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Ajax, the Dutch, the War: Football in Europe during the Second World Warby Simon KuperISBN 0752851497 (0-7528-5149-7)
Hardcover, Orion
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Among the Thugsby Bill BufordISBN 0679745351 (0-679-74535-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Art of Soccer: A Better Way to Playby Mark G. CatlinISBN 0962683426 (0-9626834-2-6)
Softcover, Soccer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Soccer: A Better Way to Play'Book summary:Nearly 2500 years ago, the Chinese general Sun Tzu revolutionized warfare with his classic text, The Art of War. The Art of Soccer applies those principles to soccer. The result is a unique conceptual approach that not only explains what to do but why it should be done. Extremely practical, simple and insightful, this book is suitable for high school players, adult players and all coaches. Features include: A central game concept that helps explain everything you do Logical rules for dribbling and passing The science of beating defenders Specific instructions for beating defenders in many different situations When to move and when not to move Where to move and why Basic offensive processes - support, penetration, creating new opportunities Common defensive tactics Rules for tackling, handling fastbreaks, defending when outnumbered How to defend well at the ball - when to be patient, when to pressure, when to tackle Principles of coverage and team defense Updated rules, basic skills, goalkeeping, setplays, etc. 222 pages, 222 photos and drawings, 33 tables, index And new to this edition - Psychological Skills [via]
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Barca: A People's Passionby Jimmy BurnsISBN 0747545545 (0-7475-4554-5)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Barca: A People's Passion'Book summary:[via]Founded in 1898, FC Barcelona, also know as Barca, is today the world's biggest football club. Its 120,000-seat stadium, Camp Nuo, is one of the great cathedrals of the game, and its museum is the most visited in Spain. This is the story of FC Barcelona and its evolution as a social and political phenomenon. 
The Beautiful Game: Sixteen Girls and the Soccer Season That Changed Everythingby Jonathan LittmanISBN 0380808609 (0-380-80860-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccerby David WinnerISBN 1585672580 (1-58567-258-0)
Hardcover, Overlook Press, The
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer'Book summary:Brilliant Orange is a book about Dutch soccer that's not really about Dutch soccer. It's more about an enigmatic way of thinking peculiar to a people whose landscape is unrelentingly flat, mostly below sea level, and who owe their salvation to a boy who plugged a fractured dike with his little finger. If any one thing, Brilliant Orange is about Dutch space, and a people whose unique conception of it has led to some of the most enduring art, the weirdest architecture, and a bizarrely cerebral form of soccer-Total Football-that led in 1974 to a World Cup finals match with arch-rival Germany, and continues with its intricacy and oddity to mystify and delight observers around the world.
"In the hot summer of 1975 Wim van Hanegem was offered the chance to leave his beloved Feyenoord and join the French club Olympique Marseilles. . . He couldn't decide what to do. . . So he turned to his dog: 'We can't decide. It's up to you now. If you want to go to Marseilles, bark or show me.' For several minutes the dog and Van Hanegem stared at each other. The dog didn't move. 'OK' said Wim, 'he doesn't want to go. We're staying."
The cast stretches from anarchists and church painters to rabbis and skinheads, and of course, to Holland's beloved soccer players, whose eccentricities are wryly detailed by David Winner through hilarious anecdotes that call to mind Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch. As idiosyncratic as its subject, quirky and provocative, Brilliant Orange reaches out to the reader from an unsuspected place and never lets go.
"Occasionally a book comes along that you fall in or out of love with on the basis of nothing more than the contents page . . . Brilliant Orange is one of those strangely informative books that will even entertain those who have little interest in either soccer or the Netherlands." (The Economist) [via]More editions of Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer:
Captain for Life: And Other Temporary Assignmentsby Denise Kiernan, John HarkesISBN 188694749X (1-886947-49-X)
Hardcover, Huron River Pr
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Coaching Soccer: National Soccer Coaches Association of Americaby National Soccer Coaches Association of America, Tim SchumISBN 1570280940 (1-57028-094-0)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Conditioning for Soccerby Joe LuxbacherISBN 1570281467 (1-57028-146-7)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Down The Rabbit Holeby Peter AbrahamsISBN 0060737034 (0-06-073703-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Dynamo: Triumph and Tragedy in Nazi-Occupied Kievby Andy DouganISBN 1592284671 (1-59228-467-1)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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European Football: A Fans' Handbook The Rough Guideby Peterjon Cresswell, Dan Goldstein, Simon Evans, Rough GuidesISBN 185828256X (1-85828-256-X)
Softcover, Rough Guides
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Fever Pitchby Nick HornbyISBN 1573226882 (1-57322-688-2)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fever Pitch'Book summary:In the States, Nick Hornby is best know as the author of High Fidelity and About a Boy, two wickedly funny novels about being thirtysomething and going nowhere fast. In Britain he is revered for his status as a fanatical football writer (sorry, fanatical soccer writer), owing to Fever Pitch--which is both an autobiography and a footballing Bible rolled into one. Hornby pinpoints 1968 as his formative year--the year he turned 11, the year his parents separated, and the year his father first took him to watch Arsenal play. The author quickly moved "way beyond fandom" into an extreme obsession that has dominated his life, loves, and relationships. His father had initially hoped that Saturday afternoon matches would draw the two closer together, but instead Hornby became completely besotted with the game at the expense of any conversation: "Football may have provided us with a new medium through which we could communicate, but that was not to say that we used it, or what we chose to say was necessarily positive." Girlfriends also played second fiddle to one ball and 11 men. He fantasizes that even if a girlfriend "went into labor at an impossible moment" he would not be able to help out until after the final whistle.
Fever Pitch is not a typical memoir--there are no chapters, just a series of match reports falling into three time frames (childhood, young adulthood, manhood). While watching the May 2, 1972, Reading v. Arsenal match, it became embarrassingly obvious to the then 15-year-old that his white, suburban, middle-class roots made him a wimp with no sense of identity: "Yorkshire men, Lancastrians, Scots, the Irish, blacks, the rich, the poor, even Americans and Australians have something they can sit in pubs and bars and weep about." But a boy from Maidenhead could only dream of coming from a place with "its own tube station and West Indian community and terrible, insoluble social problems."
Fever Pitch reveals the very special intricacies of British football, which readers new to the game will find astonishing, and which Hornby presents with remarkable humor and honesty--the "unique" chants sung at matches, the cold rain-soaked terraces, giant cans of warm beer, the trains known as football specials carrying fans to and from matches in prisonlike conditions, bottles smashing on the tracks, thousands of policemen waiting in anticipation for the cargo of hooligans. The sport and one team in particular have crept into every aspect of Hornby's life--making him see the world through Arsenal-tinted spectacles. --Naomi Gesinger [via]
Flat Back Four: The Tactical Gameby Andy GrayISBN 1890946524 (1-890946-52-4)
Softcover, Reedswain
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Football Against the Enemyby Simon KuperISBN 1857992490 (1-85799-249-0)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Football Businessby Hushion House Staff, David ConnISBN 184018101X (1-84018-101-X)
Softcover, Mainstream Publishing Company, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Football Business'Book summary:[via]In The Football Business, David Conn examines the changed game of football in the '90s and analyses the transformations of clubs such as Manchester United, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and others into stockmarket money-making machines. Why have so many top football clubs been taken over by businessmen? What have the changes meant to supporters? Why, with football enjoying phenomenal new wealth, are some Nationwide League clubs facing financial ruin? This book searches behind English football's hype to ask what has really happened, what has been gained, and what has been lost as football has ceased to be a game and become a business.More editions of Football Business:
Futebol: Soccer, the Brazilian Wayby Alex BellosISBN 0756785030 (0-7567-8503-0)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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Futebol: The Brazilian Wayby Alex BellosISBN 1582342504 (1-58234-250-4)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Lifeby Alex BellosISBN 1582342873 (1-58234-287-3)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Game of their Livesby Geoffrey DouglasISBN 0805038752 (0-8050-3875-2)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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The Game of Their Lives: The Untold Story of the World Cup's Biggest Upsetby Geoffrey DouglasISBN 0060758775 (0-06-075877-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Girls In Pants: The Third Summer Of The Sisterhoodby Ann BrasharesISBN 0553375938 (0-553-37593-8)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Girls In Pants: The Third Summer Of The Sisterhood'Book summary:Ages 12 and up. Best buds Tibby, Carmen, Lena and Bridget are back with their magical pair of shared jeans in Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood. Each summer brings new and difficult challenges, as the perennially separated friends discover afresh this last season before college. Tibby struggles with the idea of close friend Brian becoming her boyfriend, and their fragile relationship is soon tested by a tragedy in her immediate family. Carmen doesnt know how to react when she finds out that her middle-aged mom is pregnant, and Bridget is unpleasantly surprised to be reunited with the boy who broke her heart two summers ago. Finally, Lena, still coming to terms with the loss of her first love, tries to convince her strict father that art school is a better career path than Greek restaurant management. But through every crisis, each girl is assured of the love and support of the created sisterhood when she pulls on the denim armor of the cherished, and by now, a bit fragrant ("Rule # 1. You must never wash the Pants.") Traveling Pants.
Full of homey platitudes about life, love and the pursuit of perfect jeans, Girls in Pants occasionally reads like a lengthy Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul entry. But often thats precisely the kind of friendly reassurance female readers are looking for, and fans of the wildly popular series whove journeyed every summer with the "Septembers" will find much to laugh and cry about in this concluding volume. --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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The Glory Game: The New Edition of the British Football Classicby Hunter DaviesISBN 1840182423 (1-84018-242-3)
Softcover, Mainstream
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Hailed as probably the best book about soccer ever written, The Glory Game gives a unique insight into the inner workings of a major-league soccer club. Author Hunter Davies was allowed unparalleled access to the inner sanctum of a top professional soccer team, the Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs), and his pen spared nothing and no one. This 30th-anniversary edition will appeal to new and enthusiastic audiences. [via]
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Go for the Goal: A Champion's Guide to Winning in Soccer and Lifeby Mia Hamm, Aaron HeifetzISBN 0060931590 (0-06-093159-0)
Softcover, Quill
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The Grass of Another Country: A Journey Through the World of Soccerby Christopher MerrillISBN 0805035915 (0-8050-3591-5)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Hand of God: Life of Diego Maradona, Soccer's Fallen Starby John Harney, Jimmy BurnsISBN 1585742422 (1-58574-242-2)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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High-Performance Soccer: Techniques & Tactics for Advanced Playby Dan Herbst, Paul CaligiuriISBN 0880115521 (0-88011-552-1)
Softcover, Human Kinetics
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A Home on the Field: How One Championship Team Inspires Hope for the Revival of Small Town Americaby Paul CuadrosISBN 0061120278 (0-06-112027-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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How Soccer Explains The World: An Unlikely Theory Of Globalizationby Franklin FoerISBN 0060731427 (0-06-073142-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How Soccer Explains The World: An Unlikely Theory Of Globalization'Book summary:The global power of soccer might be a little hard for Americans, living in a country that views the game with the same skepticism used for the metric system and the threat of killer bees, to grasp fully. But in Europe, South America, and elsewhere, soccer is not merely a pastime but often an expression of the social, economic, political, and racial composition of the communities that host both the teams and their throngs of enthusiastic fans. New Republic editor Franklin Foer, a lifelong devotee of soccer dating from his own inept youth playing days to an adulthood of obsessive fandom, examines soccer's role in various cultures as a means of examining the reach of globalization. Foer's approach is long on soccer reportage, providing extensive history and fascinating interviews on the Rangers-Celtic rivalry and the inner workings of AC Milan, and light on direct discussion of issues like world trade and the exportation of Western culture. But by creating such a compelling narrative of soccer around the planet, Foer draws the reader into these sport-mad societies, and subtly provides the explanations he promises in chapters with titles like "How Soccer Explains the New Oligarchs", "How Soccer Explains Islam's Hope", and "How Soccer Explains the Sentimental Hooligan." Foer's own passion for the game gives his book an infectious energy but still pales in comparison to the religious fervor of his subjects. His portraits of legendary hooligans in Serbia and Britain, in particular, make the most die-hard roughneck New York Yankees fan look like a choirboy in comparison. Beyond the thugs, Foer also profiles Nigerian players living in the Ukraine, Iranian women struggling against strict edicts to attend matches, and the parallel worlds of Brazilian soccer and politics from which Pele emerged and returned. Foer posits that globalization has eliminated neither local cultural identities nor violent hatred among fans of rival teams, and it has not washed out local businesses in a sea of corporate wealth nor has it quelled rampant local corruption. Readers with an interest in international economics are sure to like How Soccer Explains the World, but soccer fans will love it. --John Moe [via]
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Jose Mourinho - Made in Portugal: The Official Biography by Luis Lourentoby Luis LourencoISBN 0954684338 (0-9546843-3-8)
Softcover, Dewi Lewis Pub
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Readers will gain an insight into Mourinhos management skills, as well as his whole footballing philosophy, and his approach to motivating his players. Mourinho himself writes of his move to Roman Abramovich's Chelsea and of approaches by other clubs; his âmind games with Sir Alex Ferguson as Manchester United are knocked out of Europe; and his fears for his personal safety and that of his family after receiving a death threat on the eve of what should have been the biggest night of his life.
Long-term family friend, Portuguese journalist LuÃs Lourenço guides us through the formative years in Mourinho's coaching career, as he returns to Portugal from Barcelona at the turn of the millennium and embarks on the remarkable four-year journey which will lead him to Chelsea. A journey which includes short-lived yet turbulent spells at Portuguese giants Benfica and minnows União de Leiria, and culminates in a night of unforgettable glory for FC Porto and José Mourinho as they are crowned Champions of Europe.More editions of Jose Mourinho - Made in Portugal: The Official Biography by Luis Lourento:
Megan Meade's Guide to the Mcgowan Boysby Kate BrianISBN 1416900314 (1-4169-0031-4)
Softcover, Simon Pulse
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The Miracle of Castel Di Sangroby Joe McGinnissISBN 0767905997 (0-7679-0599-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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My Favourite Year: A Collection of New Football Writingby Nick HornbyISBN 0575058412 (0-575-05841-2)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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My Favourite Year: A Collection of Football Writingby Nick HornbyISBN 0753814412 (0-7538-1441-2)
Softcover, Orion Pub Co
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National Pastime: How Americans Play Baseball And The Rest Of The World Plays Soccerby Andrew Zimbalist, Stefan SzymanskiISBN 0815782586 (0-8157-8258-6)
Hardcover, Brookings Inst Pr
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National Pastime: How Americans Play Baseball And the Rest of the World Plays Soccerby Stefan SzymanskiISBN 0815782594 (0-8157-8259-4)
Softcover, Brookings Inst Pr
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Offside: Soccer and American Exceptionalismby Andrei S. Markovits, Steven L. HellermanISBN 069107447X (0-691-07447-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Once in a Lifetime: The Incredible Story of the New York Cosmosby Michael ThelwellISBN 0802142885 (0-8021-4288-5)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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One Love: Soccerby Lee Farant, Steve RushinISBN 0789315106 (0-7893-1510-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Passovotchka: Moscow Dynamo in Britain, 1945by David DowningISBN 0747548137 (0-7475-4813-7)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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David Downing recalls the 1945 tour of Britain by Dynamo Moscow--cream of Soviet football--in a fascinating, often hilarious account of two cultures clashing during the honeymoon of affection for the Russians--and communism--that would cease with the Cold War.
The characters are straight out of an Ealing comedy--Moscow's own Raymond Glendenning, Soviet tour radio commentator Vadim Sinyavsky ("He's through! He has scored! Yes, comrades, you can kiss him."); the bemused "men from the ministry" (in this case the FA) struggling to comprehend the eccentric requirements of their honoured guests; the monosyllabic female tour interpreter, who would not accompany journalists to interview players in the Dynamo dressing room, leaving the helpless hacks to file reams of increasingly desperate copy.
But the sporting facts were to seem less amusing to hosts who still talked happily about showing the world how to play. After four games--wins over Cardiff City and Arsenal, draws with Chelsea and Glasgow Rangers--it was crystal clear that the journalist who had reported the training Dynamo players as being "so slow you can see them thinking", had been leading his readers astray.
Passovotchka is a remarkable tale, an intriguing glimpse into social history and a sparkling sporting comedy.--Alex Hankin [via]
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Red Cardby Richard HoytISBN 0812530969 (0-8125-3096-9)
Softcover, Tor Books
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The Rough Guide to English Football 1999-2000: A Fans' HandbookISBN 1858284554 (1-85828-455-4)
Softcover, Rough Guides
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The Rough Guide to English Football 2000-2001: A Fans' Handbookby Dan GoldsteinISBN 1858285577 (1-85828-557-7)
Softcover, Rough Guides
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The Science of Soccerby John WessonISBN 0750308133 (0-7503-0813-3)
Softcover, Inst of Physics Pub Inc
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A Season With Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character and Goals!by Tim ParksISBN 1559706813 (1-55970-681-3)
Softcover, Arcade Pub
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The Simplest Game : Intelligent Fan's Guide to the World of Soccerby Paul GardnerISBN 0020432259 (0-02-043225-9)
Softcover, Macmillan General Reference
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Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsby Ann BrasharesISBN 0385730586 (0-385-73058-6)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'Book summary:They were just a soft, ordinary pair of thrift-shop jeans until the four girls took turns trying them on--four girls, that is, who are close friends, about to be parted for the summer, with very different sizes and builds, not to mention backgrounds and personalities. Yet the pants settle on each girl's hips perfectly, making her look sexy and long-legged and feel confident as a teenager can feel. "These are magical Pants!" they realize, and so they make a pact to share them equally, to mail them back and forth over the summer from wherever they are. Beautiful, distant Lena is going to Greece to be with her grandparents; strong, athletic Bridget is off to soccer camp in Baja, California; hot-tempered Carmen plans to have her divorced father all to herself in South Carolina; and Tibby the rebel will be left at home to slave for minimum wage at Wallman's.
Over the summer the Pants come to represent the support of the sisterhood, but they also lead each girl into bruising and ultimately healing confrontations with love and courage, dying and forgiveness. Lena finds her identity in Greece and the courage not to reject love; Bridget gets in over her head with an older camp coach; Carmen finds her father ensconced with a new fiancée and family; and Tibby unwillingly takes on a filmmaking apprentice who is dying of leukemia. Each girl's story is distinct and engrossing, told in a brightly contemporary style. Like the Pants, the reader bounces back and forth among the four unfolding adventures, and the melange is spiced with letters and witty quotes. Ann Brashares has here created four captivating characters and seamlessly interwoven their stories for a young adult novel that is fresh and absorbing. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty Campbell [via]
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- Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants: ISBN 0440229707 (0-440-22970-7)
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Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants: ISBN 0385729332 (0-385-72933-2)
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- Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants: ISBN 0440229707 (0-440-22970-7)
Skills and Strategies for Coaching Soccerby Alan HargreavesISBN 0880113286 (0-88011-328-6)
Softcover, Leisure Pr
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Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Stars And Stops Wars, Fuels Revolution And Keeps Dictators in Powerby Simon KuperISBN 1560258780 (1-56025-878-0)
Softcover, Nation Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Stars And Stops Wars, Fuels Revolution And Keeps Dictators in Power'Book summary:Soccer is much more than just the most popular game in the world. It is a matter of life and death for millions around the world, an international lingua franca.[via]
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.More editions of Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Stars And Stops Wars, Fuels Revolution And Keeps Dictators in Power:
Soccer Coach's Guide to Practices, Drills & Skill Trainingby Butch Lauffer, Sandy DavieISBN 0806982195 (0-8069-8219-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Soccer in Sun and Shadowby Eduardo Galeano, Mark FriedISBN 1859844235 (1-85984-423-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Soccer in Sun and Shadow'Book summary:The passion and the glory of the beautiful game, captured on the eve of the World Cup. From the origins of soccer to the World Cup played in the US in 1994, one of Latin America's most fluent and widely read commentators captures the enduring appeal of the world's greatest game. Eduardo Galeano seeks out the mystical and the bewitched, the romance and the emotional destitution experienced by players and fans the world round. Here is a story of love and death: of the suicide of Abdon Porte, who shot himself in the center circle of the National Stadium; of the Argentine manager who wouldn't let his team eat chicken because it would bring bad luck; of the Russian goalkeeper who prepared his mind and soothed his nerves with a cigarette and a dash of vodka before each game. Published in the run-up to the 1998 World Cup, this is the glory of soccer in all its international hues, with its multilingual cries of despair, victory and passion. No one who has ever played in or cheered on a soccer side will want to miss this book. [via]
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Soccer Rules Explainedby Stanley LoverISBN 1592286208 (1-59228-620-8)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Soccer Rules Explained: The Game and New Rulesby Stanley F LoverISBN 1558217223 (1-55821-722-3)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Soccer Yearbook 2004-5: The Complete Guide to the World Gameby David GoldblattISBN 0756604265 (0-7566-0426-5)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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Soccer! : The Game and the World Cupby World Cup U. S. A. Staff, Joao Havelange, Alan Rotheberg, Joseph S. BlatterISBN 0847818063 (0-8478-1806-3)
Hardcover, Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
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Soccer's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Clumsy Keepers, Clever Crosses, and Outlandish Odditiesby John SnyderISBN 1574883658 (1-57488-365-8)
Softcover, Potomac Books Inc
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Tangerineby Edward BloorISBN 0152057803 (0-15-205780-3)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tangerine'Book summary:So what if he's legally blind? Even with his bottle-thick, bug-eyed glasses, Paul Fisher can see better than most people. He can see the lies his parents and brother live out, day after day. No one ever listens to Paul, though--until the family moves to Tangerine. In Tangerine, even a blind, geeky, alien freak can become cool. Who knows? Paul might even become a hero! Edward Bloor's debut novel sparkles with wit, authenticity, unexpected plot twists, and heart. The writing is so fine, the story so triumphant, that you just might stand up and shout when you get to the end. Hooray! [via]
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- Tangerine: ISBN 015201246X (0-15-201246-X)
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Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks - Tangerine: ISBN 059043277X (0-590-43277-X)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks - Tangerine: ISBN 0606138374 (0-606-13837-4)
Hardcover, Demco Media - Tangerine: ISBN 0613111494 (0-613-11149-4)
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Hardcover, Bt Bound - Tangerine: ISBN 0152057803 (0-15-205780-3)
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- Tangerine: ISBN 015201246X (0-15-201246-X)
Teaching Soccer Fundamentalsby Nelson McAvoy, Nelson NcavoyISBN 0880118555 (0-88011-855-5)
Softcover, Human Kinetics
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The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cupby Matt Weiland, Sean WilseyISBN 0061132268 (0-06-113226-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Training Soccer Championsby Anson DorranceISBN 1887791027 (1-887791-02-7)
Softcover, J T C Sports Inc
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Ultimate Encyclopedia of Soccer: The Definite Illustrated Guide to World Soccerby Gary LinekerISBN 1842224948 (1-84222-494-8)
Hardcover, Carlton Books Ltd
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World Soccer Yearbook 2002-03: The Complete Guide to the Gameby David GoldblattISBN 0789489430 (0-7894-8943-0)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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World Soccer Yearbook 2003-2004by David GoldblattISBN 0789496542 (0-7894-9654-2)
Softcover, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
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The World's Game: A History of Soccerby W. J. MurrayISBN 0252067185 (0-252-06718-5)
Softcover, Univ of Illinois Pr
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El Futbol a Sol y Somberaby Eduardo GaleanoISBN 9682319714 (968-23-1971-4)
Hardcover, Siglo XXI de Espana Editores, S.A.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Futbol a Sol y Sombera'Book summary:En este libro sorprendente, uno de los mejores escritores uruguayos actuales nos hace el regalo de una divertidisima historia del futbol diseminada en capsulas breves, en las que saltan cientos de anecdotas, recuerdos y consideraciones llenas de humor y de ironia. Desde la indumentaria de Zamora hasta la efedrina de Maradona, nada escapa a este hincha del Nacional que se da gusto contando chistes y recordando tambien los dramas y las tragedias del deporte mas universal. [via]
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