An essential reference tool.
|
Whilst some readers will always buy the latest edition of this book because they are interested in the largest, tallest, fastest or whatever, personally I have always found this book to be a first class reference source.
It was from the Guinness Book of records that I learned that the largest Turtle known to man was a giant Leatherback Turtle which (to my great surprise) was washed up on the shores of Ireland - and "not" some Caribbean country as one might expect.
Of course, not all the records are repeated from one edition into the next or each book would be identical except for any new records achieved during the past 12 months. For this reason, the reader might need to collect a few editions of the book in order to have as good a collection of records as possible.
Just a few loose thoughts really.
NM
|
|
great book
|
|
my mum bought me this while she was in the states and i think it is a great improvement on 99's edition. the photographic quality is of such a high standard that sometimes when i pick it up, i dont need to look at the words at all, because the pictures tell the story. but when you do read it the depth is there for all to see. In all, a great reference book!
|
|
|
United States | 
United Kingdom | 
Canada