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001			ASIN1579122728
005			20110615044307.0
008			110615s2003 xxu eng d
020			_a9781579122720 (hardcover)
020			_a9781579122720 (hardcover)
050			_aAG 243 _b.M66 1999
100	1		_aMooney, Julie. _911466
245	1	4	_aThe world of ripley's believe it or not! / _cJulie Mooney.
260			_a[NY] : _bBookwise International, _c2003.
300			_a1 v. (unpaged) ; _c26 cm.
520			_aIt's shocking but irresistible. The fantastic and amazing World of Ripley's Believe It or Notʼ uncovers and relates curiosities from around the globe. Its full-color, oversized format and round trim make it a suitably remarkable package to display the bizarre findings of Robert Ripley, who traveled to 198 countries to research his famous newspaper cartoon strip. Starting with his first drawing in 1918 and the first Ripley museum in the 1930s, this book is filled with examples of human oddities, exotic artifacts, strange happenings, unusual inventions, marvels of nature, extraordinary achievements and coincidences. Readers will be amazed by the truly macabre world that Ripley captured. Hundreds of photographs show the real people and things that inspired the famous drawings. Exotic objects and human feats stretch the limits of the mind, body and imagination. Here readers will meet world champion chicken picker Buck Fulford who could catch, kill, cook and eat a chicken in less than two minutes; Alice Penfold who could lift her sister Mary on a stool using only her teeth; "Three Ball Charlie" who could put a tennis ball, golf ball and billiards ball in his mouth and still whistle; and Liu Ch'ung of China who has double pupils in each eye.
856	4	0	_3Amazon.com _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1579122728/chopaconline-20
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952			_pC2011-0256 _40 _00 _bMAIN _10 _oAG 243 .M66 1999 _d2011-06-15 _70 _cChildren Collection _2lcc _yBOOK _aMAIN