The Book of Seconds : The Incredible Stories of the Ones that Didn't (Quite) Win
by
Mark Mason
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1474608485
ISBN-13
9781474608480
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Imprint
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 16th, 2020
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
204 grams
Dimensions
19.60 x 12.80 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
General & world historyTrivia & quiz question books
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Fascinating stories and facts about lesser-known men, women and objects that came second.
''Winning is everything'', so they say. But actually second can be thrilling, intriguing, heroic and pure. You may not have heard of John Landy, Juerg Marmet or ''You Better Run'', but that doesn''t mean they''re not worth knowing about. They are, respectively, the second man to run a sub-four-minute mile, the leader of the second team to conquer Everest, and the second video played on MTV.
The Book of Seconds will tell the stories of the nearly-men and nearly-women, not to mention the nearly-skyscrapers, nearly-moon missions and nearly-whales: the people and things who until now have sat in the shadow of the firsts. This book will bring them gloriously into the limelight hitherto denied to them.
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