Would You Believe...the losers were killed in Mayan football? and other perilous
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Would You Believe...the losers were killed in Mayan football? and other perilous by Richard Platt
Young learners can discover the story behind the games we play like never before as we examine the amazing peculiarities of international sport and leisure activities past and present. Readers will learn about the wacky and often bloodthirsty games that our ancestors liked such as fierce gladiatorial contests, as well as the even wackier that are still used around the world today - such as bog snorkelling and bungee jumping!
The Cross-Section series on which Richard worked with illustrator Stephen Biesty sold more than two million copies. Pirate Diary (Walker Books) awarded a silver in the Smarties prize last year, and its predecessor, Castle Diary was shortlisted for the prestigious Kurt Maschler award, for the TES award, and the History Today award. Richard has recently acted as consultant for Meridian TV on a series of six programmes about smuggling, appearing in several of them. He was also a consultant on the forthcoming film Pirates of the Caribbean 2 starring Johnny Depp. He has written general-interest articles on topics as diverse as management and witchcraft and contributed to books for a wide variety of publishers, including Cassells, Dorling Kindersley, Harper Collins, Haymarket, Octopus, Reader's Digest and others.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199115013 |
| ISBN 10 | 019911501X |
| Title | Would You Believe...the losers were killed in Mayan football? and other perilous |
| Author | Richard Platt |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2008-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 48 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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