World of Sports is your guide to one of the world's great obsessions, covering the teams, the games, the venues, the histories and the personalities that all come together to form something amazing.
Matches that freeze economies. Races that stop nations. Rivalries that stretch back through centuries. This is the world of sport, electrifying and fascinating, thrilling and endlessly revealing. You can't hope to understand a nation without understanding its pastimes and its passions, and that, so often, is sport.
Organised into sections by world region, World of Sports features a line-up of sports, events and sporting venues that are both familiar and obscure, from world-famous match-ups to little-known quirks. There's also a focus on the world's best stadiums, and a calendar of sporting events so you can easily plan your next vacation to tie in with these. This is the ideal book for sports lovers who want to understand the full gamut of sports around the world, watch them all on TV and perhaps even travel to join the locals in their genuine objects of passion.
Illustrations by UK artist Paul Reid.
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Höhe: 155 mm
Breite: 120 mm
Dicke: 18 mm
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978-1-74117-691-9 (9781741176919)
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Ben Groundwater is an award-winning Australian travel writer and broadcaster, who has been playing and watching sport since he could first walk. He's since become obsessed with sporting events and sporting culture around the world, attending everything from a Boca Juniors football match at La Bombonera to a stone-lifting tournament in a Basque Country plaza. Ben has previously authored two books, 5 Ways to Carry a Goat (2010, UQP) and Go Your Own Way (2019, Hardie Grant Travel). In the UK you'll find the world's oldest football club, Sheffield F.C. This city is also home to illustrator Paul Reid. His work has featured in magazines and newspapers around the world, as well as across publishing and packaging projects. When he's not in the studio you can usually find him out walking with his dog. Or being used as a climbing frame by his two children.
