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10 produkter
The Secret History of Balls: The Stories Behind the Things We Love to Catch, Whack, Throw, Kick, Bounce and Bat
Häftad, 2011
326 kr
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A quirky, trivia-packed history of the unsung heroes of sports-balls! You may fancy yourself a sports fan, but chances are you don't know: A fish eyeball was used as the center of some nineteenth-century baseballs The race to make better billiard balls led to the invention of plastics The Nerf ball …
Book of Nice
A Nice Book About Nice Things for Nice People
Häftad, 2013
108 kr
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Nice is the secret ingredient to a better life. It makes us happy. It may even be what makes us civilized—when we say thank you, shake hands, send flowers, we’re doing the nice things that bring people together.?A compulsive and chunky book for lovers of trivia, popular history, customs, and …
How the Hot Dog Found Its Bun
Accidental Discoveries and Unexpected Inspirations That Shape What We Eat and Drink
E-bok, 2012
212 kr
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Sometimes it’s neither art nor science that serves as the origins of the everyday kitchen and food items that we take for granted today. Sometimes, as Josh Chetwynd shows us in How the Hot Dog Found Its Bun , some of our greatest culinary achievements were simply by-products of “damned good luck.” …
British Baseball and the West Ham Club
History of a 1930s Professional Team in East London
Av Josh Chetwynd, Brian Belton
Häftad, 2006
376 kr
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Few people associate baseball with Great Britain, but for a brief period in the 1930s, America's pastime nearly gained a foothold with the British populace. Though never as popular as the beloved football clubs, or even greyhound races, baseball teams like the West Ham Hammers developed intense …
Secret History of Balls
The Stories Behind the Things We Love to Catch, Whack, Throw, Kick, Bounce and Bat
E-bok, 2011
111 kr
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You may fancy yourself a sports fan, but chances are you don''t know: A fish eyeball was used as the center of some nineteenth-century baseballs The race to make better billiard balls led to the invention of plastics The Nerf ball was originally created to be part of a board game featuring cavemen …
Baseball in Europe
A Country by Country History, 2d ed.
Häftad, 2019
491 kr
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With the success of The Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic, baseball in Europe has begun to receive more attention. But few realize just how far back the sport's history stretches on the continent. Baseball has been played in Europe since the 1870s, and in several countries the players and …
Field Guide to Sports Metaphors
A Compendium of Competitive Words and Idioms
E-bok, 2016
249 kr
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A gift-worthy playbook of common and unexpected words and idioms that have their roots in sports and games. There are many metaphors we can quickly identify from the realm of sports: covering all the bases (baseball), game plan (football), and par for the course (golf). But the English language is …
Totally Scripted
Idioms, Words, and Quotes from Hollywood to Broadway That Have Changed the English Language
Häftad, 2017
217 kr
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The language of Hollywood resonates beyond the stage and screen because it often has inherent drama—or comedic effect. This volume contains a combination of approximately 100 expertly researched essays on words, phrases and idioms made famous by Hollywood along with the stories behind 30 or so of …
Totally Scripted
Idioms, Words, and Quotes from Hollywood to Broadway that have changed the English language
E-bok, 2017
225 kr
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The language of Hollywood resonates beyond the stage and screen because it often has inherent drama—or comedic effect. This volume contains a combination of approximately 100 expertly researched essays on words, phrases and idioms made famous by Hollywood along with the stories behind 30 or so of …
How the Hot Dog Found Its Bun
Accidental Discoveries And Unexpected Inspirations That Shape What We Eat And Drink
Häftad, 2012
189 kr
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A smorgasbord of vignettes and tidbits about the quirky—and sometimes downright odd—origins of various kitchen inventions, products, and foodstuff, How the Hot Dog Found Its Bun includes seventy-five short essays that will dispel popular myths and draw lines between food facts and food fiction. …
