The Age of Football: Soccer and the 21st Century
By: David Goldblatt
4.03
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
In the twenty-first century, soccer commands the allegiance, interest, and engagement of more peopl…
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1. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
By: Jonathan Wilson
4.15
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
Soccer fans love to argue about the tactics a manager puts into play, and this fascinating study tr… read more
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"Many before have hailed the end of history; none have ever been right."-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
"Anti-intellectualism is one thing, but faith in wrongheaded pseudointellectualism is far worse."-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
"كان مينوتي شخصية رومانسية بشكل يفوق الوصف. كان نحيلا كقلم رصاص، ومدخنا شرها يتدل شعره على ياقته، أشيب السوالف، وله نظرة محدقة كصقر، بدا كما لو كان تجسيدا للبوهيمية الأرجنتينية، كان جناحأ أيسر ومفكرا،…"-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
2. Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
By: David Winner
3.89
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
The Netherlands has been one of the world's most distinctive football cultures. From the birth of f… read more
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3. How Soccer Explains the World
By: Franklin Foer
3.81
Format: 4 pages,
Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. In fact, it's a perfect window into the cro… read more
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4. The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)
By: Robert A. Caro
4.36
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill… read more
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5. Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)
By: Robert A. Caro
4.36
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
The most riveting political biography of our time, Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon B. Johnson, cont… read more
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6. Golazo!: A History of Latin American Football
By: Andreas Campomar
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
!Golazo! recounts the story of Latin American football: the extravagantly talented players; pistol-… read more
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7. Behind the Curtain
By: Jonathan Wilson
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
Alternate-Cover Edition for this ISBN can be found From the war-ravaged streets of Sarajevo, wher… read more
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8. Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power
By: Simon Kuper
4.50
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
Soccer is much more than just the most popular game in the world. It is a matter of life and death … read more
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10. Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #2)
By: Robert A. Caro
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson, which began with the greatly acclaimed The Path to Power, … read more
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11. Soccernomics
By: Stefan Szymanski , Simon Kuper
4.67
Format: 88 pages,
Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn't America dominate the sport internationally… read more
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12. The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4)
By: Robert A. Caro
3.79
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON… read more
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13. Calcio: A History of Italian Football
By: John Foot
4.43
Format: 63 pages, Paperback
The first history of Italian football to be written in English, 'Calcio' is a mix of serious analys… read more
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14. The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines
By: Michael Cox
3.88
Format: 496 pages,
An absolutely essential book for every modern football fan, about the development of Premier League… read more
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15. Fever Pitch
By: Nick Hornby
3.44
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
In America, it is soccer. But in Great Britain, it is the real football. No pads, no prayers, no pr… read more
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16. The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports
By: Joshua Robinson
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The Club is the previously untold inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wi… read more
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"The rise of the English Premier League is a story about the sports world's wildest gold rush. In the span of twenty-five years, the league's twenty clubs have increased their combined value by 10,000…"-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports
"I'm not saying that we're Disney, but if you think about it, it's not that dissimilar, Berrada said. We have characters - which are players - that our fans relate to; we put on a show every three or …"-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports
17. Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football
By: Michael Cox
4.37
Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition
Continental football has always cast a spell over the imagination. From the attacking flair of Real… read more
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18. The Age of Football: Soccer and the 21st Century
By: David Goldblatt
4.03
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
In the twenty-first century, soccer commands the allegiance, interest, and engagement of more peopl… read more
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19. Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend
By: Andrew Downie
4.13
Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition
'Compelling from start to finish...Downie does full justice to an extraordinary life' Pete Davies, … read more
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20. Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution
By: Ryan O'Hanlon
4.23
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An in-depth examination of the rise of analytics in soccer and the wild experiments unfolding aroun… read more
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21. A New Formation: How Black Footballers Shaped the Modern Game
By: Calum Jacobs
4.37
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
An original exploration of the ways in which leading Black British footballers have shaped the mode… read more
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