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Nytt år, nya rekord och en sprillans ny Guinness World Records! Fullspäckad med bilder och fakta om världens största och bästa - och även det minsta. Det är som alltid fantastiska, konstiga och spännande fakta om djur, kroppen, idrottsprestationer...

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The 2023 edition takes readers on a journey that's out of this world! With bonus digital content throughout, we reveal the latest and greatest record-breaking achievements here on Planet Earth and across the vast distances of space. With ever more...

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A micro-encyclopedia for those who want to know the perfumer's work and learn about the perfume industry from the inside, but have no guide on where to start.

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A fascinating compilation of weather forecasts, recipes, jokes, and aphorisms, Poor Richard's Almanack debuted in 1732. This edition presents hundreds of Franklin's timeless maxims, plus selections from the Letters, Autobiography, and Franklin's W...

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Visste du att Frihetsgudinnan har storlek 3500 i skor, att världens första bilkrock inträffade 1770 eller att en gris i Normandie blev hängd 1394 för att ha ätit upp ett barn? Eller visste du att fiskar kan klättra i träd och bli sjösjuka, att fåg...

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Vad vet du om världens roliga och knäppa rekord? Varje fråga har tre svarsalternativ där du gissar på vilket alternativ du tror är rätt. Hela familjen kan vara med och spela!

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A visual guide to how the world really works, through stunning infographics and data visualisations, thoroughly revised, recalculated and reimagined for this new edition. We are overwhelmed by information - from our phones, our televisions, our co...

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In this mind-blowing follow-up to the bestselling Information is Beautiful, the king of infographics David McCandless uses spectacular visuals to reveal unexpected insights into how the world really works. We are living in the Information Age, in ...

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The record-breaking records annual is back and packed with more incredible accomplishments, stunts, cutting-edge science and amazing sporting achievements than ever before. With more than 3,000 new and updated records and 1,000 eye-popping photos,...

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With research sourced by the world's greatest libraries, Robbins has compiled a rational, balanced history of 300 years of horror concentrated primarily in Western Europe. Spanning from the 15th century through the 18th century, the witch-hunt fre...

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'See if you can tell your Tantalus from your Tacitus!' - The Daily Telegraph 'This book aims to fill you in on the stuff you wish you'd been taught at school' - The Times ______________________ A Classical Education is a must-have for anyone feeli...

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*From the star of CUNK ON EARTH - BBC's landmark mockumentary, coming soon to Netflix!* 'This book is great because it covers everything in existence apart from the 95% of stuff not worth bothering with' Philomena Cunk, star of Charlie Brooker's W...

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The must-have Back to School dictionary for Year 12. The largest single-volume English dictionary in print celebrates the extraordinary breadth and changing nature of world English, with more than 725,000 words, meanings and phrases. "The Col...

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Fully revised and updated, and with a bright new design, Guinness World Records 2022 provides a fascinating snapshot of our world today. Our editors have chosen to curate the book with environmental issues at the forefront of their mind, so we ope...

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Aktuellt uppslagverk i pocketformat. Korta, klara definitioner. 2554 sidor i två band.

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Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot expresses the hopes, dogmas, assumptions, and prejudices that have come to characterize the French Enlightenment. In this preface to the Encyclopedia, d'Alembert traces the history of intellectu...

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The Encylopedia of the Gothic features a series of newly-commissioned essays from experts in Gothic studies that cover all aspects of the Gothic as it is currently taught and researched, along with the development of the genre and its impact on co...

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GRUESOME, DISGUSTING, AND ABSOLUTELY VILE!Loaded with hundreds of disgusting, repulsive, gruesome, and loathsome facts, this is by far the foulest collection of trivia around.Try not to gag as your read about bad breath, bile, burps, ear wax, scab...

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"The Collins English Dictionary is a book to be treasured, no home should be without one", The Times. The largest single-volume English dictionary in print celebrates the extraordinary breadth and changing nature of world English, with m...

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The awesome gift the whole-family can enjoy this Christmas. This 2024 children's annual is loaded with all-new jaw-dropping, eye-popping, brain-bending facts and bright, bold photography! It pairs the planet's weirdest facts with the coolest and s...

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Which is the most dangerous day of the year to drive a car? Why are recessions not all bad? And what's the best remedy for chronic headaches? Mark Di Vincenzo, author of "The New York Times" bestseller "Buy Ketchup in May" and ...

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The incomparable Anthony Dias Bluethe worlds leading expert on American winehas revised and updated his definitive reference on Americas wine-producing regions and wines. Both entertaining and informative American Wine takes the risk out of choosi...

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The American Reader is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse. The 200 poems, speeches, songs, essays, letters, and documents were chosen both for their readability and f...

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Mark Di Vincenzo, the New York Times bestselling author of Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon, brings us another book of fascinating, eminently useful facts certain to make you healthier, wealthier, and wiser. Readers of Schotts Miscellany and oth...

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Today's most visionary thinkers reveal the cutting-edge scientific ideas and breakthroughs you must understand. Scientific developments radically change and enlighten our understanding of the world -- whether it's advances in technology and medica...

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Today's most visionary thinkers reveal the cutting-edge scientific ideas and breakthroughs you must understand.Scientific developments radically change and enlighten our understanding of the world -- whether it's advances in technology and medical...

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Under the direction of a distinguished Editorial Board, Professor Madan Singh has commissioned over 90 articles which extend, up-date and revise original material from the highly acclaimed Systems & Control Encyclopedia . Particular attention has ...

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Containing 71 articles, Supplementary Volume 2 , provides an up-to-date review of recent developments in the field of systems and control. New developments covered include: 'fuzzy logic control', 'neural nets in control systems' and 'robust stabil...

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An intellectual property (IP) system was established in China in 1985. Since then, the merits and drawbacks of the system have become apparent in theory and practice. Despite the fact that a great deal has been written about the Chinese IP system,...

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