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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
INTRODUCTION
1 THE LONG GREEN BATTLEFIELD
GEOPOLITICS AND THE SPORT OF KINGS
Final Frontiers
THE WANDERER BY JESSE AARON COHEN
2 IF YOU LIVED HERE, YOU’D BE RALLYING BY NOW
HOW PING PONG CREATED THE AMERICAN SUBURB
Sun, Sea, and Spin
THOUGHTS FROM HOME BY JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER
3 FOREHAND FOREPLAY AND THE TOPSPIN SEDUCTION
PING PONG AS APHRODISIAC
Hits and Ass
TESSA BY DAVY ROTHBART
4 STARS: THEY’RE JUST LIKE US
PING PONG AND CELEBRITY
The Library of Champions
NO PROPER SPORT BY NICK HORNBY
5 THE PADDLE OF YOUTH
AGING BODIES, DECAYING MINDS, AND THE QUEST FOR ETERNAL LIFE
Health Hazards
THE LIFE PURSUIT BY HOWARD JACOBSON
6 THE GREAT BALL OF CHINA
PING PONG AND THE CHINESE CENTURY
Deutschland, Deutschland Über Alles
ZEN AND THE ART OF FORGETTING BY STARLEE KINE
7 VELOUR COUTURE
THE WANING AND WAXING OF PING PONG STYLE
Smash Hits!
OUT OF FASHION BY HARRY EVANS
8 AUGMENTED REALITY
WHEN PONG BECAME
A Century of Invention
MY QUEST BY WILL SHORTZ
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
IMMERSE YOURSELF
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
Copyright
About the Publisher
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