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Fishing's Strangest Days: Extraordinary But True Stories From Over Two Hundred Years of Angling History by Tom Quinn
Category: No Category | Series: Strangest Series
Fishing's Strangest Tales gathers together choice stories and bizarre fishing tales from all over the world. Consider the Oxford scientist who in 1910 discovered the marvellous life-giving properties of brandy to fish who had otherwise gasped their last. Or how about the nine-year-old boy fishing for tr ...Show more
Golf's Strangest Rounds by Andrew Ward
Category: No Category | Series: Strangest Series
Ranging over a century of golfing history, here are tales of tragedy, interference from wildlife, weird weather, strange outfits, odd tactical ploys, and recondite rules.
London's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary But True Tales from Over a Thousand Years of London's History by Tom Quinn
Category: Travel | Series: Strangest Series
Following in the bestselling footsteps of the Strangest series, London is now available in a beautiful gift format - the perfect present for the London obsessive in the family! This fascinating volume is packed with amazing things you didn't know about the capital, such as the fact that it's still forbi ...Show more
Motor Racing's Strangest Races: Extraordinary But True Stories from Over a Century of Motor Racing by Geoff Tibballs
Category: Transport | Series: Strangest Series
In 1894, when the motley assortment of steam and petrol-powered vehicles lined up at the start of the trial from Paris to Rouen, motor-racing's colourful history was launched. Many of the pioneering events were death-defying, trans-continental marathons, in which the competitors were obliged to negotiat ...Show more
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