From sport's weirdest rules to its most unlikely heroes,via comically large cricket bats,pole-vaulting priests,creative football chants and exploding billiard balls,each chapter of Everything to Play For is brimming with surprising facts and intriguing stories.
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.
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571372539Number of pages: 400Weight: 540 gDimensions: 204 x 153 x 28 mmEdition: Main
An Evening with QI Elves James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski
London - Tottenham Court RoadWednesday 15th November 18:30
Meet James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski on the launch of their book,Everything to Play For: The QI Book of Sports,at Waterstones Tottenham Court Road.
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