The story of a poor boy from Brazil who became the greatest soccer player of all time and one of the most important athletes of the twentieth century! His parents may have named him Edson Arantes do Nascimento, but to the rest of the...
Soccer
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Author:Buckley, JamesSummary: -
Author:Carman, PatrickSummary:The Walnut Cup, the only American stop on the World Squirrel Soccer League tour, is taking place in Elliot's park, but when the game ball, a perfectly round walnut, goes missing it is up to Elliot and his friends to find it.
- Author:Riley, ScottSummary:
After watching the World Cup on television, a group of Thai boys is inspired to form their own team. But on the island of Koh Panyee, in a village built on stilts, there is no open space. How will a group of Thai boys play soccer? The...
- Author:Peace, DavidSummary:
The hugely acclaimed novel of '70s football and the turmoil of the game's most charismatic and controversial manager, from the bestselling author of GB84 and Red or Dead. In 1974 the brilliant and controversial Brian Clough made perhaps...
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Author:Bloor, EdwardSummary:Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
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Author:Lewis, Michael, Bach, GregSummary:Soccer basics in a day? Easy. Do you get a kick out of soccer, but need to brush up your knowledge on the key elements of the game? Look no further! Soccer Rules & Positions In A Day For Dummies quickly brings you up to speed on...
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Author:AviSummary:Each member of the South Orange River seventh-grade soccer team has qualities of excellence, but not on the soccer field.
- Author:Bensinger, Ken.Summary:
The definitive, shocking account of the FIFA scandal--the biggest international corruption case of recent years, spearheaded by US investigators, involving dozens of countries, and implicating nearly every aspect of the world's...
- Author:Falise, ThierrySummary:
Le 23 juin 2018, dans le nord de la Thaïlande, au cœur du Triangle d'Or, 12 joueurs de l'équipe de soccer des Sangliers âgés de 11 à 17 ans et leur entraîneur disparaissent à l'intérieur de la grotte de Tham Luang...
- Author:Roscher, EllieSummary:
Growing up and living in Kibera, Kenya, Abdul Kassim was well aware of the disproportionate number of challenges faced by women due to the extreme gender inequalities that persist in the slums. After being raised by his aunts, his...
- Author:Daley-Clarke, DonnaSummary:
Daley-Clarke entwines the street-smart stories of one black family facing racism and loss in 1970s London. With his father in jail, his mother passed on, and his comic book idols outgrown, lazy-eyed teenager Geoffhurst must find a new...
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Author:Myers, Walter DeanSummary:Told in their separate voices, thirteen-year-old soccer star Kevin and police sergeant Brown, who knew his father, try to keep Kevin out of juvenile hall after he is arrested on very serious charges.
- Author:Hornby, NickSummary:
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Fever Pitch, by Nick Hornby read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. As a young boy, growing up in the Home Counties and watching his parents' marriage fall apart, Nick Hornby had...
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Author:Northcroft, JonathanSummary:How one small town club took on, triumphed over, and utterly confounded the financial behemoths of English soccer: this is Leicester City.
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Author:Lesynski, LorisSummary:A collection of poems about soccer covers the equipment, the joy of playing the game, and how to never lose another game.
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Author:Kloke, Joshua, Bradley, MichaelSummary:How Toronto FC rescued itself from misery, carved out a niche, and became a true alternative franchise in North America’s most crowded sports market. From Toronto FC’s inception, the club and their fans did things their own way. When...
- Author:Philip BallSummary:
The latest act of David Beckham's career, played out on foreign fields, has outshone all previous drama: His falling out with Ferguson and leaving Old Trafford; the bitter power struggle for his signature betweenBarca and Real; the...
