Häftad, Engelska, 2020
Book of Seconds
The Incredible Stories of the Ones that Didn't (Quite) Win
Av Mark Mason
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The Book of Seconds reveals the exciting, intriguing and heroic runners-up who until now have been kept in the shadow of the firsts.Did you know that the winner of the second Tour de France rode 25 miles on two flat tyres?Or that the second crew to land on the Moon danced to a pop song in zero gravity?Step forward all the nearly-men and nearly-women, the nearly skyscrapers, nearly-LPs and nearly deserts. Your time in the spotlight has come at last.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum: 2020-04-16
- Mått: 128 x 194 x 20 mm
- Vikt: 200 g
- Format: Häftad
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 224
- Förlag: Orion Publishing Co
- ISBN: 9781474608480
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Mark Mason is a lover of trivia and a compulsively obsessive hunter for those fascinating facts that slip down the back of life's sofa. He lives in Suffolk.
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Posterity celebrates pioneers and record-holders, but the people directly behind them have stories worth telling, too. This excellent little book fills us in
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