Guinness World Records 2009 (Guinness Book of Records (Mass Market))
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Editor: Craig GlendayEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-28
ISBN: 0553592564
Number of pages: 608
Publisher: Bantam
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Book Review: Caveat lector
Summary: 2 Stars
Caveat lector ("let the reader beware"). Most of the info in this book is correct, but there are some glaring errors. For example, the tallest hotel in the world is not the Burj Al Arab. It is the Rose Tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which was completed in 2007, well before the publication date of this book. There are number of other errors that I have found. In other words, you can't take it on faith that a particular record in this book is true. The Guinness Book of Records has been going downhill for years. In order to keep the size of the book down (and printing costs too), the publishers have decided to remove some records from year to year. For example, you won't find the world's largest bell in the 2009 edition, but it was included in some previous editions. That's just one example; there are MANY. Overall, the Guinness book is OK, but it was much better years ago when the McWhirter brothers published it.
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