Schott's Sporting, Gaming and Idling Miscellany

Ben Schott

RRP: £9.99

Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING

Publication Date : 18/10/2004

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

A sporting addition to the miscellany series, following "Food & Drink Miscellany" and of course the original which has sold over 750,000 to date. Full of essential comic absurdity.

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Publisher's description:

A sporting book featuring topics which include: the rules of elephant polo; the perils of the Cresta Run; the intricacies of the Palio; the breathtaking antics of Kabaddi; or why surfing is the 'Sport of Kings' (in Hawaii).

ISBN: 9780747569244