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The Victorian Football Miscellany
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The Victorian Football MiscellanyThe Victorian Football Miscellany

The Victorian Football Miscellany is a quirky and fascinating collection of trivia, facts and anecdotes from football's earliest years. Delve into an absorbing world of ox-bladder balls, baggy-kneed knickerbockers and outstanding moustaches, and read remarkable tales of the first ever cup final, the invention of the shinpad, the evolution of dribbling, the first own goal and a seemingly-invincible penalty-taking elephant.
 
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A Miscellany of Britain: People, Places, History, Culture, Customs, Sport
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A Miscellany of Britain: People, Places, History, Culture, Customs, SportThis is a fun book to dip in and out of and the ideal buy for visitors to this country. "A Miscellany of Britain" puts you right about many truths and half-truths, from Nelson's eyepatch and the number of wives Henry VIII had, to where the word 'curry' comes from and the origins of the police helmet back in the nineteenth century. It is illustrated throughout with black and white prints and line drawings.
 
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Tags: Miscellany, Britain, throughout, black, white
A Business Miscellany: Booms, Busts, Blunders and a Great Deal More
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A Business Miscellany: Booms, Busts, Blunders and a Great Deal MoreA Business Miscellany: Booms, Busts, Blunders and a Great Deal More

Economist Books| ISBN: 1861978669 | 2006-10-26 | PDF | 256 pages


Full of facts and figures about all aspects of business, "The Economist Business Miscellany" is designed to inform, amuse, and provide plenty with which to entertain others. The magazine's contributors and researchers clearly had a lot of fun putting this together and readers will share in that fun.

 
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Tags: Business, Miscellany, Blunders, Great, Booms