A Load of Balls: Round Things to Hit, Kick, Throw, Pot, Pass, Smash & Catch: Round Things to Hit, Kick, Throw, Pot, Pass, Smash and Catch - Hardcover

Alderson, Alf

 
9781848184046: A Load of Balls: Round Things to Hit, Kick, Throw, Pot, Pass, Smash & Catch: Round Things to Hit, Kick, Throw, Pot, Pass, Smash and Catch
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1848184042 ISBN 13: 9781848184046
Verlag: Know the Score Books, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Why is a rugby ball oval? How long was the longest volleyball rally? What is the fastest a tennis ball has been served?
 
Does the average sports nut know that French King Charles VIII died after banging his head playing real tennis in April 1498? Or that Australian aborigines played the original Australian Rules football with inflated possum skins? Or that King Henry VIII bowled with cannon balls? If not, that is a great reason to delve into this miscellany of ball sports and avail oneself of its plethora of spherical and ovoid facts, beautifully illustrated by cartoonist Tony Kitchell. All known ball sports on the planet are covered, including major sports such as European football, cricket, rugby, and tennis, through to the lesser known but equally fascinating korfball, tacraw, torball, Gaelic football, and stoolball.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Alf Alderson writes regularly for the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, Independent on Sunday, and Mail on Sunday, along with a wide variety of travel magazines including Conde Nast Traveller. He is the author of The Rough Guide to The Rocky Mountains and Ultimate Surfing Adventures.

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Verlag
Know the Score Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1848184042
ISBN 13 
9781848184046
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
205
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