Two Planks and a Passion: The Dramatic History of Skiing (Hardcover)
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| Management number | 230630940 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$12.18 | Model Number | 230630940 | ||
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<p>Roland Huntford's brilliant history begins 20,000 years ago in the last ice age on the icy tundra of an unformed earth. Man is a travelling animal, and on these icy slopes skiing began as a means of survival. </p><p>That it has developed into the leisure and sporting pursuit of choice by so much of the globe bears testament to its elemental appeal. In polar exploration, it has changed the course of history. Elsewhere, in war and peace, it has done so too. The origins of skiing are bound up in with the emergence of modern man and the world we live in today.</p>
Two Planks and a Passion: The Dramatic History of Skiing (Hardcover)| Book format | Hardcover |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Non-Fiction |
| Genre | Sports & Recreation |
| Publication date | November, 2008 |
| Pages | 456 |
| Reading level | Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Kindergarten, Preschool |
| Number in series | 1 |
| Edition | Standard Edition |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Is collectible | N |
| Binding type | Case Binding |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 6.52 x 1.25 x 9.46 in |
| Assembled product weight | 1.83 lb |
| Sport | Skiing |
| Bisac subject heading | Sports & Recreation |
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