Getting into Guinness: One man's longest, fastest, highest journey inside the world's most famous record book - Softcover

Olmsted, Larry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 000728425X ISBN 13: 9780007284252

Publisher: Collins, 2009

Synopsis

Getting into Guinness Getting Into Guinness is the hilarious true story of record breaking attempts, how record obsession has become a global phenomenon, the weird and wonderful characters that set records and the history of the Guinness Book of World Records.

About this title

About the Author

Writer, editor and book author specializing in travel, golf, lifestyle topics, skiing, food, wine & spirits, poker & gaming, outdoor recreation and participant sports. Published more than 3000 articles, including features and cover stories. Contributor to major publications including Cigar Aficionado, USA Today, Playboy, Inc Magazine, Worth, Investors Business Daily, Diversion, Travel & Leisure Golf, Men's Health, Men's Journal, New York Magazine, Elle, US Airways' Attache, American Way, Sports Afield, GOLF Magazine, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, Elite Traveler and Boston Herald.

Review

'A funny and revealing look at the reference classic of everyone's childhood. I read it straight through in exactly 5 hours and 21 minutes, with hourly rest breaks. While balancing a milk bottle on my head. And riding a unicycle.' Ken Jennings, author of Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs'Larry Olmsted is a gifted storyteller who captures the heart and soul of the wonderful, wacky world of Guinness records. As a two-time record holder himself, he paints a vivid and hilarious picture of the silliness and absurdity of the global quest for fame. Brimming with unforgettable characters and delicious stories, you'll want to devour this book as fast as record holder Tom Waes can consume an entire pizza...19.91 seconds!' Ben Sherwood, author of The Man Who Ate the 747'Getting into Guinness is a full-throttle joyride through the bizarre world behind the records. These people are delightfully misguided, and Olmsted is one of them. But his obsession is his greatest advantage as a storyteller: he goes off the deep end and takes us with him.' Michael Roberts, Executive Editor, Outside magazine'This book records the minute-by-minute physical agony of Olmsted's own feats while setting records of its own-funniest, quirkiest, most interesting and most practical guide to what is arguably the world's best known book, after the Bible. From Olmsted's many astonishing accounts of record seekers there emerges something both touching and profound-the desire of ordinary men and women to escape the humdrum, to show their stuff, to be noticed and remembered.' Tom Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Man Who Kept the Secrets

Edition details

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 000728425X
• ISBN 13: 9780007284252
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 322