The After School Kids' Care director wants to get into The Guiness Book of World Records, and A. J. and the gang jump in to help him.

"This awe-inspiring updated edition of the Book of World Records comes complete with new entries in pop culture, science, tech, nature, sports, medicine, and more. This 2023 edition also includes "Trending" sections for each category, covering all the new cool social media facts, incredible stats, and facts you need to know from the past year"-- Provided by publisher.

Who is the fastest person on two limbs? Who is the fastest person on four limbs? Learn these things and more alongside super cool and colorful photographs. This title is sure to attract your reluctant readers! Complete with a table of contents, glossary, index, and even more facts! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO. Glossary of key words Index Reviewed Table of contents Seeing is...

Everyone in second grade seems set on breaking a world record and friends Ivy and Bean are no exception, deciding to become the youngest people ever to discover a dinosaur skeleton.

La primera tarea acometida por la autora fue la de acudir con una regularidad encomiable cada semana al archivo franciscano en Zapopan a leer y tomar notas, apoyada por Darío Armando Flores Soria, quien colaboró en este proyecto. Estas constantes idas de trabajo al archivo y la plena confianza en la importancia de la correspondencia femenina para proseguir en la brecha de la cultura y religión desde la perspectiva de género, línea de investigación...

“The Simple Sabotage Field Manual by the United States Office of Strategic Services” is a must-read for anyone interested in the art of espionage and covert operations. This manual, originally developed for the OSS during World War II, provides detailed instructions and strategies for sabotaging enemy operations through subtle and non-violent means. Topics covered include how to disrupt meetings and communications, slow down productivity, and...

What happens when you burp in space? Can you comb a hairy doughnut? Is the platypus even a real animal? Join us for a mind-boggling look at the record-breaking world around us. From the science of slam dunks and the smelliest substances to over-engineered inventions and the physics of cats, you'll find page after page of amazing--and downright unbelievable--facts. Plus: do try this at home. Have a go at 10 record-breaking experiments that will blow...

Excerpt: "Sexuality is the most powerful factor in individual and social existence; the strongest incentive to the exertion of strength and acquisition of property, to the foundation of a home, and to the awakening of altruistic feelings, first for a person of the opposite sex, then for the offspring, and, in a wider sense, for all humanity. Thus, all ethics and, perhaps, a good part of esthetics and religion depend upon the existence of sexual feeling....

The book examines inebriety from a wide range of angles: although that caused by alcohol is the main focus, he also explores use of opium (popular at the time), tobacco, nitrous oxide, and also other various poisons, such as hemlock, "bangue" (cannabis), foxglove and nightshade.

From the tallest cake ever made to the most peanut butter and jelly sandwiches eaten in a minute, these Guinness world records will make you hunger for greatness.