What Sport Tells Us About Life

ISBN-13: 9780141031859 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 208 str.

Ed Smith

Opis

Ed Smith explains the impact of the free market on football, argues that the issue of cheating is not as clear-cut as it might seem, and addresses many other fascinating areas where sport appears as a mirror image of life.

Recenzje

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O autorze

Ed Smith read History at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Having played for Kent and England, he is now Captain of Middlesex County Cricket Club.

He has published two highly acclaimed books: Playing Hard Ball, a comparison of baseball and cricket, and On and Off the Field, which was named Wisden Book of the Year, 2004. He writes for many publications including The Times and Sunday Telegraph.