How to Watch the Olympics
The Essential Guide to the Rules, Statistics, Heroes, and Zeroes of Every Sport
Published on 29. May 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-14-312187-9 (ISBN)
Description
Goldblatt and Acton have created this utterly thorough and always fun guide to the rules, strategy, and history of each Olympic sport. Witty, detailed descriptions and clever illustrations, will help anyone grasp handball, archery, wrestling, fencing, and other sports like a pro.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
282 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-312187-9 (9780143121879)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
David Goldblatt is a sports columnist, radio commentator, and the author of The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer.
Johnny Acton is a writer specializing in obscure nuggets of information--ranging from pickling food (Preserved ) to the history of balloons (The Man Who Touched the Sky).