{"product_id":"the-book-of-seconds-mark-mason-9781474608480","title":"The Book of Seconds: The Incredible Stories of the Ones That Didn't (Quite) Win","description":"\u003cbr\u003e'Winning is everything', so they say. But actually second can be thrilling, intriguing, heroic and pure. You may not have heard of John Landy, Juerg Marmet or 'You Better Run', but that doesn't mean they're not worth knowing about. They are, respectively, the second man to run a sub-four-minute mile, the leader of the second team to conquer Everest, and the second video played on MTV. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Seconds\u003c\/i\u003e will tell the stories of the nearly-men and nearly-women, not to mention the nearly-skyscrapers, nearly-moon missions and nearly-whales: the people and things who until now have sat in the shadow of the firsts. This book will bring them gloriously into the limelight hitherto denied to them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Mason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474608485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474608480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e George Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicholson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Mark Mason","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47759113289983,"sku":"9781474608480","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_624c72f7-bb98-4a24-bdf6-141d34edb2c9.jpg?v=1765512121","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-book-of-seconds-mark-mason-9781474608480","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}