Tears at La Bombonera: Stories from a Six-Year Sojourn in South America
By: Christopher Hylland
4.37
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Tears at La Bombonera is author Christopher Hylland's six-year journey living, working, and traveli…
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1. Bravo Two Zero
By: Andy McNab
4.11
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
In January 1991, eight members of the SAS regiment embarked upon a top secret mission that was to i… read more
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2. 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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- soccer
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- football
3. 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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- nonfiction
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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
4. Penso quindi gioco
By: Andrea Pirlo , Alessandro Alciato
3.83
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
"Per me il gruppo conta tantissimo, ma se mi dimenticassi di me stesso toglierei forza proprio ai m… read more
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"After the wheel, the PlayStation is the best invention of all time."-Andrea Pirlo, Penso quindi gioco
"I don’t give a toss about pressure. I spent afternoon sleeping and playing Playstation. Then I went out and won the World Cup."-Andrea Pirlo, Penso quindi gioco
"It’s an enemy that I can’t allow to wound me a second time. It’s already done enough damage: most of it hidden far from the surface."-Andrea Pirlo, Penso quindi gioco
"- Mino, toglimi una curiosità. Come si pronuncia il tuo cognome? Dove va l’accento? Ràiola o Raiòla? - Come vuoi tu, basta che mi paghi."-Andrea Pirlo, Penso quindi gioco
5. The Second Half
By: Roddy Doyle , Roy Keane
2.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Memoir by one of the greatest of modern footballers, and former captain of Manchester United and Ir… read more
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6. Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong
By: David Walsh
3.69
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From award-winning journalist David Walsh, the definitive account of the author's twelve-year quest… read more
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7. El Diego: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Footballer
By: Diego Armando Maradona
3.44
Format: 213 pages, Paperback
Diego Armando Maradona: hero or villain? One thing is certain: he was the greatest footballer of hi… read more
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- football
8. The Miracle of Castel di Sangro: A Tale of Passion and Folly in the Heart of Italy
By: Joe McGinniss
3.81
Format: 343 pages, Paperback
Master storyteller Joe McGinniss travels to Italy to cover the unlikely success of a ragtag minor l… read more
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- travel
- soccer
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- football
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9. A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke
By: Ronald Reng
3.62
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, the biography of Robert Enke, the international… read more
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10. 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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11. All Played Out
By: None
4.43
Format: None pages, Paperback
Italia '90 - Gazza cried and football changed forever. Once you could ignore football, avoid the ba… read more
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12. Keane: The Autobiography: First Edition
By: Eamon Dunphy , Roy Keane
3.63
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A publishing phenomenon in hardcover, Roy Keane's autobiography was the biggest selling sports book… 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 Far Corner
By: Harry Pearson
3.85
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
A book in which Wilf Mannion rubs shoulders with The Sunderland Skinhead: recollections of Len Shak… read more
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15. A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character . . . and Goals!
By: Tim Parks
4.34
Format: 413 pages, Paperback
After 20 years of living in Italy, Tim parks, whom Joseph Brodsky has called the best British autho… read more
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16. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
By: Anna Funder
4.20
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceas… read more
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"People were crazy with pain and secrets."-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
"When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says."-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
"Why are some things easier to remember the more time has passed since they occurred?"-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
"Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time."-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
17. Kairos
By: Jenny Erpenbeck
3.46
Format: 379 pages, Hardcover
Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more
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"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos
18. Butler to the World: How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything
By: Oliver Bullough
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In his punchy follow-up to Moneyland, Oliver Bullough's Butler to the World unravels the dark secre… read more
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19. Three Assassins
By: Kōtarō Isaka
3.67
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
By the internationally bestselling author of Bullet Train, the high-octane new thriller, set in Tok… read more
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"All the knowledge and science that human beings have, it only helps humans. Get it? No living thing in the world besides humans is happy that humans exist."-Kōtarō Isaka, Three Assassins
20. The Barcelona Legacy: Guardiola, Mourinho and the Fight For Football's Soul
By: Jonathan Wilson
4.07
Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition
Manchester, 2018: Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho lead their teams out to face each other in the 17… read more
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- football
21. Moneyland: Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule the World and How To Take It Back
By: Oliver Bullough
4.20
Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition
From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in Knightsbridge and Manhattan, som… read more
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22. Ultra: The Underworld of Italian Football
By: Tobias Jones
4.01
Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition
Italy's ultras are the most organised and violent fans in European football. Many groups have evolv… read more
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23. 1312: Among the Ultras, A journey with the world's most extreme fans
By: James Montague
4.17
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
You can see us, but you don't know us. Ultras are football fans like no others. Fiercely loyal, … read more
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- travel
- soccer
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- football
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24. How to Be a Footballer
By: Peter Crouch
4.10
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
'Very funny on almost every page, wonderfully self-deprecating and very sharp on the ludicrous beha… read more
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25. Tears at La Bombonera: Stories from a Six-Year Sojourn in South America
By: Christopher Hylland
4.37
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Tears at La Bombonera is author Christopher Hylland's six-year journey living, working, and traveli… read more
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- sports
26. Male Tears
By: Benjamin Myers
3.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In Male Tears, a debut collection of stories that brings together over fifteen years of work, Benja… read more
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"The collapse of what once was had been comprised of dozens of gestures, scores of things left unsaid and hundreds of resentments spread over the thousand days that all stacked up to create millions o…"-Benjamin Myers, Male Tears
27. SÍ SEÑOR: My Liverpool Years - THE LONG-AWAITED MEMOIR FROM A LIVERPOOL LEGEND
By: Roberto Firmino
3.94
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
A revelatory memoir from Liverpool legend and global football star Bobby Firmino.Master of the no-l… read more
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28. Europe United: 1 football fan. 1 crazy season. 55 UEFA nations
By: Matt Walker
4.13
Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition
AS SEEN ON BBC FOOTBALL FOCUS AND BT SPORT'Excellent and thoroughly enjoyable' Sunday Sport'One man… read more
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29. Gazza in Italy
By: Daniel Storey
3.76
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
A brilliant, funny and insightful analysis of Paul Gascoigne’s crazy up and downs during his three … read more
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30. The Miracle Of Castel Di Sangro by Joe McGinniss (3-Aug-2000) Paperback
By: Joe McGinniss Jr.
4.76
Format: None pages, Paperback
None read more
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31. The Names Heard Long Ago: How the Golden Age of Hungarian Football Shaped the Modern Game
By: Jonathan Wilson
4.08
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In 1953, the Mighty Magyars beat England 6-3 at Wembley, a result that echoes through the history o… read more
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