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Sail-Ing Henry Beard

Sail-Ing By Henry Beard

Sail-Ing by Henry Beard


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Condition - Very Good
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Summary

This volume is an amusing look at the world of sailing. The author defines words including zephyr - "A warm, pleasant breeze named after the mythical Greek god of wishful thinking, false hopes and unreliable forecasts".

Sail-Ing Summary

Sail-Ing by Henry Beard

Two of the funniest books ever published on their respective subjects - SAILING and GOLFING - are back. And better than ever. Repackaged in the irresistibly chunky, compulsively readable small square book format, each is a perfect gift for a new generation of obsessives. GOLFING is even funnier than when it was originally published. Now an avid golfer, Henry Beard brings the same passion for improvement to writing about golf as he does to playing it, and he's both added new definitions and rewritten many others. Like whiff - "Familiar term widely misused to describe particularly fast and powerful style of practice swing intentionally made directly over the ball." A classic, SAILING is "...quite simply the funniest book I have ever read" - William F.Buckley Jr. From ahoy - "The first in a series of four-letter words commonly exchanged by skippers as their boats approach each other" to zephyr - "A warm, pleasant breeze named after the mythical Greed god of wishful thinking, false hopes and unreliable forecasts" - it brings new meaning to the things said at sea.

Additional information

GOR001310543
9780761123873
0761123873
Sail-Ing by Henry Beard
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Workman Publishing
2001-08-31
295
N/A
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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