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Everything to Play For

- The QI Book of Sports
Af: Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin Engelsk Hardback

Everything to Play For

- The QI Book of Sports
Af: Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin Engelsk Hardback
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''Top Bins! A personal best, a lap record and a hole in one for when rain has stopped play.'' ALAN DAVIES
''The trivia book of the season . . . magnificent.'' SPECTATOR

Did you know that Henry VIII owned the first pair of football boots? Or that David Attenborough is responsible for yellow tennis balls?

Everything to Play For is the curious story of us and sport. It''s about our mind-blowingly determined attempts to be the fastest, the strongest, the most skilful. In this endlessly entertaining tale of play and belonging, astonishing violence and jaw-dropping cheating, we learn what led ancient Egyptian athletes to have their spleens removed and discover why Michael Palin was disqualified from a conker tournament. Crossing millennia, continents and cultures, Harkin and Ptaszynski – the brainy researchers for BBC''s QI and co-hosts of No Such Thing As A Fish –show us sport as we’ve never seen it before.

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Published in paperback as A Load of Old Balls.

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For more from the team behind QI''s hit TV show, check out the QI FACTS series of books, @qikipedia, their weekly podcast at nosuchthingasafish.com or visit qi.com.

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''Top Bins! A personal best, a lap record and a hole in one for when rain has stopped play.'' ALAN DAVIES
''The trivia book of the season . . . magnificent.'' SPECTATOR

Did you know that Henry VIII owned the first pair of football boots? Or that David Attenborough is responsible for yellow tennis balls?

Everything to Play For is the curious story of us and sport. It''s about our mind-blowingly determined attempts to be the fastest, the strongest, the most skilful. In this endlessly entertaining tale of play and belonging, astonishing violence and jaw-dropping cheating, we learn what led ancient Egyptian athletes to have their spleens removed and discover why Michael Palin was disqualified from a conker tournament. Crossing millennia, continents and cultures, Harkin and Ptaszynski – the brainy researchers for BBC''s QI and co-hosts of No Such Thing As A Fish –show us sport as we’ve never seen it before.

**

Published in paperback as A Load of Old Balls.

**

For more from the team behind QI''s hit TV show, check out the QI FACTS series of books, @qikipedia, their weekly podcast at nosuchthingasafish.com or visit qi.com.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 400
ISBN-13: 9780571372539
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0571372538
Kategori: Quizbøger
Udg. Dato: 12 okt 2023
Længde: 38mm
Bredde: 212mm
Højde: 164mm
Forlag: Faber & Faber
Oplagsdato: 12 okt 2023
Forfatter(e): Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin
Forfatter(e) Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin


Kategori Quizbøger


ISBN-13 9780571372539


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 400


Udgave


Længde 38mm


Bredde 212mm


Højde 164mm


Udg. Dato 12 okt 2023


Oplagsdato 12 okt 2023


Forlag Faber & Faber

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