Stout of course!), how it got so big, and how large a role it has played in pop culture, and just how crazy some of the record holders seem to be. Getting Into Guinness is the story behind the records and a fun, well researched, adult read.
Garoovy! December 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I always like reading GWR books. They generally are alot of fun and very interesting!
I especially liked this one as it has very cool 3D images. It comes with a pair of glasses which you have to put together yourself.
There's loads of interesting facts in it and I can spend hours reading it.
Somehow, no matter how many times you go through the pages and keep going through them, you always learn something new!
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