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The Sports Book
The Definitive Visual Guide to Every Sport
- Author:
- By Ray Stubbs
- Format:
- Hardback
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- Published: 4th Oct 2007
- ISBN: 1405317787
- Pages: 448
- Size: 255mm x 195mm
From the Publisher:
Want to know your gully from your googlie? And your slip shot from your slap shot? Then pick up this ultimate armchair companion to practically every sport ever invented, put together with sports fantatic Ray Stubbs.
Open up the synthetic grass cover and check out the rules, history, players and events for over 250 of the world's greatest sports: from basketball to bobsleigh, karate to korfball, and synchronised swimming to ski jumping.
Stay ahead in the world of sport with the latest facts and figures from leading experts and governing bodies.
Pick up the techniques and tactics of the world's best competitors. Plus get in training early with the special fact-filled feature on the Olympic Games.
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