The Mammoth Book Of Weird RecordsEveryone's heard of Usain Bolt, but how many people know about Dineka Maguire? Like Bolt, the Irish woman is a world record holder but in the rather lesser known sport of bog snorkelling. She is just one of the hundreds of unsung heroes featured in this book chronicling the people who go to bizarre lengths to break world records in the weirdest categories; people who devote hours of intense training to spitting dung, eating cockroaches, sniffing feet

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and the sacrifices his parents made to ensure he fulfilled his dream despite their difficult circumstances

she clearly doesn't trust her either

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The Stag and Hen Weekend can be read from front to back or from back to front putting the reader in the driver's seat as to which story they wish to read first

Each probe is designed to do a unique job and this book reveals the genius of their design

at the end of his top-flight playing career

Follow the brave men and women of the Bible as they venture through dry desert lands

of its rocks and currents and waterfalls

This book gives everyone access to the power of probability

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