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Highlights
- The most improbable, fascinating and endlessly entertaining sporting facts and stories, from prehistory to the present day.Did you know that Henry VIII owned the first pair of football boots?
- Author(s): James Harkin & Anna Ptaszynski
- 400 Pages
- Humor, Topic
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Book Synopsis
The most improbable, fascinating and endlessly entertaining sporting facts and stories, from prehistory to the present day.Did you know that Henry VIII owned the first pair of football boots? Or that David Attenborough is responsible for yellow tennis balls?
A Load of Old Balls is the curious story of us and sport. It's about our mind-blowingly determined attempts to be the fastest, the strongest, the most skillful. 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. "The trivia book of the season . . . magnificent." SPECTATOR
** Published in hardback as Everything to Play For.
Review Quotes
"A splendid book, and the perfect gift for any sports-mad person you know, which might even be you." - Daily Mail
Dimensions (Overall): 7.72 Inches (H) x 5.04 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)
Weight: .7 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 400
Genre: Humor
Sub-Genre: Topic
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Theme: Sports
Format: Paperback
Author: James Harkin & Anna Ptaszynski
Language: English
Street Date: February 4, 2025
TCIN: 92467059
UPC: 9780571372546
Item Number (DPCI): 247-29-3786
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.7 pounds
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