Offers thousands of animal facts and records that identify animals in such categories as fastest, oldest, and most colorful, as well as smelliest, longest gestation period, and most bossy.

Some say that to embrace one's greatest talent is to make the world a better place. Breaking world records is a mysteriously seductive tradition, alternately inspiring, reckless, and bizarre. Follow a joggler, a grape catcher, and a man who cycles nowhere as they battle the odds, and their respective nemeses, in pursuit of global dominance. Includes extended scenes of more world record breaking feats.

A young girl tries to make a world record-breaking wish.

Provides detailed descriptions of hundreds of world records in pop culture, sports, science, and other categories, each with a photograph.

This latest edition of the world's best-selling annual book looks at how despite pandemic and lockdowns, record-breaking has continued, with a focus on how people are going to extreme lengths to save the environment.

Guinness World Records 2025 marks the 70th anniversary of the publishing phenomena that has sold more than 150 million copies in over 100 countries. The new edition--fully revised and updated with over 1,000 images--continues the annual tradition of delivering thousands of awe-inspiring facts, eye-watering feats and mind-blowing figures in a book that's designed for the whole family to enjoy. --

Lists records, superlatives, and unusual facts in the areas of fame, business, crime, the natural world, technology, war, the arts, music, fashion, and sports.

"For every child who's ever dreamed of being in the Guinness Book of World Records comes the story of eleven-year-old Arthur Whipple and his fantastic family of world record breakers...Unfortunately, unlike his siblings, Arthur hasn't broken a single, solitary world record! But when the Whipples suffer a spate of catastrophes and a curious amount of attention from a pair of irregularly sized and unusually menacing clowns, Arthur might be the only...

"El libro de las cosas sorprendentes! En esta edición encontrarás las secciones clásicas sobre cuerpos humanos, animales espectaculares, deportes, etc. junto a lo más nuevo en temas de actualidad como Youtube, Minecraft, videojuegos, Star Wars, etc. Además, contiene páginas exclusivas dedicadas a los récords españoles y entr evistas con los protagonistas."--Casadellibro.

Record Breakers brings you the first, fastest, longest, largest, biggest, and best records in the world. Track the longest shark migration (20,000 km/12,400 miles); visit the coolest place on the planet (Vostok Station, Antarctica: a chilling -89.2°C/-128.6°F); see how plane pioneer Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, and much more. The greatest human achievements are showcased, from pioneering inventors to modern feats of engineering, technology,...