Hand of God: The Life of Diego Maradona, Soccer's Fallen Star
By: Jimmy Burns
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Discusses the life and career of the Argentinian soccer player, examining his achievements and rise…
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1. Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)
By: Irvine Welsh
4.05
Format: 548 pages, Paperback
Mark Renton has it all: he's good-looking, young, with a pretty girlfriend and a place at universit… read more
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"Perversity and obstinacy are integral tae the Scottish character."-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)
"but ah'm hugging Janey and thinking about how much a life can change in the time it takes tae fix up."-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)
"Sitting in the brightly lit library, surrounded by books, in total silence, that was ma personal zenith."-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)
"Schopenhauer was right: Life has to be about disillusionment stumbling inexorably towards the totally fucked."-Irvine Welsh, Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)
2. Papillon
By: Henri Charrière
4.23
Format: 544 pages, Paperback
Henri Charrière, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris i… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"The important thing was that we were alive..."-Henri Charrière, Papillon
"Everybody was stark naked, day and night. Luckily it was hot. They let me wear socks."-Henri Charrière, Papillon
"You don't have to be a graduate of Saint-Cyr to know that all wrecks end up on shore."-Henri Charrière, Papillon
"My heart was flooded with warmth: at last I had escaped from the road down the drain, and now it was for good."-Henri Charrière, Papillon
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
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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
4. How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup
By: J.L. Carr
3.86
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
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- sports
- football
"From a lifetime of buying cheap other folks' enterprise and energy and selling it off dear, Sir Edward knew all there is to know about riding winners on someone else's back."-J.L. Carr, How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup
"In rural England, people live wrapped tight in a cocoon; only their eyes move to make sure nobody gets more than themselves. Popular education has not touched them; they communicate as their fathers …"-J.L. Carr, How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup
"CONGS CATASTROPHE In their primal gladiatorial tourney N. Baddesley jousting on their own bailiwick encountered the full and furious blast of Steeple Sinderby's New Look Lads spearheaded by Sid Swift…"-J.L. Carr, How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup
5. 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
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
- audiobook
"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
6. Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
By: David Winner
3.89
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
The Netherlands has been one of the world's most distinctive football cultures. From the birth of f… read more
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- soccer
- sports
- nonfiction
- football
7. 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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- biography
- memoir
- soccer
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
"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
8. 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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- biography
- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
9. Behind the Curtain
By: Jonathan Wilson
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
Alternate-Cover Edition for this ISBN can be found From the war-ravaged streets of Sarajevo, wher… read more
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- soccer
- sports
- nonfiction
- football
10. Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power
By: Simon Kuper
4.50
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
Soccer is much more than just the most popular game in the world. It is a matter of life and death … read more
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- soccer
- sports
- nonfiction
- football
11. 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
12. The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
By: Helen Russell
4.10
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Denmark is officially the happiest nation on Earth. When Helen Russell is forced to move to rural J… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
13. 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
14. Tintin in America (Tintin #3 )
By: Hergé
3.47
Format: 1 pages, Paperback
The classic graphic novel. Tintin comes to the U.S.A. to clean up the mean streets of Chicago but e… read more
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15. Ronaldo: The Obsession for Perfection
By: Luca Caioli
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Cristiano Ronaldo transferred to Real Madrid for a world record-shattering PS80 million in 200… read more
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16. The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer
By: David Goldblatt
3.68
Format: None pages, Paperback
The definitive book about soccer. With a new foreword for the American edition. There may be no cul… read more
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17. Pelé: The Autobiography
By: Pelé
3.67
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Even people who don't know football know Pele. The best of a generation of Brazilian players univer… read more
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18. The Damned Utd
By: David Peace
3.15
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
Overachieving and eccentric football manager Brian Clough was on his way to take over at the countr… read more
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19. 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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20. La forja
By: Arturo Barea
4.25
Format: 179 pages, Paperback
La forja, primer volumen de la trilogia La forja de un rebelde, narra la ninez y juventud del prota… read more
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21. 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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22. 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
- memoir
- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
- audiobook
23. 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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- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
- audiobook
"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
24. 24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
By: Philip Matyszak
4.04
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Walk a day in a Roman's sandals. What was it like to live in one of the ancient world's most po… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Every time Titus comes to Rome, he feels his sinuses cringe in horror."-Philip Matyszak, 24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
25. Gorączka złota. Jak upadała Wenezuela
By: Tomáš Forró
4.29
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Wenezuela jeszcze w drugiej połowie XX wieku była jednym z najzamożniejszych państw Ameryki Południ… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. 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
27. 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
- sports
- audiobook
28. 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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- memoir
- soccer
- nonfiction
- football
- sports
- audiobook
29. La ruta
By: Arturo Barea
4.21
Format: 345 pages, Paperback
La ruta fue la segunda entrega de la trilogía de Barea, 'La forja de un rebelde', uno de los ciclos… read more
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- biography
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"—Tú, ¿cómo te llamas? —¿Huh? Que ¿cómo me llamo? Pues, el Conejo. —Bueno, eso es en tu pueblo, ¿no? Allí te llaman el Conejo, ¿no es verdad? —Claro. A cada uno le llaman algo. Y como mi abuela tuvo v…"-Arturo Barea, La ruta
30. 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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- soccer
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- football
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31. Hand of God: The Life of Diego Maradona, Soccer's Fallen Star
By: Jimmy Burns
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Discusses the life and career of the Argentinian soccer player, examining his achievements and rise… read more
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