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| Book: Scholastic book of world records 2006 |
Dubai’s Burj-ul-Arab is the tallest hotel in the world. Pakistan’s Tarbela Dam is the most massive dam in the world. America’s Samuel L Jackson is the actor with the highest career box-office earnings. Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) is America’s most popular television show. Australia is the most ice-cream eating nation. Google is the most used Internet search engine. Facts like these are not found everywhere but in extensively compiled books. Scholastic Book of World Records 2006 is one such collector’s item where facts and figures are present in abundance, with every new page being better and more surprising than the last one.This book comprises more than 600 colourful photographs in 300 pages with each record getting a full-colour page. Not only is a detailed description present with each photograph but also available is a colourful bar graph that ranks competitors in that very category. From the longest to the tallest, top-ranking to the fastest, most deadly to most expensive, each of the record — be it natural or man-made, cultural or technological, related to Earth or astronomical — is covered extensively. If you are an avid food lover, then you would be more than happy to know the name of the country that has the most fast-food restaurants. If you belong to the happy-go-lucky kind, you would die to know where the world’s fastest roller coaster is situated. If you are a passionate chips eater, then you would be over the moon on knowing the name of the nation that consumes most of the manufactured chips. If you are a nature geek, then knowing that there is fish that has enough venom to kill sixty adults is bonus information while if you are a history buff, then not knowing the fact that 400 years ago, a vegetable used to come in many colours other than red would be an embarrassment! Although the Bonus Section specially included for this edition isn’t as surprising or shocking as the rest of the book, this book on the whole can easily be termed as one of better purchase for kids. If your parent doesn’t permit you to read, ask them for this book and you’ll be surprised at their reaction! Omair Alavi |
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