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GEOGRAPHY / GEOGRAPHY AND WORLD CULTURES

Minicars, Maglevs, Weird Sports and
and Mopeds Wacky Games

Modern Modes of around the World
Transportation From Buzkashi
around the World to Zorbing

SELIMA SULTANA AND VICTORIA WILLIAMS
JOE WEBER, EDITORS
> AWARD WINNER
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together a wide
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—Booklist, August 26, 2015
With hundreds of books dedicated to conventional sports and
SELIMA SULTANA, PhD, is professor of geography at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC. activities, this encyclopedia on the weirdest and wackiest games
JOE WEBER, PhD, is professor of geography at the University of offers a fresh and entertaining read for any audience.
Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.
VICTORIA WILLIAMS, PhD, is an independent writer and
researcher living in London, England.
Pop Culture in

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MARGO DEMELLO, PhD, is adjunct professor of anthropology
ALSO OF INTEREST and sociology at Central New Mexico Community College,
Albuquerque, NM, and adjunct professor of anthrozoology at
Check out more Entertainment and Society around the World series Canisius College, Buffalo, NY.
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