A Load of Old Balls
€14.90
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780571372546 |
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| Authors | Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.280 |
| Publishing Date | 04/07/2024 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €14.06 |
| Tax | €0.84 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €14.90 |
| Availability | 7 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS
''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?
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 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 hardback as Everything to Play For.
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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.