The Field Guide to Sports Metaphors: A Compendium of Competitive Words and Idioms - Rilegato

Chetwynd, Josh

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ISBN 10: 1607748118 ISBN 13: 9781607748113

Casa editrice: Ten Speed Press, 2016

Riassunto

A gift-worthy playbook of common and unexpected words and idioms that have their roots in sports and games. 

There are many metaphors we can quickly identify from the realm of sports: covering all the bases (baseball), game plan (football), and par for the course (golf). But the English language is also peppered with the not-so-obvious influence of sports and games, such as go-to guy (basketball) and dead ringer (horse racing). Filled with pithy entries on each idiom, plus quotes showing how big talkers from President Obama to rapper Ice-T use them, this quirky little handbook from former minor league ballplayer and award-winning journalist Josh Chetwynd is sure to be a conversation starter at tailgates, cocktail parties, and in the boardroom.

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Recensione:

“Fascinating, informative and hugely entertaining. This is a book I will return to again and again.”
--BILL BRYSON, author of A Walk in the Woods and A Short History of Nearly Everything   

""Josh Chetwynd’s study underscores the enormous influence that sports have had on our language ... Chetwynd’s accomplishment is ... his easy style, engaging storytelling, and charming tone, which moves from high to low culture faster than an Allen Iverson crossover dribble.”
--CHRISTOPHER J. SCALIA, The Weekly Standard

L'autore:

JOSH CHETWYND is a journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has served as a staff reporter for USA Today, the Hollywood Reporter, and U.S. News & World Report, and his writing has also appeared in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, the Times (of London), the Harvard Negotiation Law Review, and Variety. As a broadcaster, he has worked for BBC Radio, among other outlets. In terms of his sports bona fides, he primarily earned them on the baseball diamond, where he played at the NCAA Division I college level for Northwestern University and had professional stints in both the United States for the Zanesville Greys in the independent Frontier League and abroad for Sweden’s Oskarshamn BK in Europe. His book, The Secret History of Balls: The Stories Behind the Things We Love to Catch, Whack, Throw, Kick, Bounce, and Bat, was named an NPR best book that year. He lives in Denver, Colorado, with his wife and two children.
Visit www.JoshChetwynd.com.

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• Editore: Ten Speed Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1607748118
• ISBN 13: 9781607748113
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 224