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Feats and Defeats: 150 Answers to Questions You Never Thought to Ask - Softcover

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9781450893350: Feats and Defeats: 150 Answers to Questions You Never Thought to Ask
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ISBN 10: 145089335X ISBN 13: 9781450893350
Publisher: Publications International, Ltd., 2014

Synopsis

A perfect gift for your favorite sports fan, Feats and Defeats contains 150 fascinating, informative articles answering questioning about strange sports, notable records, interesting sports personalities, and more.

  • Find out about the time a children's movie interrupted coverage of a football game, the proper gear for underwater hockey, where the trampoline came from, how the Super Bowl got its name, and which hockey player has spent the most time in the penalty box.
  • The book is divided into 12 chapters: Across Sports; Events to Remember; Getting into Gear; Grab Bag; How and Why; How It All Got Started; Language and Lingo; Myths and Truths; The Olympic Games; Feats and Facts for the History Books; Remarkable People; and The Odd, the Obscure, and the Just Plain Strange.
  • 272 pages

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Publications International, Ltd. (​PIL) publishes books and products for kids and adults in many categories: reference, leisure, inspirational, automotive, sports, cookbooks, stationery (New Seasons), interactive and early learning (Little Grasshopper Books).

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Publisher
Publications International, Ltd.
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
145089335X
ISBN 13 
9781450893350
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
272
Rating
  • 2.88 out of 5 stars
    8 ratings by Goodreads