O'Brien, Cynthia (Cynthia J.)
Summary: Provides detailed descriptions of hundreds of world records in pop culture, sports, science, and other categories, each with a photograph.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2023
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3 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 032.02 O'BRSummary: "3... 2... 1... We have lift off on another fully revised and updated Guinness World Records annual. The 2023 edition takes readers on a journey that's out of this world, revealing the latest and greatest record-breaking achievements here on Planet Earth and across the vast distances of space."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 032.02 GUICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Misc GuinnessSummary: What happens when you burp in space? Can you comb a hairy doughnut? Is the platypus even a real animal? Join us for a mind-boggling look at the record-breaking world around us. From the science of slam dunks and the smelliest substances to over-engineered inventions and the physics of cats, you'll find page after page of amazing--and downright unbelievable--facts. Plus: do try this at home....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guinness World Records Limited 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The record-breaking records annual is back and packed with more incredible accomplishments, stunts, cutting-edge science and amazing sporting achievements than ever before. With more than 3,000 new and updated records and 1,000 eye-popping photos, it has thousands of new stats and facts and dazzling new features.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guinness World Records Limited 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: J030 GUISummary: Record Breakers brings you the first, fastest, longest, largest, biggest, and best records in the world. Track the longest shark migration (20,000 km/12,400 miles); visit the coolest place on the planet (Vostok Station, Antarctica: a chilling -89.2ºC/-128.6ºF); see how plane pioneer Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, and much more. The greatest human achievements are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley Limited 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Meister, Cari
Summary: Contains world records about dogs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, HarperCollins Childrens Books 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Salazar, Alicia
Summary: Camila dreams of being a star and, after learning about children who break world records, decides she will do the same--but how? Includes glossary, glossary of Spanish words, activities, and discussion questions
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SALWebster, Christy
Summary: From the tallest cake ever made to the most peanut butter and jelly sandwiches eaten in a minute, these Guinness World Records will make you hungry for greatness!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE WEBSummary: The Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition 2019 is the global authority on all things videogames. The 12th edition of the world’s best-selling videogames annual is bursting with amazing records, remarkable feats and marvellous achievements by gamers just like you, who have been inspired by the games they love to play.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guinness World Records 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.O'Brien, Cynthia (Cynthia J.)
Summary: "This awe-inspiring updated edition of the Book of World Records comes complete with new entries in pop culture, science, tech, nature, sports, medicine, and more. This 2023 edition also includes "Trending" sections for each category, covering all the new cool social media facts, incredible stats, and facts you need to know from the past year"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 031.02 SCHSummary: The fully revised and updated version of the classic is based on the theme of the Blue Planet, with an emphasis on the natural world, as well as the latest record-breaking successes in music, TV, and sports.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guinness World Records Limited 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 032.02 GUISummary: This latest edition of the world's best-selling annual book looks at how despite pandemic and lockdowns, record-breaking has continued, with a focus on how people are going to extreme lengths to save the environment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guinness World Records Limited 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 032.02 GUICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 032.02 GUICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 031 GUICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Misc GuinnessFinnegan, Delphine
Summary: Presents a collection of Guinness world records featuring robots, including the largest walking robot, the most therapeutic robot, and the first wireless aquatic toy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FINCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE FINGutman, Dan.
Summary: The After School Kids' Care director wants to get into The Guiness Book of World Records, and A. J. and the gang jump in to help him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Gutman 2010Summary: All aboard Guinness World Records 2021 for a life-changing journey of discovery! This year, we're devoting a chapter to the history of exploration, starting with the story of the very first circumnavigation, along with our History of Adventure timeline, featuring a host of remarkable achievements. The fully revised and updated best-seller is packed with thousands of incredible new feats across...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guinness World Records Limited 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 031.02 GUICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J031 GUISummary: Guinness World Records 2017 is bursting with all-new records on topics as diverse as black holes, domes, owls, and killer plants. And of course all your favorite record categories are updated, such as the world's new tallest dog! Plus, want to be a record-breaker? There are exciting challenges you can try at home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guinness World Records Limited 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 030 GUIGuinness World Records Limited
Summary: "The world's most popular record book is back with thousands of new categories and newly broken records, covering everything from outer space to sporting greats via Instagram, fidget spinners and all manner of human marvels. Inside you'll find hundreds of never-before-seen photographs and countless facts, figures, stats and trivia waiting for you on every action-packed page. Guinness World...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guinness World Records Limited 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Guinness World Records Limited (COR)
Summary: Includes new and updated records with never-before-seen photography--from the new shortest living man and a slam-dunking parrot to the fiercest predators in the ocean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guinness World Records 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 030 Guinness 2013Ward, Matthew.
Summary: When the rivalry between the Whipples and the Goldwins escalates to an all-out war as the World Record World Championships draw near, recordless Arthur Whipple and his unlikely ally Ruby Goldwin unravel the mystery of the Lyon's Curse and the secrets of their fathers' shared past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD WARSummary: Chronicles the evolution of record breaking while incorporating thousands of new entries, hundreds of new photographs, and highlights of classic records.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guinness World Records Limited 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 030 GUISummary: Craig, an eight-year-old with a brain tumor and less than a year to live, resides in England. Looking for hope, his mother pushes him to break the Guinness World Record for receiving the most get-well cards. Josh is a skeptical American newspaper reporter who is chosen by his editor to investigate the 'real facts' concerning these cards. Josh travels to England to spend time with the family and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Multimedia Group 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MIRPalahniuk, Chuck.
Summary: A full-frontal triple-X novel that goes where no American work of fiction has gone before. A porn star intends to cap her career by breaking the record for on-screen fornication.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2008
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PALWard, Matthew
Summary: For every child who's ever dreamed of being in the Guinness Book of World Records comes the story of eleven-year-old Arthur Whipple and his fantastic family of world record breakers. Unfortunately, unlike his siblings, Arthur hasn't broken a single, solitary world record! But when the Whipples suffer a spate of catastrophes and a curious amount of attention from a pair of irregularly sized and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013