For 60 years Guinness World Records has celebratedthe world’s most remarkable human and animalachievements, natural wonders and feats of innovation. In doing so, it has inspired generationsof record-setters and GWR fans alike, and has set itsown record for all-time bestselling annual publication(over 130 million copies sold!). In this special diamond anniversary book, weshare 60 of the most iconic, heart-warming andworld-changing records, year by year from 1955 to today. Illustrated with stunning photography, theserecords show how Guinness World Records hasacted as a mirror to the evolving world around us.From pioneering space exploration and unrivalledsporting achievements to supersized animals andincredible human bodies, there’s something herefor everyone. Perhaps it will even inspire the nextgeneration of record-breakers…

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Su Doku Bronze is the first title in a new series of books from the Su Doku master, Wayne Gould. Begin the race to master Su Doku at every level starting with this Easy collection of puzzles, guaranteed to entertain and challenge you at a relaxed pace. The original creator of The Times puzzles, Wayne Gould is the leading authority on Su Doku and is the man responsible for transforming this Japanese number puzzle into a worldwide phenomenon. Gould's success resulted in him being listed as one of Time magazine's most influential people in 2005. Containing 150 previously unpublished puzzles, Su Doku Bronze is the first of four collections designed to exercise the brain and test your logic.

Either Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan has had an amazingly long run of remarkably good luck, or he knows what he's doing and really is what most observers believe him to be, the maestro of the rock-solid prospering American economy. Washington Post reporter Woodward of Watergate fame attempts to write an incisive biography, and yet Greenspan remains an elusive and enigmatic figure. Early in his adulthood he was a devotee of Ayn Rand and once briefly attended Juilliard; he is famed for his elliptical language, and if he gets too explicit, the market strengthens or weakens depending on the direction of his words. De*ions of such behavior are presented by the author, but, unfortunately for listening excitement, Greenspan is neither flamboyant nor given to spectacular intrigue. Much of the book, of course, deals with meetings of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee which makes headlines whenever it raises or lowers an interest rate. The chairman is evidently very good at prodding, cajoling, and just pl

What does E=mc2 actually mean? Dr. Brian Cox and ProfessorJeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of twenty-firstcentury science to unpack Einstein’s famous equation. Explainingand simplifying notions of energy, mass, and light—while explodingcommonly held misconceptions—they demonstrate how the structure ofnature itself is contained within this equation. Along the way, wevisit the site of one of the largest scientific experiments everconducted: the now-famous Large Hadron Collider, a giganticparticle accelerator capable of re-creating conditions that existedfractions of a second after the Big Bang. A collaboration between one of the youngest professors in theUnited Kingdom and a distinguished popular physicist, Why DoesE=mc2? is one of the most exciting and accessible explanations ofthe theory of relativity.

A serial killer is on the loose in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892. Abigail Rook, a newly hired assistant, helps R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained. The police are convinced it s an ordinary villain, but Jackaby--who has the ability to see supernatural beings--is convinced that the foul deeds are the work of a supernatural creature. The first book in the New York Times bestselling paranormal mystery series pits R.F. Jackaby, investigator of the unexplainable, and his new assistant, Abigail Rook, against a supernatural serial killer. Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary--including the ability to see supernatural beings. Abigail has a gift for noticing ordinary but important details, which makes her perfect for the position of Jackaby s assistant. On her first day, Abigail finds herself in the midst of a thrilling case: A serial killer is on the loose.

Chelsea Handler is a woman on a mission. She's smart, sassy andnot afraid to speak her mind. From an early age Chelsea knewexactly what she wanted and even in the trickiest of situations,she's never one to pass up an opportunity. Like the time sheconvinced her third-grade class she was shooting movies with GoldieHawn on location in the Galapagos just to get them to like her, orwhen she spent the night in a women's prison, contemplating anaffair with the inmate who killed her own sister. Chelsea it seems,has done it all, and a whole lot more...Any mishaps along the wayjust spur Chelsea on further. Whether she is being dry-humped by asumo masseur, dumped by her Big Red experiment or kicked out of aLondon restaurant with her pants down, Chelsea is always armed withan unshakable disregard for rules and is incapable of leading aquiet life. "Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea" is anentertaining memoir-in-stories that will have you rolling aroundwith laughter.