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Author: Adam Phillips
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780764143380
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes various feats and records, including absurd animals, objects of ridicule, outrageous risks, peculiar people, silly sports, and more; and includes photographs.
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ISBN-13: 9781598264814
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: DK
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Published: 2018-08-02
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 0241555523
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat is the world's longest-living creature? Who was the first person to reach the bottom of the ocean? Where is the longest train route? This ebook includes amazing facts about people, animals, Earth, and space, and brings you the first, fastest, longest, largest, biggest, and best records in the world! Track the longest shark migration (20,000 km/12,400 miles); visit the coolest place on the planet (Vostok Station, Antarctica: a chilling -89.2oC/-128.6oF); see how plane pioneer Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, and much more. Discover the greatest human achievements, from pioneering inventors to modern feats of engineering, transport, technology, and sport. But there's far more than just people power in this ebook, there are also records about animals, plants, and our amazing natural world. Find out all about the best of everything in Record Breakers - an entertaining and educational ebook that the whole family can enjoy.
Author: JARED LEE
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 20
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Anthony Neilson
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2014-05-01
Total Pages: 82
ISBN-13: 1408125706
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Ladies and gentlemen, as some of you may know, my name is Edward Gant: prodigy, soldier, traveller, poet - but always and ever a showman.' In 1881, the famed and enigmatic impresario Mr Edward Gant presented his renowned travelling show for the final time. The opiate-addicted actor manager showcased his troupe creating a spectacle of grotesquery, black comedy, mystery and magic realism. Over a century later, playwright Anthony Neilson has reconstructed this intriguing and fantastic historical event in a theatrical piece that combines the melodrama and extravagance with the painful loneliness that characterised a Victorian freak show. Neilson's play offers a strange and beautiful exploration of sadness and mortality, probing even the nature of theatre itself. 'Without further ado, I present for your astonishment the Extraordinary! The Terrible! The AMAZING FEATS OF LONELINESS.' Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness was first produced at the Drum Theatre, Plymouth, in 2002, and was revived by Headlong Theatre and the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, in February 2009.
Author: Patrick Catel
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Published: 2011-01-01
Total Pages: 58
ISBN-13: 1410939693
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTrue stories of amazing feats that daredevils do to entertain their audiences.
Author: Simon Lailvaux
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2018-01-01
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 0300222599
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fascinating exploration of the extreme world of animal athletics, how these stunning abilities have evolved, and their insights into human performance and evolution How is it that fish can climb waterfalls, snakes glide, and cheetahs run so fast? Natural and sexual selection has driven the evolution of diverse and amazing athletic abilities throughout the animal kingdom. Integrative biologist Simon Lailvaux draws on decades of performance research to highlight the ecological and evolutionary importance of these abilities, which include running, jumping, flying, biting, climbing, and swimming, and explains the many reasons they exist. He describes the methods and tools scientists use to measure animal performance--remote sensing technologies that can capture a cheetah's running speed, or force meters that gauge the strength of a lizard's bite or crab's grip--as well as the diverse mechanisms underlying and enabling spectacular animal athletic feats. Using examples from the smallest insects to birds, whales, and even dinosaurs, Lailvaux provides a unique glimpse into a vibrant, eclectic field of research and points to new directions for understanding performance evolution in both animals and humans.
Author: Kari Kilgore
Publisher: Spiral Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2021-02-20
Total Pages: 34
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Successful Launch of a Disaster Billy’s new tech start-up sits on the verge of greatness. A fantastic reward for leaving his rotten old job in the dust. Until a miscalculation lands Billy in a nightmare. And he only sees one way out. Unfortunately Billy’s way out puts him squarely in cybercrime expert Dana Sanderson’s sights. Can Dana stop him before it’s too late? A Dana Sanderson Short Mystery An excerpt from The Fabulous Feats of Billy: The first line you cross is the easiest Billy pulled the power cord out, running it idly through his fingers. The lax security and asset tracking wasn’t all he knew about Gossalor. He knew the yearly, quarterly, and monthly profit numbers for the place. They were nowhere near AllState or State Farm numbers, no. But they were easily a thousand times more profitable than the amount Billy was pulling his hair out over. And twenty-eight thousand wasn’t much, not really. Not compared to the settlements Gossalor paid out every single day. Many times a day. Paying out was part of doing business for them, and they clearly had plenty to spare. Sometimes a gold-plated nest could do without a feather or two. Especially if no one would ever be the wiser.
Author: Calvin Irons
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Published: 2001-03
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ISBN-13: 9780322052376
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Orme
Publisher: Fact to Fiction
Published: 2012-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781613840238
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents basic facts about fantastic feats, followed by "Feat of Endurance" a fiction story about people who will do anything just to become famous.
