The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars
By: Sebastian Abbot
3.87
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Over the past decade, an audacious program called Football Dreams has held tryouts for millions of …
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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. Liar's Poker
By: Michael Lewis
4.15
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar’s Poker. Michael L… read more
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"Buy potatoes,"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"The difference between Strauss and Ranieri?"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"A commercial banker wasn’t any more a troublemaker than Dagwood Bumstead."-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
3. Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games
By: None , Lopez Lomong
4.12
Format: None pages,
The inspiring true story of Lopez Lomong, a Sudanese "lost boy" who achieved his dream of becoming … read more
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- africa
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4. 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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5. The Line Becomes A River
By: Francisco Cantú
3.87
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Every day, a ceaseless flow of men, women and children push their way north, in scorched summer hea… read more
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6. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
By: H.G. Bissinger
3.33
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Return once again to the enduring account of life in the Mojo lane, to the Permian Panthers of Odes… read more
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7. 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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8. Light in August
By: William Faulkner
3.89
Format: 704 pages,
Light in August, a novel that contrasts stark tragedy with hopeful perseverance in the face of mort… read more
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9. The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong
By: Chris Anderson , David Sally
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Moneyballmeets Freakonomicsin this myth-busting guide to understanding--and winning--the most popul… read more
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10. Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town
By: Warren St. John
4.22
Format: 224 pages,
The extraordinary story of a refugee football team and the transformation of a small American town.… read more
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11. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
By: Ben Macintyre
4.22
Format: None pages,
The incredible untold story of WWII s greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern m… read more
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12. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
By: Chip Heath , Dan Heath
4.30
Format: 256 pages,
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13. How to Watch Soccer
By: None
4.36
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
"For Americans new to European soccer, terms like 'false striker, ' 'double accordion' or 'moving t… read more
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14. Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
By: Bill Perkins
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A Common-Sense Guide to Living Rich….Instead of Dying Rich Imagine if by the time you died, you did… read more
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"Your biggest fear ought to be wasting your life and time, not "Am I going to have x number of dollars when I'm 80?"-Bill Perkins, Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
15. Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
By: Ben McKenzie
None
Format: None pages, None
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR… read more
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16. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
17. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
By: Chris Broad
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more
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18. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
By: David Grann
4.19
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more
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19. Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more
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"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
20. 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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21. The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer
By: Christopher Clarey
4.19
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
This New York Times bestselling biography tells the life story of the most iconic men's tennis pl… read more
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22. The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
By: Gregory Zuckerman
4.03
Format: 359 pages, Paperback
Gregory Zuckerman, the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, answers the … read more
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23. 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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- football
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24. The Oracle Year
By: Charles Soule
3.68
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
From bestselling comic-book franchise writer Charles Soule comes a clever and witty first novel of … read more
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25. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk
By: Billy Walters
3.84
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “An insightful read…Walters is a larger-than-life character.” — Sports … read more
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26. Howard Stern Comes Again
By: Howard Stern
4.04
Format: 561 pages, Kindle Edition
Rock stars and rap gods. Comedy legends and A-list actors. Supermodels and centerfolds. Moguls and … read more
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27. 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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28. 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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29. The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars
By: Sebastian Abbot
3.87
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Over the past decade, an audacious program called Football Dreams has held tryouts for millions of … read more
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30. Learning America: One Woman's Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children
By: Luma Mufleh
4.54
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“[From] an influential educational leader and activist…an impassioned, penetrating critique and ins… read more
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31. 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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