Sarah's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 03 Dec 2014 18:18:28 -0800 60 Sarah's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup]]> 92925 399 Matt Weiland 0061132268 Sarah 5 3.70 2006 The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup
author: Matt Weiland
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average rating: 3.70
book published: 2006
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]]> <![CDATA[Africa United: Soccer, Passion, Politics, and the First World Cup in Africa]]> 7746540 299 Steve Bloomfield 0061984957 Sarah 5 3.85 2010 Africa United: Soccer, Passion, Politics, and the First World Cup in Africa
author: Steve Bloomfield
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2010
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]]> <![CDATA[Love And Blood: At the World Cup with the Footballers, Fans, and Freaks]]> 567443
Veteran soccer commentator Jamie Trecker traveled to Germany for FIFA World Cup 2006. Here, reported from the restaurants, trains, bars, town squares, hostels, press boxes, and brothels, is his unvarnished account of the games and parties, great plays and fistfights, gossip and tacky souvenirs that turn the largest sporting event on earth into a true world bazaar. With equal measures insight and irreverence, Trecker captures the passion, politics, controversies, and economics that make soccer a reflection of the world.]]> 272 Jamie Trecker 0156030985 Sarah 5 3.66 2007 Love And Blood: At the World Cup with the Footballers, Fans, and Freaks
author: Jamie Trecker
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2007
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]]> <![CDATA[The World is a Ball: The Joy, Madness and Meaning of Soccer]]> 8105522 Globe and Mail columnist John Doyle explores the international phenomenon of soccer

In A Great Feast of Light, John Doyle viewed his childhood in Ireland through the television screen. Now, he turns his eye to the most popular sport on the planet: soccer. It's a journey that begins with the first game John saw, in 1960s-era Ireland, through soccer in the 21st century - the World Cups in 02, 06, and 10, the European Championships in 04 and 08. In between the drunken fans, crazed taxi drivers, leprechauns and lederhosen, Doyle muses on the evolution of soccer as a global phenomenon. He shows a sport where for 90 minutes on the pitch anything seems possible. A game where colonized nations can tackle the power of their colonizers; where oppressed immigrant groups can thoroughly trounce their host countries. This book examines soccer from a new angle. John Doyle offers a compelling social history of the ultimate sport, each country and team competing in the historic 2010 World Cup, and how the game has kept pace as the global village has sprung up around the playing field.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 416 John Doyle 0385664982 Sarah 5 3.85 2010 The World is a Ball: The Joy, Madness and Meaning of Soccer
author: John Doyle
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average rating: 3.85
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]]> <![CDATA[Soccer in a Football World: The Story of America's Forgotten Game (Sporting)]]> 2541451 352 David Wangerin 1592138853 Sarah 5 3.97 2006 Soccer in a Football World: The Story of America's Forgotten Game (Sporting)
author: David Wangerin
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[My Father and Other Working Class Football Heroes]]> 724876
WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

A poignant and moving account of the author’s search for the man his father was and the life he led as a well-known footballer, blending the personal and the historical into an unforgettable story

Stewart Imlach was an ordinary neighbourhood soccer star of his time.

A brilliant winger who thrilled the crowd on Saturdays, then worked alongside them in the off-season; who represented Scotland in the 1958 World Cup and never received a cap for his efforts; who was Man of the Match for Nottingham Forest in the 1959 FA Cup Final, and was rewarded with the standard offer - ÂŁ20 a week, take it or leave it.

Gary Imlach grew up a privileged insider at Goodison Park when Stewart moved into coaching. He knew the highlights of his father's career by heart. But when his dad died he realised they were all he knew. He began to realise, too, that he'd lost the passion for football that his father had passed down to him. In this book he faces his growing alienation from the game he was born into, as he revisits key periods in his father's career to build up a picture of his football life - and through him a whole era.

‘The most emotionally charged and moving sports book I've ever readâ€� Daily Mail]]> 234 Gary Imlach 0224072684 Sarah 3 4.17 2005 My Father and Other Working Class Football Heroes
author: Gary Imlach
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Barça: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World]]> 13077982 478 Graham Hunter 0956497128 Sarah 4 4.17 2012 Barça: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World
author: Graham Hunter
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> Barca: A People's Passion 463970 383 Jimmy Burns 0747545545 Sarah 5 4.08 1999 Barca: A People's Passion
author: Jimmy Burns
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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]]> ±Ê±đ±ôĂ©: The Autobiography 1128203

But how did this man -- a sportsman, a mere footballer, like many others -- become a global icon? Was it just by being the best at what he did, or do people respond to some other quality?

The world's greatest footballer now gives us the full story of his incredible life and career. Told with his characteristic grace and modesty, but covering all aspects of his playing days and his subsequent careers as politician, international sporting ambassador and cultural icon, PELE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY is an essential volume for all sports fans, and anyone who admires true rarity of spirit.

]]> 368 ±Ê±đ±ôĂ© 0743275829 Sarah 5 3.98 1977 ±Ê±đ±ôĂ©: The Autobiography
author: ±Ê±đ±ôĂ©
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average rating: 3.98
book published: 1977
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]]> <![CDATA[The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong]]> 17465493
Innovation is coming to soccer, and at the center of it all are the numbers—a way of thinking about the game that ignores the obvious in favor of how things actually are. In The Numbers Game , Chris Anderson, a former professional goalkeeper turned soccer statistics guru, teams up with behavioral analyst David Sally to uncover the numbers that really matter when it comes to predicting a winner. Investigating basic but profound questions—How valuable are corners? Which goal matters most? Is possession really nine-tenths of the law? How should a player’s value be judged?—they deliver an incisive, revolutionary new way of watching and understanding soccer.]]> 400 David Sally 0143124560 Sarah 5 3.72 2013 The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong
author: David Sally
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power]]> 101905
Simon Kuper traveled to twenty-two countries to discover the sometimes bizarre effect soccer can have on politics and culture. At the same time he tried to discover what makes different countries play a simple game so differently.

Kuper meets a remarkable variety of fans along the way, from the East Berliner persecuted by the Stasi for supporting his local team, to the Argentine general with his own views on tactics. He also illuminates the frightening intersection between soccer and politics, particularly in the wake of the attacks of 9-11, where soccer is obsessed over by the likes of Osama bin Laden. The result is one of the world's most acclaimed books on the game, and an astonishing study of soccer and its place in the world.]]> 302 Simon Kuper 1560258780 Sarah 5 4.03 1994 Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power
author: Simon Kuper
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1994
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer]]> 1270311 1008 David Goldblatt 1594482969 Sarah 5 4.18 2006 The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer
author: David Goldblatt
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Garrincha: The Triumph & Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero]]> 716375 420 Ruy Castro 0224064339 Sarah 5 4.34 1995 Garrincha: The Triumph & Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero
author: Ruy Castro
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.34
book published: 1995
rating: 5
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]]> How Soccer Explains the World 10395 � The New York Times Book Review "An insightful, entertaining, brainiac sports road trip."
â€� The Wall Street Journal "Foer’s skills as a narrator are enviable. His characterizationsâ€� are comparable to those in Norman Mailer's journalism."
â€� The Boston Globe A groundbreaking work—named one of the five most influential sports books of the decade by Sports Illustrated—How Soccer Explains the World is a unique and brilliantly illuminating look at soccer, the world’s most popular sport, as a lens through which to view the pressing issues of our age, from the clash of civilizations to the global economy.]]> 261 Franklin Foer 0060731427 Sarah 5 3.79 2004 How Soccer Explains the World
author: Franklin Foer
name: Sarah
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke]]> 11295616 400 Ronald Reng 0224091654 Sarah 5 4.51 2010 A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke
author: Ronald Reng
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2010
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football]]> 281299 246 David Winner 0747547084 Sarah 2 4.05 2000 Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
author: David Winner
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2000
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Miracle of Castel di Sangro: A Tale of Passion and Folly in the Heart of Italy]]> 779889
When Joe McGinniss sets out for the remote Italian village of Castel di Sangro one summer, he merely intends to spend a season with the village's soccer team, which only weeks before had, miraculously, reached the second-highest-ranking professional league in the land. But soon he finds himself embroiled with an absurd yet irresistible cast of characters, including the team's owner, described by the New York Times as "straight out of a Mario Puzo novel," and coach Osvaldo Jaconi, whose only English word is the one he uses to describe "bulldozer."  

As the riotous, edge-of-your-seat season unfolds, McGinniss develops a deepening bond with the team, their village and its people, and their country. Traveling with the miracle team, from the isolated mountain region where Castel di Sangro is located to gritty towns as well as grand cities, McGinniss introduces us to an Italy that no tourist guidebook has ever described, and comes away with a "sad, funny, desolating, and inspiring story--everything, in fact, a story should be" (Los Angeles Times) .]]> 404 Joe McGinniss 0767905997 Sarah 5 4.22 1999 The Miracle of Castel di Sangro: A Tale of Passion and Folly in the Heart of Italy
author: Joe McGinniss
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average rating: 4.22
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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]]> Soccer in Sun and Shadow 9554 256 Eduardo Galeano 1859844235 Sarah 4 4.20 1995 Soccer in Sun and Shadow
author: Eduardo Galeano
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1995
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics]]> 3621358 374 Jonathan Wilson 0752889958 Sarah 5 4.15 2008 Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
author: Jonathan Wilson
name: Sarah
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport]]> 6617185
These are questions every soccer aficionado has asked. Soccernomics answers them.

Using insights and analogies from economics, statistics, psychology, and business to cast a new and entertaining light on how the game works, Soccernomics reveals the often surprisingly counter-intuitive truths about soccer.]]> 336 Simon Kuper 1568584253 Sarah 5 3.95 2009 Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport
author: Simon Kuper
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average rating: 3.95
book published: 2009
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