The Olympics are the world's biggest sporting event. Yet games the world is familiar with - football, cricket, rugby, baseball, motor sports - are either missing or have a token presence. In their place are sports that most of us have not a clue how to play or to watch. Which is where this witty book comes into play, offering the back story behind each Olympic sport, explaining the rules and finer points. Once you have read the book you'll be on tenterhooks to see whether the Danish or the Koreans triumph at handball, just what the Italian fencers are up to, and if Greco-Roman wrestling really is like a game of chess.

Fee: £4.60 full / £3.60 concs.