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          Everything to Play For: The QI Book of Sports

          Everything to Play For: The QI Book of Sports

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          The most improbable, fascinating and endlessly entertaining sporting facts and stories, from prehistory to the present day.

          ''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 ...

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          Description

          Product ID:9780571372539
          Product Form:Hardback
          Country of Manufacture:GB
          Title:Everything to Play For
          Subtitle:The QI Book of Sports
          Authors:Author: Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin
          Page Count:400
          Subjects:Trivia and quiz questions, Trivia & quiz question books, Humour, Sport: general, Humour, Sports & outdoor recreation
          Description:Select Guide Rating
          The most improbable, fascinating and endlessly entertaining sporting facts and stories, from prehistory to the present day.

          ''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.


          Imprint Name:Faber & Faber
          Publisher Name:Faber & Faber
          Country of Publication:GB
          Publishing Date:2023-10-12

          Additional information

          Weight550 g
          Dimensions164 × 212 × 38 mm