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Everything to Play For

The QI Book of Sports

James Harkin Anna Ptasynski

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English
Faber & Faber
31 October 2023
Hop, skip and jump into this wonderfully curious grand tour of the world of sports, from QI Elves James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski. From sport's weirdest rules to its most unlikely heroes, Everything to Play For is brimming with surprising facts and intriguing stories, covering everything from pole-vaulting priests to professional pillow-fighting.

If you've ever wondered 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 has the answers to all your questions - and much more besides.

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Imprint:   Faber & Faber
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 153mm, 
Weight:   420g
ISBN:   9780571375936
ISBN 10:   0571375936
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print

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 Newcastle United and Jacksonville Jaguars.

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