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Ping-pong diplomacy

the secret history behind the game that changed the world
2014
Examines how an aristocratic British spy circumvented more than twenty years of antagonistic foreign policy between China and the United States to further a fateful Communist agenda during the World Table Tennis Championships, revealing how players were tortured and murdered throughout the Cultural Revolution.
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Call me Adnan

Twelve-year-old Adnan dreams of making it to the Ultimate Table Tennis championship, but when tragedy strikes his family, Adnan loses his passion for table tennis and must learn to channel his grief and heal.

Hank Zipzer # 9

My Secret Life as a Ping-Pong Wizard
2005
With the help of his grandfather, underachieving fifth-grader Hank Zipzer finally discovers that he is good at ping-pong, but he is afraid to tell his classmates for fear of being ridiculed.

My secret life as a ping-pong wizard

Hank Zipzer, the world's greatest underachiever #9
2005
With the help of his grandfather, underachieving fifth-grader Hank Zipzer finally discovers that he is good at ping-pong, but he is afraid to tell his classmates for fear of being ridiculed.

Table Tennis

2006
The book includes skills, equipment, practice, and rules.

Advanced table tennis techniques

how the world's top players win
1977

Sizzling chops & devilish spins

ping-pong and the art of staying alive
2001

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