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Fox Tossing

Author : Edward Brooke-Hitching
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501115170
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Fox Tossing written by Edward Brooke-Hitching and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what people did for fun throughout history? Edward Brooke-Hitching began to wonder the same thing while flipping through an eighteenth-century German book on hunting, and found a bygone sport in which German nobles launched foxes into the air. This random discovery of a game that slipped through the mainstream historical cracks led him to wonder: how many other sports have been left out of modern history accounts? Now, Brooke-Hitching shares his hilarious journey to discover the curious recreations contrived by mankind that have long since gone extinct (for good reason). Compiling more than 100 of the most puzzling, cruel, and ludicrous games that have ever been played, including Aerial Golf, Hidden Hunting, Ski Ballet, Eel Pulling, and many more, Brooke-Hitching chronicles an entertaining romp through forgotten leisurely pastimes that history wanted you to forget—and that you definitely shouldn’t try at home. An illuminating gift book filled with acerbic humor and charming illustrations, Fox Tossing is sure to be enjoyed by many—and will let you take solace in knowing that at least your grandfather wasn’t the genius who invented “Tortoise Racing,” or any of the other games too stupid, or too harmful to withstand the test of time.

Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports

Author : Edward Brooke-Hitching
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471149005
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports written by Edward Brooke-Hitching and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An entertaining new book… which looks back at the most bizarre sporting activities ever devised by mankind' Daily Mail 'Perfect book for the Christmas stockings of adults and curious children' Wall Street Journal For those who enjoyed the quirkiness of Schott's Miscellany, the erudition of The Etymologicon or the extremes of The Dangerous Book for Boys, this is the ideal read. From Flagpole Sitting to Hot Cockles, Edward Brooke-Hitching has researched through piles of dusty tomes to bring vividly back to life some of the most curious, dangerous and downright bizarre sports and pastimes ever devised, before we thought better of it and erased them from the memory. After all, who would ever want to bring back Fox Tossing, a popular sport for men and women in 17th-century Germany? The sport involved dozens of couples pairing up and standing 20-25 feet apart in an enclosed field, each holding one end of a net, and then they would pull hard at both ends as the fox ran past, sending it flying high into the air. There are many other sports revealed within these pages that are unlikely ever to make an appearance on our TV screens, such as Firework Boxing, which is just as dangerous as it sounds. Meanwhile, Ski Ballet may not have been so risky, but Suzy 'Chapstick' Chaffee's signature move - the Suzy Split (a complete forward split while balanced on the tips of her skis) - was probably not one to try at home. An intriguing, entertaining and occasionally shocking insight into the vivid imaginations of humanity across the years, Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports is an unforgettable read and a perfect gift.

Fox Tossing

Author : Edward Brooke-Hitching
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501115146
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Fox Tossing written by Edward Brooke-Hitching and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published in 2015 in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd."

The Nineteenth Century and After

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1228 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Nineteenth Century and After written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Century

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 980 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine ...

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 978 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 982 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scribner's Monthly

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 984 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Scribner's Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Foxes Unearthed

Author : Lucy Jones
Publisher : Elliott & Thompson
ISBN 13 : 9781783961498
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Foxes Unearthed written by Lucy Jones and published by Elliott & Thompson. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Foxes Unearthed, Lucy Jones investigates the truth about foxes in a media landscape that often carries complex agendas, holding perceived wisdom and myths up to the microscope of modern science. There is a vivid story to be told, exploring the cultural history alongside the modern-day fables that we tell ourselves about this curious animal. Using extensive archival research to explore historical perceptions of the fox in folklore, literature and social history, Lucy also travels the length of Britain to find out first-hand why the animal is so ambiguously perceived in modern society: one family might feed the foxes in their backyard while another might pay to have them shot. This beautifully designed, compelling narrative adds a depth to the often contentious debate on foxes, asking what the British attitudes towards the Red Fox say about us - and, ultimately, our wider relationship with the natural world.

The Nineteenth Century

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1234 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Nineteenth Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Twentieth Century

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Twentieth Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nineteenth century and after (London)

The Twentieth Century

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Total Pages : 1234 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Twentieth Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nineteenth Century

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nineteenth Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

American Illustrated Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book American Illustrated Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Connoisseur

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 778 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Connoisseur written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Welcome Home, Captain Fox!

Author : Anthony Weigh
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571331424
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Welcome Home, Captain Fox! written by Anthony Weigh and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the legendary hot summer of 1959 and while the Cold War rages and America tunes into I Love Lucy, Captain Jack Fox - believed missing in action in the fields of France fifteen years before - is about to be reunited with his family in the Hamptons. But is this really Jack Fox? And if it isn't, who is this man? And why are there twenty-two other families so intent on claiming him as their own? A sparkling comedy of identity, lost and found, based on Jean Anouilh's hit 1937 play, Le Voyageur sans bagage, Anthony Weigh's Welcome Home, Captain Fox! premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in February 2016.

The Sky Atlas

Author : Edward Brooke-Hitching
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1797202197
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book The Sky Atlas written by Edward Brooke-Hitching and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sky Atlas unveils some of the most beautiful maps and charts ever created during humankind's quest to map the skies above us. This richly illustrated treasury showcases the finest examples of celestial cartography—a glorious art often overlooked by modern map books—as well as medieval manuscripts, masterpiece paintings, ancient star catalogs, antique instruments, and other curiosities. This is the sky as it has never been presented before: the realm of stars and planets, but also of gods, devils, weather wizards, flying sailors, ancient aliens, mythological animals, and rampaging spirits. • Packed with celestial maps, illustrations, and stories of places, people, and creatures that different cultures throughout history have observed or imagined in the heavens • Readers are taken on a tour of star-obsessed cultures around the world, learning about Tibetan sky burials, star-covered Inuit dancing coats, Mongolian astral prophets and Sir William Herschel's 1781 discovery of Uranus, the first planet to be found since antiquity. • A gorgeous book that delights stargazers and map lovers alike With thrilling stories and gorgeous artwork, this remarkable atlas explores our fascination with the sky across time and cultures to form an extraordinary chronicle of cosmic imagination and discovery. The Sky Atlas is a wonderful book for map lovers, history buffs, and stargazers, but also for those who are intrigued by the many wonderful and bizarre ways in which humans have sought to understand the cosmos and our place in it. • A unique map book that expands beyond the terrestrial and into the celestial • A wonderful book for map lovers, obscure-history fans, mythology buffs, and astrology and astronomy lovers • Great for those who enjoyed What We See in the Stars: An Illustrated Tour of the Night Sky by Kelsey Oseid, Maps by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski, and Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will by Judith Schalansky