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How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization

de Franklin Foer

Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. It is a perfect window into the cross–currents of today's world, with all its joys and its sorrows. In this remarkably insightful, wide–ranging work...

All on Red: Ten Years at Anfield

de Frank Gamble

Frank Gamble was worrying about redundancy when he saw an advertisement in the local paper for a job in the Liverpool FC promotions department. For a Reds fan since the age of six - despite his family being...

Ronaldo: The Obsession for Perfection

de Luca Caioli

From the author of the bestselling Torres and Messi, a revealing new biography of Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo. When a young Portuguese player with sublime abilities arrived at Manchester United in 2003,...

Torres: An Intimate Portrait of the Kid Who Became King

de Luca Caioli

A brand new biography of Liverpool and Premier League superstar, Fernando Torres, based on one-of-a-kind insider interviews with those closest to him ... and the player himself.  This is the story of a kid...

Coaching Soccer For Dummies

de National Alliance for Youth Sports & Greg Bach

Packed with drills and tips for practice and game days

The fun and easy way(r) to kick-start your soccer coaching skills

Volunteering as a youth soccer coach can be a great experience, both for you and your squad....

Now You Know Soccer

de Doug Lennox

Known around the world as football, soccer is the world's most watched and played sport. Now Doug Lennox, the striker of Q&A, scores with a pitch full of tidbits that delivers the goods on Pelé, Maradona, Beckham,...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Soccer Basics

de Sam Borden

The ultimate resource for getting on the ball.

The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Soccer Basics explains anything and everything a parent or new coach needs to know to understand the game and make the most of...

Life Lessons From Soccer: What Your Child Can Learn On and Off the Field-A Guide for Parents and Coaches

de Dr. Vincent Fortanasce

Parent-tested and approved by the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO), this indispensable book by a parent, coach, and doctor shows soccer moms, dads, and coaches how to encourage children to look beyond...

The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer

de David Goldblatt

The definitive book about soccer. With a new foreword for the American edition. There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of...

A Beautiful Game

de Tom Watt

Wherever you are on earth, it's only a matter of time before you come across children playing soccer. Another five minutes and you will probably find yourself having a ball rolled to your feet as an invitation...

Africa United: Soccer, Passion, Politics, and the First World Cup in Africa

de Steve Bloomfield

Africa United is the story of modern-day Africa told through its soccer. Traveling across thirteen countries, from Cairo to the Cape, Steve Bloomfield meets players and fans, politicians and rebel leaders, discovering...

Youngy: The Autobiography of Alan Young

de Alan Young & Simon Kimber

Alan Young's story is one of an honest striker who played at the highest level of the domestic game (between 1974 and 1988) but also experienced human misery at its lowest once his playing career was over. The...

Manchester United: A Thematic Study

de David L. Andrews

Despite myriad popular and journalistic expositions, up to this point there have been virtually no academic discussions of the Manchester United phenomenon. This anthology represents the first concerted academic...

Just a Simple Belfast Boy

de Brian Mawhinney

This simple Belfast boy was to find himself at the centre of politics during some of the most tumultuous events of recent British history – the peace process in Ireland, Britain in Europe, Thatcher versus Major....

Simp-Lee the Best: My Autobiography

de Lee McCulloch

Rangers captain Lee McCulloch has experienced the ultimate highs and some desperate lows during six incredible years at Ibrox. From the joy of three-in-a-row to the searing pain of administration, the lifelong...

European Soccer Championship Results: Since 1958

de Tomasz Malolepszy

In European Soccer Championship Results: Since 1958, Tomasz Malolepszy charts the growth and expansion of this popular sport in Europe with a complete statistical history of both the men’s and women’s competition....

Welcome to the Blue Heaven: Don't Bet Against the Goal Keeper

de Jimmy Nielsen & Paolo Bandini

Major League Soccer's Goalkeeper of ther year for 2012, Jimmy Nielsen, has established hinself as one of the best players in the League and a fan favorite while playing for Sporting Kansas City.Yet, while supporters...

The Wizard: The Life of Stanley Matthews

de Jon Henderson

'Stanley Matthews taught us the way football should be played' Pel�

'I couldn't believe he was a man. He was the best player in the world' Bobby Charlton

'He told me that he used to play for just twenty pounds...

Hammers in the Heart: A Lifetime of Supporting West Ham

de Pete May

West Ham are back in the Premiership and, to celebrate, Pete May reflects on a lifetime of supporting the Irons. It's all here in Hammers in the Heart, from a full account of West Ham's triumph against Preston...

MORE THAN A GAME: A Story About Football and other Stuff

de Sylvester Young

MORE THAN A GAME tells it how it really was for black football players a generation ago. Set in 1980s Wolverhampton, Sabina Park Rangers became the first team of black players to reach the final of the Watney’s...