- Gebundene Ausgabe: 272 Seiten
- Verlag: It Books (2. November 2010)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0061690511
- ISBN-13: 978-0061690518
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,8 x 19,4 x 2,4 cm
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Nr. 143.373 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
- Nr. 3 in Englische Bücher > Sport & Fitness > Sportarten mit Schläger > Tischtennis
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A highly illustrated, beautifully designed tribute to ping pong, the world's most popular yet least appreciated sport—with tales from the table by Nick Hornby, Will Shortz, Davy Rothbart, Harold Evans, Jonathan Safran Foer, and others.
Every sport claims to be the world's game—soccer, basketball, kabaddi. But none can match the global status acquired by modest, ubiquitous ping pong—the most popular yet misunderstood pastime in the world today, a sleeping giant of fast-paced fun. Join us on a journey into the dark corners and distant alleys of this ponging globe, from suburban basements of misspent youths to Bangkok backrooms to New Jersey rec rooms to Beijing stadia to dwarf child champions to elderly enthusiasts to Hollywood hipsters to perky porn stars. This cast of thousands, combined with artifacts from the authors' ever-growing collection of ping pongalia, reveals the hidden truths of the world behind the game: the secrets of eternal youth, guerrilla warfare, foolproof seduction, fame and adulation—all explained through two paddles, sixty inches of net, and a bouncing, bouncing ball. A world where everything you know is pong.
Über den Autor
Roger Bennett is the co-author of Bar Mitzvah Disco, Camp Camp, And You Shall Know Us By the Trail of Our Vinyl, and, most recently, The ESPN World Cup Companion. He has written about sports, music, and culture for the New York Times, ESPN: The Magazine, and Time, among others. He lives in New York, and ping pong brings out his violent side.
Eli Horowitz designs and edits books for McSweeney's. After a childhood spent consistently losing at ping pong to his father and brother in their Virginia basement, he now lives in San Francisco.
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10 von 13 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Very cool book, but there is a little nudity so beware!
23. November 2010
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Cool book, but I wish I'd known there were some nude (artsy old advertisting type shots, but some have full-frontal nudity) shots in the book before purchasing as I had intended to give it to my 16-year old and, possibly, a priest who enjoys playing ping pong (!) for Christmas. Needless to say, neither will be receiving it!
2 von 2 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
great gift!
30. Dezember 2010
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I got this for my hubbie as a gift and he loves it. Not a dry list of rules, but an entertaining compendium with lost of images to go with the text.
0 von 5 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Beware the nudity in this.
21. Februar 2011
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I was purchasing this book to give as a gift to someone older than myself who loves pingpong. Never thinking it would have nudity in it I ordered it and good thing I was looking through it before wrapping it. There is full frontal nudity in it. I'm not a prude but it would have been inappropriate for this particular person to receive as a gift. I gave a zero for a review because I believe there should be more of a warning that that the book contains such images given the title is about a what is basically a game most learn in childhood.
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