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BL
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| Record Number
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1028394
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b782764
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| Main Entry
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Olmsted, Larry.
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| Title & Author
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Getting into Guinness : : one man's longest, fastest, highest journey inside the world's most famous record book /\ Larry Olmsted.
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| Edition Statement
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1st U.S. ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Collins,, ©2008.
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| Page. NO
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xxi, 293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :: portraits ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0061373486
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: 9780061373480
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-278) and index.
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| Contents
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Meet Ashrita, record breaker for God -- The greatest record of all: birds, beaver, beer, and Sir Hugh's impossible question -- Getting into Guinness gets personal -- Guinnessport: getting into Guinness goes prime time -- 15 minutes of fame -- Seventy-two hours in hell: getting back into Guinness -- The cheese does not stand alone: giant food and Guinness -- Records go global -- The dark side of Guinness: records gone bad -- Epilogue -- The stories of my favorite records -- The long way into Guinness: an ode to drudgery -- So you want to be a record breaker? -- A record-breaking timeline.
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| Abstract
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Recounts the author's journey into the culture of the "Guinness World Records" and his own haphazard and successful attempts to break two records; profiles some of the book's funniest and most interesting records.
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Curiosities and wonders, Miscellanea.
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World records, Miscellanea.
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Curiosities and wonders.
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World records.
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Guinness world records-- History.
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Guinness world records.
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| Dewey Classification
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001.9
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| LC Classification
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AG243.O47 2008
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