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Also by Ben Schott:

Jeeves and the Leap of Faith, October 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
Schott's Miscellany 2008, November 2007
Hardcover
Schott's Almanac 2007, November 2006
Hardcover
Schott's Sporting, Gaming and Idling Miscellany, September 2004
Hardcover

Schott's Sporting, Gaming and Idling Miscellany
Ben Schott

From the author of the international bestsellers Schott?s Original Miscellany and Schott?s Food and Drink Miscellany comes the third and most playful installment in the series: a miscellanist?s wisdom from the worlds of sports, games, and idling.

Bloomsbury Publishing
September 2004
ISBN: 074756924X
Hardcover
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What other sporting book will explain the rules of elephant polo; the perils of the Cresta Run; the link between crosswords and the devil; the story behind the Nike “swoosh”; or why surfing is the “Sport of Kings” (in Hawaii)? Which other volume will list the seven deadly sins of golf; the secrets of Houdini’s Code; or the myriad personalities of the Pac-Man ghosts? Where else will you stumble across an account of Evel Kneival’s broken bones, a detailing of Mike Tyson’s tattoos, the nicknames for classic poker-hands, or every sporting ailment from jogger’s nipple to housemaid’s knee? You don’t have to be a sports fanatic to enjoy this irresistible volume of factual odds and ends. Schott’s Sporting, Gaming, and Idling Miscellany scores big with its fascinating hodge-podge of sports- and activity-related trivia.

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