11 Top biography books like John Giles a Football Man by John Giles

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John Giles a Football Man

By: John Giles

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

'The dream was football . . .'John Giles had a gift. At the age of three, he could kick a ball the …

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1. The Second Half

By: Roddy Doyle , Roy Keane

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Memoir by one of the greatest of modern footballers, and former captain of Manchester United and Ir… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • football

2. The Midnight Line (Jack Reacher, #22)

By: Lee Child

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Reacher takes a stroll through a small Wisconsin town and sees a class ring in a pawn shop window: … read more

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3. Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice

By: Bill Browder

4.36

Format: 39 pages, Hardcover

A real-life political thriller about an American financier in the Wild East of Russia, the murder o… read more

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4. Making It So

By: Patrick Stewart

4.33

Format: 469 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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5. Silverview

By: John Le Carré

3.66

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In Silverview, John le Carré turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past s… read more

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"Sometimes the whole of marriage was a cover story."

-John Le Carré, Silverview

"Een radicaal is een radicaal. Het maakt niet uit of het een ex-communist is of een ex-wat dan ook. Het is en blijft dezelfde man. Je manier van denken verandert niet omdat die tot een andere conclusi…"

-John Le Carré, Silverview

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6. Lessons

By: Ian McEwan

4.00

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, … read more

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"Books are difficult to tidy. Hard to chuck out. They resist."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

"Only the backward look, the well-researched history could tell peaks and troughs from portals."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

"What must it be, to burst out of deep infant sleep into the shocking singular fact of existence."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

"The years slid over old deaths like a heavy lid. Nearly everything that happens to you in life you forget. Should have kept a journal."

-Ian McEwan, Lessons

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7. The Satsuma Complex

By: Bob Mortimer

3.68

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

'My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To des… read more

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"And off she toddled back into the flat, banging Lassoo in the face with the door as he followed behind her. He looked up at me as if to say, 'That's your fucking fault."

-Bob Mortimer, The Satsuma Complex

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8. Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup

By: Duncan Hamilton

4.54

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

'Magnificent, moving, often funny and deeply researched account . . . Is this just a book for those… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of One: My Autobiography by Peter Schmeichel

9. One: My Autobiography

By: Peter Schmeichel

3.86

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Peter Schmeichel is an undisputed giant of the global game. He was a serial winner with Manchester… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • football
"I would say to any adult who stands on the sides yelling at players in a kids' game: grab hold of yourself. Remember the obvious. THESE ARE KIDS. These are little, vulnerable human beings with underd…"

-Peter Schmeichel, One: My Autobiography

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10. The Extra Mile

By: Kevin Sinfield

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary memoir from Rugby League's greatest and most inspirational player The Extra Mi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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11. Oi Key: Tales of a Journeyman Cricketer

By: Rob Key

4.02

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Ex-England batsman Rob Key is one of the wittiest pundits on TV. Whether it's a drizzly day-nighter… read more

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12. The Accidental Footballer

By: Pat Nevin

4.10

Format: 423 pages, Kindle Edition

Pat Nevin never wanted to be a professional footballer. His future was clear, he'd become a teac… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • football
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13. The Moors Murderers: The Full Story of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley

By: Chris Cook

3.92

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Meticulously researched by C.G.C. Cook, ‘The Moors Murderers’ gives readers a rare and fascinating … read more

Similar categories in Chris Cook's The Moors Murderers: The Full Story of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley book and John Giles's John Giles a Football Man

  • nonfiction
Cover of Stakeknife's Dirty War: The Inside Story of Scappaticci, the IRA's Nutting Squad and the British Spooks Who Ran the War by Richard O'Rawe

14. Stakeknife's Dirty War: The Inside Story of Scappaticci, the IRA's Nutting Squad and the British Spooks Who Ran the War

By: Richard O'Rawe

4.02

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

In this sensational exposé of British Intelligence’s top informer in the upper ranks of the IRA, Ri… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • irish literature
Cover of Fast Forward: The Autobiography: The Hard Road to Football Success by Andrew Cole

15. Fast Forward: The Autobiography: The Hard Road to Football Success

By: Andrew Cole

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

*INCLUDES A FOREWORD BY SIR ALEX FERGUSON*__________'I'm not sure whether life prepared me for foot… read more

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  • biography
Cover of Jim Smith: The Autobiography: It's Only a Game by Jim Smith

16. Jim Smith: The Autobiography: It's Only a Game

By: Jim Smith

3.81

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

As a player, Jim Smith was a journeyman of the lower divisions. As a manager, he achieved success d… read more

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17. With Clough, By Taylor

By: Peter Thomas Taylor

4.10

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

Brian Clough famously remarked, ‘I’m not equipped to manage successfully without Peter Taylor. I am… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • football
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18. Robbo

By: Bryan Robson

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Bryan Robson is widely remembered as a fearless and inspirational player and captain, both for club… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • football
Cover of Speed Demons: My Autobiography by Steve Harmison

19. Speed Demons: My Autobiography

By: Steve Harmison

3.99

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

Steve Harmison is one of the most feared, explosive, and downright destructive bowlers England has … read more

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20. John Giles a Football Man

By: John Giles

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

'The dream was football . . .'John Giles had a gift. At the age of three, he could kick a ball the … read more

Similar categories in John Giles's John Giles a Football Man book and John Giles's John Giles a Football Man

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • irish literature
  • football
Cover of Heads Up: My Life Story by Alan    Smith

21. Heads Up: My Life Story

By: Alan Smith

4.00

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

'Alan's book is like his incisive, thoughtful, intelligent and consistently hits the target' Gary … read more

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  • biography
  • football

11 must-read nonfiction books like John Giles a Football Man by John Giles

Transform Your Habits

The Second Half

Roddy Doyle , Roy Keane

2.50

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Making It So

Patrick Stewart

4.33

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Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup

Duncan Hamilton

4.54

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One: My Autobiography

Peter Schmeichel

3.86

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Transform Your Habits

Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

Transform Your Habits

There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

Rory Carroll

4.38

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