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, …
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1. My Turn: The Autobiography
By: Johan Cruyff
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Johan Cruyff is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in football history. Throughout his … read more
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- biography
- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
2. همسایه‌ها
By: None , Ahmad Mahmoud
4.24
Format: 502 pages, Paperback
داستان رمان نگاهی به زندگی پایین ترین طبقات مردم ایران در شهر اهواز و از دیدگاه جوانی به نام خالد … read more
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3. Soccer in Sun and Shadow
By: Eduardo Galeano , Mark Fried
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Discussing everything from the leveling of the Twin Towers to the death of the sole survivor of tha… read more
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- soccer
- sports
- nonfiction
- football
"و كان لدى الرب وقت ليهتم بشئون كرة القدم، فكم من مسئوليها سيبقون أحياءً"-Eduardo Galeano, Soccer in Sun and Shadow
"¿En qué se parece el fútbol a Dios? En la devoción que le tienen muchos creyentes y en la desconfianza que le tienen muchos intelectuales"-Eduardo Galeano, Soccer in Sun and Shadow
"[Garrincha] was the one who would climb out of the training camp window because he heard from some far-off back alley call of a ball asking to be played with, music demanding to be danced to, a woman…"-Eduardo Galeano, Soccer in Sun and Shadow
"Han pasado los años, y a la larga he terminado por asumir mi identidad: yo no soy más que un mendigo de buen fútbol. Voy por el mundo sombrero en mano, y en los estadios suplico: una linda jugadita, …"-Eduardo Galeano, Soccer in Sun and Shadow
4. Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.34
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan traces our exploration of space and suggests that our very… read more
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- nonfiction
"Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little about it."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"Science cuts two ways, of course; its products can be used for both good and evil. But there's no turning back from science."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"I remind myself that madmen really exist. Sometimes they achieve the highest levels of political power in modern industrial nations."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
5. Suvashun
By: None , Simin Daneshvar , Joaquín Rodríguez Vargas
3.95
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Considerada una obra maestra, esta novela supuso el reconocimiento de Simin Daneshvar como una auto… read more
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"عروس روی زین اسب می نشیند تا همیشه بر سر شوهرش سوار باشد."-None, Suvashun
"خدیجه برو حلوای گل زرد بپز... برای گل سرخ من که زرد شده، که خزان کرده..."-None, Suvashun
"گریه نکن خواهرم.در خانه‌ات درختی خواهد رویید و درختهایی در شهرت و بسیار درختان در سرزمینت. و باد پیغام هر درختی را به درخت دیگر خواهد رسانید و درختها از باد خواهند پرسید: در راه که می‌آمدی سحر را ندی…"-None, Suvashun
"کاش دنیا دست زن ها بود. زن ها که زاییده اند یعنی خلق کرده اند و قدر مخلوق خودشان را می دانند. قدر تحمل و حوصله و یکنواختی و برای خود هیچ کاری نتوانستن را. شاید مردها چون هیچ وقت عملا خالق نبوده اند آ…"-None, Suvashun
6. 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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- soccer
- sports
- nonfiction
- football
"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
7. Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
By: Kevin D. Mitnick , William L. Simon , Steve Wozniak
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist in history. He accessed computers and n… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
8. Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina
By: Jonathan Wilson
3.64
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Roman Riquelme, Sergio Aguero, Lionel Messi ... Argentina i… read more
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- soccer
- sports
- nonfiction
- football
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- nonfiction
10. Quiet Leadership: Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches
By: Carlo Ancelotti
0.00
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Ancelotti is Europe's greatest manager -- Paul Hayward Telegraph He's a great coach and an amazing … read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
- biography
- football
11. Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
By: Phil Jackson , Hugh Delehanty
3.69
Format: 98 pages, Audio CD
During his storied career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson w… read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
- biography
12. The Listener
By: Tove Jansson , Thomas Teal
3.94
Format: 489 pages, Paperback
In her first ever story collection, Jansson revealed the clarity of vision and light philosophical … read more
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13. Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
By: Charles R. Cross
4.17
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
It has been more than thirty-five years since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are still… read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
"One of these days, I'm going to astral project myself up into the skies," he boasted. "I'll be going to the stars and the moon. I want to fly and see what's up there. "I want to go up to the sky," he…"-Charles R. Cross, Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
"They drove to the parking lot of Garfield High School, where Jimi pointed to the windows on the building and told Carmen what classes were held there. The building had a pull that had him returning w…"-Charles R. Cross, Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
14. 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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- soccer
- sports
- nonfiction
- football
15. Win or Learn: MMA, Conor McGregor and Me: A Trainer's Journey
By: None
3.51
Format: 235 pages, Paperback
Growing up in Dublin, John Kavanagh was a skinny kid who was frequently bullied. After suffering a … read more
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16. The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
By: Daniel Coyle , Tyler Hamilton
4.01
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe Secret Racei… read more
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17. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
By: Tim Marshall
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning jou… read more
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- nonfiction
"All great nations spend peacetime preparing for the day war breaks out."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"India and Pakistan can agree on one thing: neither wants the other one around."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that neither would be able to get an arm free with which to punch the other."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"THE MIDDLE OF WHAT? EAST OF WHERE? THE REGION’S VERY name is based on a European view of the world, and it is a European view of the region that shaped it. The Europeans used ink to draw lines on map…"-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
18. 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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19. 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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20. Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
By: Sathnam Sanghera
4.10
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consi… read more
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- nonfiction
"It is puerile to reduce imperial history to a matter of 'good' and 'bad'; trying to weigh up the positive and negative in this way is like defending the morality of kicking a random old man in the sh…"-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
"After the First World War, the man in charge of recruitment at the Colonial Office was Major Ralph Dolignon Furse, a decorated war hero, a keen rugby and cricket player and, crucially, holder of a po…"-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
21. My Life in Red and White
By: Arsène Wenger
3.63
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
For the very first time, world-renowned and revolutionary football manager Arsène Wenger tells his … read more
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- biography
- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
22. Ik kom hier nog op terug
By: Rob van Essen
3.78
Format: 398 pages, Paperback
Wanneer hij de mogelijkheid krijgt een fout uit het verleden te herstellen grijpt Rob Hollander dit… read more
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"Was het grote falen van mijn leven eigenlijk niet dat ik zo weinig had gefaald, omdat ik zo weinig had gedaan, omdat ik me zo weinig had verbonden, aan mensen, aan dingen? Ik had mezelf geen kans geg…"-Rob van Essen, Ik kom hier nog op terug
23. Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy
By: Faith Erin Hicks
4.10
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Set in the post-series comics era of the beloved Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise, fans will ge… read more
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24. 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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- soccer
- sports
- nonfiction
- football
25. The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club
By: Simon Kuper
4.24
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times j… read more
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- soccer
- sports
- nonfiction
- football
26. Football Hackers: The Science and Art of a Data Revolution
By: Christoph Biermann
4.25
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
Well written and thoughtful. Takes us on a tour of some of Europe's most innovative football thinke… read more
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- soccer
- sports
- nonfiction
- football
27. Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure
By: Monisha Rajesh
3.79
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When Monisha Rajesh announced plans to circumnavigate the globe in eighty train journeys, she was m… read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
28. 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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- brazil
- soccer
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
29. The Immortals: The Season My Milan Team Reinvented Football
By: Arrigo Sacchi
4.15
Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition
When Arrigo Sacchi’s Milan destroyed Steaua Bucharest 4-0 in the 1989 European Cup final, everythin… read more
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- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
30. St. Pauli
By: Carles Viñas
3.67
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
En los años ochenta, gracias a los jóvenes vinculados al movimiento autónomo, al punk y al fenómeno… read more
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- soccer
- sports
- nonfiction
- football
31. Kaiser!: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football
By: Rob Smyth
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
1980s Rio de Janeiro. There’s only one king in this city and he’s got the mullet, swagger and fake … read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
- biography
- football
