world records

Text and humorous illustrations survey some of the biggest, smallest, longest, and fastest things in the world.

Presents world records associated with water sports and craft, marine life, sea voyages and shipwrecks, and the physical aspects of oceans.

Photographs and text provide information about fifteen of history's "firsts," including the first president of the United States, the first Olympic Games, and the first words spoken on the moon.

Tells the story of the first car race in America, on Thanksgiving Day of 1895, in which Frank Duryea, Oscar Mueller, and Jerry O'Conner battled the elements across Chicago for eleven hours to prove the strength and speed of the horseless carriage.

J.J. Smith, the Keeper of the Records for "The Book of Records" has witnessed many extraordinary things in the course of his job, but he has never witnessed true love, until he meets a man who is attempting to eat an entire Boeing 747 to prove his love for a woman.

Biographies of nearly 1,000 women who were the first in their field from the seventeenth century through the twentieth century.

"Simple text and colorful photos present record-breaking facts featuring animals"--Provided by publisher.

Everyone in second grade seems set on breaking a world record and friends Ivy and Bean are no exception, deciding to become the youngest people ever to discover a dinosaur skeleton.

Contains thousands of records that span every field of human and non-human endeavors, including science and technology, animals, sports, geography, arts and entertainment, education, hobbies and pastimes, unusual rituals, and many others.

Presents the biggests, smallests, fastests, longests, and other records for 2004 in such categories as the human body, the natural world, engineering, entertainment, technology, and sports.