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Harvey Frommer
Sports Junkie’s Book of Trivia, Terms, and Lingo [EPUB ebook]
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Combining the content of two of Frommer’s previous books, Sports Roots and Sports Lingo, this book not only explains how nicknames, namesakes, trophies, competitions, and expressions in the world of sports came to be, but also serves as a useful dictionary of the language of sports-both technical and slang.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9781461626039 ● Publisher Taylor Trade Publishing ● Published 2005 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2722345 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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