The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism
By: Chris Lee
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism uncovers the role that footballers and fans have…
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1. The Game of Our Lives: The English Premier League and the Making of Modern Britain
By: David Goldblatt
3.92
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
The Game of Our Livesis a masterly portrait of soccer and contemporary Britain. Soccer in the Unite… read more
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2. 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
- nonfiction
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3. The Jordan Rules
By: None , None
3.72
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
A SUPER TEAM...A SUPERSTAR...A SUPER EGO The most gifted athlete ever to play the game, Michael Jor… read more
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4. Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation
By: Shaun Assael , None
3.14
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
From the cable television ratings to the bestseller lists, professional wrestling is red-hot. How i… read more
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5. Born to Run
By: Bruce Springsteen
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's halftime show. The e… read more
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6. 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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7. The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise
By: Olivia Laing
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual pla… read more
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- nonfiction
"One of the operations by which capitalism perpetuates itself is displacement, the determined and absolute separation of the product from the site of production, so that when we buy petrol or peat fro…"-Olivia Laing, The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise
8. Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar
By: Alan Shipnuck
4.06
Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “A rollicking good time.” —Golfweek * “Thoroughly engaging.” —The Washi… read more
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- nonfiction
9. 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
10. 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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- nonfiction
11. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
By: Alan Partridge
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more
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12. Strong Female Character
By: Fern Brady
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more
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- nonfiction
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character
13. 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
- politics
- nonfiction
- football
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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- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
15. The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
By: Shon Faye
4.55
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than 1% of … read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"The idea that conspicuous consumption is a route to sexual and gender freedom has been effective in allowing the LGBT movement's muscles to atrophy. In a godless age, there are new ways to give the m…"-Shon Faye, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
"The idea that conspicuous consumption is a route to sexual and gender freedom has been effective in allowing the LGBT movement’s muscles to atrophy. In a godless age, there are new ways to give the m…"-Shon Faye, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
"Together, an LGBTQ+ coalition with class consciousness and anti-racism at its core must recover its radicalism and reaffirm its opposition to capitalism and patriarchy. Infighting and division are in…"-Shon Faye, The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice
16. 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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- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
17. Chums: How A Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over The UK
By: Simon Kuper
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel H… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- society
18. Tiger Woods
By: Jeff Benedict
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
In 2009, Tiger Woods was the most famous athlete on the planet, a transcendent star of almost unfat… read more
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- nonfiction
19. The Roaring Red Front: The World’s Top Left-Wing Clubs
By: Stewart McGill
4.22
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
With the world turning rightwards and democracy looking at its most precarious since the 1930s, the… read more
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- nonfiction
- football
20. God is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling's Great Wasted Talent
By: Andy McGrath
3.98
Format: None pages, ebook
The remarkable untold story of the mercurial cycling prodigy Frank Vandenbroucke, written by Willia… read more
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- nonfiction
21. Played in Germany: A Footballing Journey Through a Nation's Soul
By: Kit Holden
4.54
Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition
Beyond the booze and the what football really tells us about Germany, the UEFA Euro 2024 hosts––––… read more
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- nonfiction
- football
22. The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism
By: Chris Lee
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism uncovers the role that footballers and fans have… read more
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- society
23. The Turning Season: DDR-Oberliga Revisited
By: Michael Wagg
3.51
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
In The Turning Season, Michael Wagg goes in search of hidden histories and footballing ghosts from … read more
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- nonfiction
- football
24. Los Leones: The Unique Story of Athletic Club Bilbao
By: Christopher James Evans
4.69
Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition
Los Leones: The Unique Story of Athletic Club Bilbao is the first English language book that tells… read more
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25. Coast to Coast: Un viaje por los márgenes de los Estados Unidos a través del baloncesto (Spanish Edition)
By: Fernando Mahía
4.46
Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition
El 17 de mayo de 2019, Fernando Mahía se embarcó, con una vieja furgoneta Dodge Grand Caravan del 2… read more
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26. Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through the Dancefloor
By: Emma Warren
4.12
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
This book is about the kind of ordinary dancing you and I might do in our kitchens when a favourite… read more
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27. Working Class Heroes: The Story of Rayo Vallecano, Madrid's Forgotten Team
By: Robbie Dunne
3.67
Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition
Working Class Heroes is much more than the story of a football club. This is the tale of a working-… read more
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- nonfiction
- football
28. Emancipation for Goalposts: Football's Role in the Fall of Yugoslavia
By: Chris Etchingham
3.97
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
In 1987, a Zvonimir Boban-inspired Yugoslavia won the World Under-20 Championships in Chile, and a … read more
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- football
29. Blood on the Crossbar: The Dictatorship's World Cup
By: Rhys Richards
4.15
Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition
Blood on the The Dictatorship's World Cup is the story of the most controversial football World Cu… read more
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- soccer
- football
30. The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer
By: James M. Dorsey
4.22
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
James M. Dorsey introduces the reader to the world of Middle Eastern and North African football - a… read more
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31. Blood and Circuses: A Football Journey Through Europe’s Rebel Republics
By: Robert O'Connor
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In the last decade of the twentieth century, Eastern Europe was plunged into chaos following the di… read more
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