Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal
By: Ken Bensinger
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, shocking account of the FIFA scandal—the biggest international corruption case of r…
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1. 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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- history
- soccer
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- football
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"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
2. The Spider Network: The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History
By: David Enrich
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In 2006, an oddball group of bankers, traders and brokers from some of the largest financial instit… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- business
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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- history
- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
4. Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?
By: Karen Dawisha
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intention… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
5. 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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- business
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- football
6. The Fall of the House of Fifa: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption at the Heart of Global Soccer
By: David Conn
3.63
Format: None pages, Audio CD
When Sepp Blatter joined FIFA in 1975 it had just twelve employees. Forty years later, the FBI have… read more
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- history
- crime
- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
7. The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American
By: Andrew L. Seidel
4.45
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Do “In God We Trust,” the Declaration of Independence, and other historical “evidence” prove that A… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Evangelical Christianity invaded and polarized the political debate in the decades leading up to the Civil War, limiting the potential political solutions. It turned the democratic process, which rel…"-Andrew L. Seidel, The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American
"In God we Trust", "one nation under God," "God bless America." These tidbits are not historical so much as they are rhetorical. Their tardiness precludes arguments that they somehow prove the foundin…"-Andrew L. Seidel, The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American
"Trump's dictatorial tendencies and mendacity, negative attributes for many voters, poised him perfectly to manipulate the evangelical mind. Like the biblical god evangelicals worship, Trump is a thin…"-Andrew L. Seidel, The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American
"For the average American during the 1950s, afraid of facing societal backlash, the question may simply have been: Which god or which religion? Today, the question is not which god or religion, but: S…"-Andrew L. Seidel, The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American
8. 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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- history
- soccer
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- football
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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
9. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
By: Joe Posnanski
4.56
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more
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- nonfiction
- sports
- history
- audiobook
10. Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
By: Henry Grabar
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
An entertaining, enlightening, and utterly original investigation into one of the most quietly infl… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
11. Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
By: Tom Wright
4.07
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An epic true-tale of hubris and greed from two Pulitzer-finalist Wall Street Journal reporters, Bil… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- business
- audiobook
12. Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History
By: Liam Vaughan
4.21
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of a trading prodigy who amassed $70 million from his childhood bedroom--until t… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
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- audiobook
13. Expected Goals: The Story of How Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever
By: Rory Smith
3.84
Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition
Football has always measured success by what you win, but only in the last twenty years have clubs … read more
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- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
- audiobook
14. 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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- history
- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
- business
- audiobook
15. Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
By: Bradley Hope
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters comes a revelatory look at the inner workings of t… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- journalism
- business
- audiobook
16. Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time
By: Ryan McGee
4.36
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
A gloriously funny, nostalgic memoir of a popular ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a f… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
By: Andy Greenberg
4.50
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
Over the last decade, a single innovation has massively fueled digital black markets: cryptocurrenc… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- business
- audiobook
18. Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences
By: Joan Biskupic
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Editor's Choice "Biskupic, an accomplished and well-sourced journalist, knows the co… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
19. It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me
By: Rex Chapman
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A powerful memoir from the University of Kentucky basketball legend, NBA veteran, and social media … read more
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- nonfiction
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- audiobook
20. Football For A Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL
By: Jeff Pearlman
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From Jeff Pearlman―the New York Times best-selling author of Three Ring Circus ―comes the rollickin… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
- business
- audiobook
21. Cheated: The Inside Story of the Astros Scandal and a Colorful History of Sign Stealing
By: Andy Martino
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“A baseball book that reads like a spy novel—a story about cheaters and the cheated that has the po… read more
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- history
- true crime
- sports
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
22. 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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- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
- audiobook
23. Pep Lijnders: Intensity: Inside Liverpool FC
By: Pep Lijnders
3.88
Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition
“OUR IDENTITY IS INTENSITY,” declares Liverpool FC assistant-manager Pep Lijnders in this compellin… read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- football
24. Reborn in the USA: An Englishman's Love Letter to His Chosen Home
By: Roger Bennett
4.15
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times Bestseller One-half of the celebrated Men in Blazers duo, longtime culture an… read more
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- history
- soccer
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
25. Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy
By: Laurent Richard
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Featuring an introduction by Rachel Maddow, Pegasus: How a Spy in Our Pocket Threatens the End of P… read more
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- nonfiction
- crime
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26. Messi vs. Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World's Game
By: Joshua Robinson
4.21
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Essential World Cup Reading Featured in The New York Times' 'What to Read During the World Cup' … read more
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- history
- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
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- audiobook
27. Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal
By: Ken Bensinger
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, shocking account of the FIFA scandal—the biggest international corruption case of r… read more
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- true crime
- crime
- soccer
- nonfiction
- journalism
- football
- sports
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- audiobook
28. The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era
By: Andy Martino
4.42
Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition
With rare access to the inner sanctum of the New York Yankees, SNY analyst Andy Martino weaves two … read more
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- sports
- nonfiction
- business
- audiobook
29. Masters of Modern Soccer: How the World's Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game
By: Grant Wahl
3.87
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
How do some of soccer’s smartest and most accomplished figures master the craft of the game? This i… read more
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- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
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- audiobook
30. Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite
By: Jake Bernstein
3.75
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A hidden circulatory system flows beneath the surface of global finance, carrying trillions of doll… read more
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"In 2010, Nigeria also indicted Dick Cheney in the multimillion-dollar bribery scheme. Cheney, a notorious micromanager, claimed not to know about the bribery."-Jake Bernstein, Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite
"Mossfon subscribed to a Google-like paid search service called World-Check to help identify PEPs ["politically exposed person"] and criminals. It also, not for the first time, sent a letter to its pr…"-Jake Bernstein, Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite
"HSBC's executives saw an emerging class of global rich as the bank's path to prosperity. The superwealthy were increasingly stateless. They banked in Geneva. Lived in London and New York. Shopped in …"-Jake Bernstein, Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite
"After his meeting with Romney, Fonesca encountered Keith Flax, a local jeweler who was also speaker of the legislative council and a close friend of both Romney and Peters. It didn't take long for th…"-Jake Bernstein, Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite
31. The Octopus Museum
By: Brenda Shaughnessy
3.70
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
This collection of bold and scathingly beautiful feminist poems imagines what comes after our curre… read more
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