The Next Big Thing: How Football’s Wonderkids Lose Their Way
By: Ryan Baldi
3.84
Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition
The Next Big Thing tells the stories of 15 footballers who were tipped for the top as youngsters ye…
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1. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
By: William Finnegan
4.27
Format: 447 pages, Hardcover
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"Writing felt like it justified, barely, my existence -- this extremity of obscurity I had chosen."-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
"I did not consider, even passingly, that I had a choice when it came to surfing. My enchantment would take me where it would."-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
"Still, I wondered what Sam, mental illness and all, might have to tell us about adulthood. Why, for example, did it seem to be always receding as a concept, even as we got older?"-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
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2. 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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3. Soccernomics
By: Stefan Szymanski , Simon Kuper
4.67
Format: 88 pages,
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4. 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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5. Craig Bellamy: GoodFella
By: Craig Bellamy
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
CRAIG BELLAMY is one of those footballers you can't ignore. If he plays for your team, you love him… read more
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6. Moneyball
By: Michael Lewis
4.26
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had… read more
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"Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,"-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
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"That's what happens when you're thirty-seven years old: you do the things you always did but the result is somehow different."-Michael Lewis, Moneyball
7. Hið heilaga orð
By: Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir
3.78
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Ung kona hverfur af heimili sínu, frá nýfæddu barni. Lögreglan er ráðalaus, en fjölskyldan sendir b… read more
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8. And Away...
By: Bob Mortimer
4.33
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a hear… read more
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9. 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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10. Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery
By: Paul Merson
4.23
Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition
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11. 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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12. The Next Big Thing: How Football’s Wonderkids Lose Their Way
By: Ryan Baldi
3.84
Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition
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13. The Soul Of Basketball: The Epic Showdown Between LeBron, Kobe, Doc, and Dirk That Saved the NBA
By: Ian Thomsen
4.00
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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