Schott's Sporting, Gaming, & Idling Miscellany by Ben Schott

Schott's Sporting, Gaming, & Idling Miscellany by Ben Schott

From the author of the international bestsellers>Schott's Original Miscellany and>Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany comes the third and most playful installment in the series: a miscellanist's wisdom from the worlds of sports, games, and idling.

What other sporting book will explain the rules of elephant polo; the perils of the Cresta Run; the link between crosswords and the devil; the story behind the Nike swoosh; or why surfing is the Sport of Kings (in Hawaii)? Which other volume will list the seven deadly sins of golf; the secrets of Houdini's Code; or the myriad personalities of the Pac-Man ghosts? Where else will you stumble across an account of Evel Kneival's broken bones, a detailing of Mike Tyson's tattoos, the nicknames for classic poker-hands, or every sporting ailment from jogger's nipple to housemaid's knee?

You don't have to be a sports fanatic to enjoy this irresistible volume of factual odds and ends. Schott's Sporting, Gaming, and Idling Miscellany scores big with its fascinating hodge-podge of sports- and activity-related trivia.

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ISBN 13	9781582344065
ISBN 10	158234406X
Title	Schott's Sporting, Gaming, & Idling Miscellany
Author	Ben Schott
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year published	2005-11-01
Number of pages	160
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