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Strictly Off the Record [EPUB ebook]

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In this acutely funny, witty and endearing memoir, Anna Nicholas recounts her adventures judging records around the world with The Guinness Book of Records famed founder, Norris Mc Whirter, CBE. Nicknamed Batman and Robin, they travelled the UK and beyond together, meeting eccentric, weird and wonderful record breakers.Adjudicating Richard Branson’s circumnavigation of the globe in a hot air balloon, the world’s highest tower of bread in Jakarta, the longest conga line in Miami, festival of record-breaking in South Korea, and the cramming of the most people ever onto deckchairs on Weymouth beach was all in a day’s work for this dynamic duo. And, of course, things didn’t always go exactly according to plan…

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Formato EPUB ● Páginas 352 ● ISBN 9781999661830 ● Editorial Burro Books ● Publicado 2020 ● Descargable 3 veces ● Divisa EUR ● ID 9282858 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM

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