8 must-read biography books like Kaiser!: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football by Rob Smyth

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Kaiser!: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football

By: Rob Smyth

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

1980s Rio de Janeiro. There’s only one king in this city and he’s got the mullet, swagger and fake …

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1. Mr. Nice

By: Howard Marks

3.60

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had 43 aliases, 89 phone lines, and owned 25 companies throughout… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power by Simon Kuper

2. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
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3. East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"

By: Philippe Sands

3.30

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A profound and profoundly important book--a moving personal detective story, an uncovering of secre… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography

4. The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines

By: Michael Cox

3.88

Format: 496 pages,

An absolutely essential book for every modern football fan, about the development of Premier League… read more

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5. 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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6. A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

By: Mark Galeotti

3.88

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Russia’s epic and dramatic story told in an accessible, lively and short form, using the country's … read more

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  • nonfiction
"History always wins."

-Mark Galeotti, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

"As ever, though, facts take second place when it comes to building narratives of power and authority"

-Mark Galeotti, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

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7. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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8. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

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9. Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth cen… read more

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10. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

By: Michael Palin

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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11. Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing: Life, Death and the Thrill of the Catch

By: Bob Mortimer

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

TWO COMEDY GREATS TALK LIFE, FRIENDSHIP AND THE JOYS OF FISHING... Bob Mortimer and Paul Whiteho… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Why the Germans Do it Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country by John Kampfner

12. Why the Germans Do it Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country

By: John Kampfner

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A provocative and entertaining exploration of the country that Britons love to hate by one of our m… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

By: Steven Bartlett

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A galvanizing playbook for success from Steven Bartlett, one of the world’s most exciting entrepren… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough

14. A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

By: David Attenborough

4.51

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

See the world. Then make it better. I am 94. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Give and take, that is the essence of what balance is all about."

-David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

"It seems that, however grave our mistakes, nature will be able to overcome them, given the chance."

-David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

"We often talk of saving the planet, but the truth is that we must do these things to save ourselves."

-David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

"We often talk of saving the planet, but the truth is that we must do these things to save ourselves. With or without us, the wild will return."

-David Attenborough, A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

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15. New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

By: David E. Sanger

4.37

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced account of America’s plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adv… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Isaac and the Egg

By: Bobby Palmer

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Heartbreaking and heart-stealing, this bestselling modern-day fable is an unforgettable novel about… read more

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17. Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend

By: Andrew Downie

4.13

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

'Compelling from start to finish...Downie does full justice to an extraordinary life' Pete Davies, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • football
Cover of Played in Germany: A Footballing Journey Through a Nation's Soul by Kit Holden

18. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of The Immortals: The Season My Milan Team Reinvented Football by Arrigo Sacchi

19. The Immortals: The Season My Milan Team Reinvented Football

By: Arrigo Sacchi

4.15

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

When Arrigo Sacchi’s Milan destroyed Steaua Bucharest 4-0 in the 1989 European Cup final, everythin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of Silver Linings: Bobby Robson's England by David Hartrick

20. Silver Linings: Bobby Robson's England

By: David Hartrick

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Silver Linings examines an historic and unforgettable period in the history of England's national f… read more

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  • football
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21. Kaiser!: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football

By: Rob Smyth

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

1980s Rio de Janeiro. There’s only one king in this city and he’s got the mullet, swagger and fake … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • football

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Howard Marks

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3.30

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