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Title: WOULD YOU BELIEVE...THE LOSERS WERE KILLED IN MAYAN FOOTBALL?
AND OTHER PERILOUS PASTIMES
By: Richard Platt
Format: Paperback

List price: £6.99
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ISBN 10: 019911501X
ISBN 13: 9780199115013
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Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 3 April, 2008
Series: Would You Believe...
Pages: 48
Description: This book helps young learners discover the story behind the games we play, examining the amazing peculiarities of international sport and leisure pursuits. Readers will learn about the wacky and often bloodthirsty games that our ancestors liked such as gladiatorial contests.
Synopsis: Young learners can discover the story behind the games we play like never before as we examine the amazing peculiarities of international sport and leisure activities past and present. Readers will learn about the wacky and often bloodthirsty games that our ancestors liked such as fierce gladiatorial contests, as well as the even wackier that are still used around the world today - such as bog snorkelling and bungee jumping!
Key Stage: UK School Key Stage 2
Illustrations: in full colour
Publication: UK
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Returns: Returnable
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