What Sport Tells Us About Life
Autor Ed Smithen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 ian 2009
How do you win 33 games in a row?
Why did Zidane lose his rag on the world's stage?
Foraying deep into sport's leftfield, Ed smith asks the questions we rarely ask of our teams and players. When is cheating really cheating? Is the free market good for sport? Can talent be a curse? Does luck matter? His answers, often controversial and always thought provoking, will delight anyone who has ever wondered why sport matters.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141031859
ISBN-10: 0141031859
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141031859
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Ed
Smith
read
History
at
Peterhouse,
Cambridge.
Having
played
for
Kent
and
England,
he
is
now
Captain
of
Middlesex
County
Cricket
Club.
He has published two highly acclaimed books:Playing Hard Ball, a comparison of baseball and cricket, andOn and Off the Field, which was namedWisdenBook of the Year, 2004. He writes for many publications includingThe TimesandSunday Telegraph.
He has published two highly acclaimed books:Playing Hard Ball, a comparison of baseball and cricket, andOn and Off the Field, which was namedWisdenBook of the Year, 2004. He writes for many publications includingThe TimesandSunday Telegraph.
Recenzii
Recommended
to
anyone
interested
in
sport,
history,
or
simply
human
nature
I could eat this stuff up with a spoon
A book that everyone with a serious interest in sport needs to read. Don't miss it
A terrific book - Smith has distilled into 200 pages things that took me fifteen years of playing to work out
An exceptional book: lucid, thought-provoking, informative and fair. Outstanding
I could eat this stuff up with a spoon
A book that everyone with a serious interest in sport needs to read. Don't miss it
A terrific book - Smith has distilled into 200 pages things that took me fifteen years of playing to work out
An exceptional book: lucid, thought-provoking, informative and fair. Outstanding