Everything to Play For

The QI Book of Sports

James Harkin, Anna Ptaszynski

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English

Faber & Faber
09 January 2024

Trivia & quiz question books; Humour; Sports & outdoor recreation

Hop, skip and jump into this wonderfully curious grand tour of the world of sports, brought to you by QI Elves James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski.

From sport's weirdest rules to its most unlikely heroes, each chapter of Everything to Play For is brimming with surprising facts and intriguing stories, including the psychology of football chants, comically large cricket bats, pole-vaulting priests and professional pillow-fighting.

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.

By: James Harkin, Anna Ptaszynski
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 204mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9780571372539
ISBN 10: 0571372538
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 09 January 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anna Ptaszynski and James Harkin are senior researchers, writers and script-editors for the BBC's QI, and two-fourths of the award-winning podcast No Such Thing As A Fish. Between them, they have authored 13 books with the QI Elves and toured sell-out shows across the world, from the London Palladium to the Sydney Opera House.They are, respectively, long suffering fans of Charlton Athletic and Jacksonville Jaguars.