Pressure: Lessons from the psychology of the penalty shootout
By: Geir Jordet
4.46
Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition
FOREWORD BY ARSÈNE WENGERIncludes exclusive interviews with Erling Haaland, Martin Ødegaard, Robert…
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4.47
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2. The Lessons of History
By: Will Durant , Ariel Durant
4.07
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3. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
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3.59
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4.67
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3.84
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6. The Peter Principle
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3.68
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4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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"What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that neither would be able to get an arm free with which to punch the other."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
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4.26
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4.13
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4.40
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4.36
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4.40
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14. The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports
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4.34
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4.47
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4.28
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4.48
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3.73
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"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
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"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
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4.27
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4.24
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30. Pressure: Lessons from the psychology of the penalty shootout
By: Geir Jordet
4.46
Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition
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