WORLD ALMANAC BOOK OF RECORDS: FIRSTS, FEATS, FACTS & PHENOMENA
by YOUNG, MARK
List Price: HK$ 142.00
¡@ISBN
9780886879464
¡@Subject
REFERENCE & LANGUAGES
¡@Publisher
WORLD ALMANAC BOOKS US
¡@Publication
2006
¡@Edition
Paperback
¡@Version
Original
¡@Description
A 15-year-old boy with an artificial leg reached both the North and South Pole in the same year. An 88-year-old woman sailed across the Atlantic with her son in a small boat. An American architect conceived low-cost ¡§Earthship¡¨ houses constructed out of natural and recycled material. Skateboarder Danny Way jumped the Great Wall of China. The stories above show everyday folks creating their own special ¡§ Firsts, Feats, Facts & Phenomena.¡¨ The World Almanac Book of Records: Firsts, Feats, Facts & Phenomena presents the full spectrum of human record-breaking achievements to amuse, amaze, edify, and inspire.
