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  • The Ball is Round

    A Global History of Football

    by David Goldblatt ...
    THE DEFINITIVE, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BOOK ABOUT FOOTBALL'Football conquered the world with its capacity to astonish, and this is its definitive history' The IndependentThere may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical scope. The single greatest ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Futebol Nation

    A Footballing History of Brazil

    by David Goldblatt ...
    Futebol Nation by David Goldblatt - a thriling history of Brazil through its sporting passionFrom the genius of Pelé to corruption and civil unrest, no nation has so closely aligned its national identity with playing and watching football as Brazil.Football is regarded as a thing of joy, its yellow shirts a delightful amalgam of sport and art, entwined with its cultures of music and religion. This ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Game of Our Lives

    The English Premier League and the Making of Modern Britain

    by David Goldblatt ...
    The Game of Our Lives is a masterly portrait of soccer and contemporary Britain. Soccer in the United Kingdom has evolved from a jaded, working-class tradition to a sport at the heart of popular culture, from an economic mess to a booming entertainment industry that has conquered the world. The changes in the game, David Goldblatt shows, uncannily mirror the evolution of British society.In the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Sing...You Bald Head

    by David Goldblatt ...
    What happens when a bald-headed Jewish poet meets Jesus Christ? What happens when unconditional love pours into the life and love of a man who felt he never deserved any of these blessings? I'm so happy to know that God never stops loving me or you! ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Age of Football

    Soccer and the 21st Century

    by David Goldblatt ...
    A monumental exploration of soccer and society in our time—by its preeminent historian.The Age of Football proves that whether you call it football or soccer, you can’t make sense of the modern world without understanding its most popular sport. With breathtaking scope and an unparalleled knowledge of the game, David Goldblatt—author of the best-selling The Ball Is Round—charts soccer’s global ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Social Theory and the Environment

    by David Goldblatt ...
    This book establishes whether contemporary social theory can help us understand the structural origins of environmental degradation and environmental politics. ... Read more

    $37.25 CAD

  • The Time Traveler's Handbook

    18 Experiences from the Eruption of Vesuvius to Woodstock

    by James Wyllie, John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, David Goldblatt ...
    Get immersed in the action of history's most pivotal and dramatic episodes with this "witty, irreverent, and brilliantly researched" guide (Giles Milton).Not many of us can claim to have thrown chests of tea into the Boston Harbor or to have watched Vesuvius erupt, but that's about to change thanks to The Time Traveler's Handbook. This book offers eighteen exceptional trips to the past, ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Aesthetics

    A Reader in Philosophy of the Arts

    by David Goldblatt, Lee B. Brown, Stephanie Patridge ...
    Aesthetics: A Reader in Philosophy of the Arts, fourth edition, contains a selection of ninety-six readings organized by individual art forms as well as a final section of readings in philosophical aesthetics that cover multiple art forms. Sections include topics that are familiar to students such as painting, photography and movies, architecture, music, literature, and performance, as well as ... Read more

    $226.99 CAD

  • Art and Ventriloquism

    by David Goldblatt ...
    Series series Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture
    This exciting collection of David Goldblatt's essays, available for the first time in one volume, uses the metaphor of ventriloquism to help understand a variety of art world phenomena. It examines how the vocal vacillation between ventriloquist and dummy works within the roles of artist, artwork and audience as a conveyance to the audience of the performer's intentions, emotions and beliefs ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD

  • How to Watch the Olympics

    The Essential Guide to the Rules, Statistics, Heroes, and Zeroes of Every Sport

    by David Goldblatt, Johnny Acton ...
    The must-have guide to the Summer Olympic GamesThis summer, millions of Americans will tune into the Olympic Games, the largest and most popular sporting event in the world. Yet while it's easy to be fascinated by agile gymnasts, poised equestrians, and perfectly synchronized swimmers, few of us know the real width of a balance beam, the intricate regulations of dressage, or the origin of those ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Ball is Round

    A Global History of Soccer

    by David Goldblatt ...
    Narrated by Liam Gerrard ...

    Unabridged

    38 hours 58 min

    The definitive book about soccer, from the author of The Games: A Global History of the Olympics.There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical scope. The single greatest simultaneous human collective experience is the World Cup final.In this ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • The Games

    A Global History of the Olympics

    by David Goldblatt ...
    “A people’s history of the Olympics.”—New York Times Book ReviewA Boston Globe Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the YearThe Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt’s sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the reinvention of the Games in Athens in 1896 to Rio in 2016, revealing how the Olympics ... Read more

    $18.19 CAD