EAN: 9780571372539

EVERYTHING TO PLAY FOR - JAMES HARKIN ANNA PTAS...

Hop  skip and jump into this wonderfully curious grand tour of the world of sports  brought to
you by QI Elves and No Such Thing As a Fish podcast hosts James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski.
From sport's weirdest rules to its most unlikely heroes  each chapter of Everything to Play For
is brimming with surprising facts and intriguing stories  including the psychology of soccer
chants  comically large cricket bats  pole-vaulting priests and professional pillow-fighting.
Even if you've never asked yourself what David Attenborough has to do with yellow tennis balls
why Victorian doctors feared the outbreak of bicycle face  or what led ancient Egyptian
athletes to have their spleens removed  this book will give you the astonishing answers  and
plenty more besides.

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