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Life, limb, and laughter: Explore the world’s strangest, wildest sports!
The World's 100 Weirdest Sporting Events
From Gravy Wrestling in Lancashire to Wife Carrying in Finland
$45.31
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
11 January 2018
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Summary
When we think of the world’s great sporting events, we tend to focus on spectacles such as the World Cup, the Olympics, the Derby, the Monaco Grand Prix or the University Boat Race. Yet there is also an alternative world of competition where participants risk life, limb and often dignity for meagre rewards in truly weird sporting pursuits. Step forward the Indonesian sport of sepak bola api, a variation of football in which the barefoot players kick a ball that is on fire; Germany’s …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472140494 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472140494 |
| Author: | Geoff Tibballs |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 11 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 204mm x 132mm x 24mm |
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Geoff Tibballs
Geoff Tibballs is the author of numerous bestselling humour titles.
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