If your family is like my family, receiving the Guinness World Records is a Christmas tradition. We’ve got an entire shelf dedicated to the hardcover annual.
So if you’re planning on gifting it to a loved one (or yourself), why not pick it up in Amazon’s Black Friday sales? This year’s edition is just £7.99, with a whopping 60% off the £20 RRP.
Its consistency is all part of its appeal. Where else would you possibly choose to read about who had the world’s longest fingernails or just how heavy the heaviest baby was? Only in the Guinness World Records, that’s where.
This year’s edition is just £7.99 from Amazon, with 60% off the RRP of £20.
Among the highlights, according to the online retailer, are an “electrifying new cover”, and a specially-curated record-breaking edition packaged with thousands of new, updated and classic superlatives.
There are also hundreds of never-before-seen images, and a selection of eye-opening photos.
To celebrate the dawning of the new decade, the team behind the series have developed a completely new design - and a ‘new look’ book inside the cover, too.
Its 11 chapters are packed full with cutting-edge science, plus a feature chapter on ‘remarkable robots’ with the help of award-winning tech blogger Evan Ackerman.
They’ve also been out on the road at events as diverse as the UK ‘National Pet Show’, ‘Skill Con’ in Las Vegas and ‘BubbleFest’ in Wales. There’s even a ‘Viral Sports’ chapter, which includes some ‘Do Try This At Home’ challenges.
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