1986 Guinness Book of World Records

Guinness World Records

by Norris McWhirter (editor)

Discover the answers to countless burning questions with Guinness World Records 1986! This special edition includes astonishing, full-color photographs, unique profiles of record holders, a look back at the most amazing record holders over the past 50 years, plus all the newest & most exciting records to date. You'll discover:-The fastest car in the world-The most successful recording artist of all time-The world's smelliest flower-The world's biggest pizza-& more! With a beautiful gold, holographic cover, this volume will be engrossing volume.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

480 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Norris Dewar McWhirter, CBE (12 August 1925, Winchmore Hill, London – 19 April 2004, Wiltshire) was a writer, political activist, co-founder of the Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his identical twin brother, Ross, were known internationally for the Guinness Book of Records, a book they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975. After Ross McWhirter's assassination by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), Norris McWhirter carried on alone as editor until he retired in 1985.

Reviews

[Damian Reyes]

Porque siempre hay algo nuevo que conocer de los 80's. Me lo encontré por la casa, no sé a quien pertenece o perteneció esta edición especial, en inglés, pero me pareció divertida y obviamente sin complicaciones, algo para leer mientras esperas en la fila de algún lugar.

[Jimmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun collection of trivia, like the largest sentence ever published or the largest bookstore.