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Kicking Off Around The World

55 Stories From When Soccer Met Politics

by Ramon Usall ...

Translated by Luke Stobart ...

“A tour-de-force that touches on how soccer is always mixed up with politics in every corner of the globe” Mehreen Khan, The Times and co-host of the Humans & Heroes soccer podcast“An absolute must for anybody interested in the history of soccer clubs. It not only provides riveting stories, it also reveals surprises about the politics of soccer” Stephen Ortega, Global Sports Initiative, Harvard ... Read more

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“A tour-de-force that touches on how soccer is always mixed up with politics in every corner of the globe” Mehreen Khan, The Times and co-host of the Humans & Heroes soccer podcast“An absolute must for anybody interested in the history of soccer clubs. It not only provides riveting stories, it also reveals surprises about the politics of soccer” Stephen Ortega, Global Sports Initiative, Harvard
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Kicking Off Around The World

55 Stories From When Football Met Politics

by Ramon Usall ...

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"A tour-de-force that touches on how football is always mixed up with politics in every corner of the globe" —Mehreen Khan, the Times and cohost of the Humans & Heroes football podcast"Brings us closer to the overlooked aspects of football, the social and political ones, which truly imbue clubs with soul" —Carles Viñas, author of St. Pauli: Another Football is PossibleThink you know everything ... Read more

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"A tour-de-force that touches on how football is always mixed up with politics in every corner of the globe" —Mehreen Khan, the Times and cohost of the Humans & Heroes football podcast"Brings us closer to the overlooked aspects of football, the social and political ones, which truly imbue clubs with soul" —Carles Viñas, author of St. Pauli: Another Football is PossibleThink you know everything
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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

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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
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Football Against The Enemy

by Simon Kuper ...

'GREAT' Independent'TERRIFIC' Guardian'WONDERFUL' Time Out'QUALITY' Mail on Sunday'DEFINITIVE' FourFourTwoWinner of the William Hill Sports Book AwardFeatured in FourFourTwo's list of 'The 10 Best Football Books Ever'Featured in Esquire's 'Best Sports Bo... ... Read more

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'GREAT' Independent'TERRIFIC' Guardian'WONDERFUL' Time Out'QUALITY' Mail on Sunday'DEFINITIVE' FourFourTwoWinner of the William Hill Sports Book AwardFeatured in FourFourTwo's list of 'The 10 Best Football Books Ever'Featured in Esquire's 'Best Sports Bo...
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1913

In Search of the World Before the Great War

by Charles Emmerson ...

Today, 1913 is inevitably viewed through the lens of 1914: as the last year before a war that would shatter the global economic order and tear Europe apart, undermining its global pre-eminence. Our perspectives narrowed by hindsight, the world of that year is reduced to its most frivolous features -- last summers in grand aristocratic residences -- or its most destructive ones: the unresolved ... Read more

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Today, 1913 is inevitably viewed through the lens of 1914: as the last year before a war that would shatter the global economic order and tear Europe apart, undermining its global pre-eminence. Our perspectives narrowed by hindsight, the world of that year is reduced to its most frivolous features -- last summers in grand aristocratic residences -- or its most destructive ones: the unresolved
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Homelands

A Personal History of Europe

by Timothy Garton Ash Y ...

Drawing on half a century of firsthand experience and exemplary scholarship, Timothy Garton Ash tells the story of postwar Europe’s triumphs and tragediesWinner of the 2024 Lionel Gelber Prize • A Financial Times Best Book of 2023“An irresistibly well-written book, fluent, witty, and intelligent.”—Neal Acherson, New York Review of BooksTimothy Garton Ash, Europe’s “historian of the present,” has ... Read more

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Drawing on half a century of firsthand experience and exemplary scholarship, Timothy Garton Ash tells the story of postwar Europe’s triumphs and tragediesWinner of the 2024 Lionel Gelber Prize • A Financial Times Best Book of 2023“An irresistibly well-written book, fluent, witty, and intelligent.”—Neal Acherson, New York Review of BooksTimothy Garton Ash, Europe’s “historian of the present,” has
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More Than A Shirt

How Football Shirts Explain Global Politics, Money and Power

by Joey D'Urso ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BEST SPORTS WRITING OF THE YEAR AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDA GUARDIAN SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEARA WATERSTONES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR'A marvellous football book, although it is much more than that' The Times'More Than A Shirt shows why geopolitics keeps invading the pitch' The Economist<br... ... Read more

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BEST SPORTS WRITING OF THE YEAR AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDA GUARDIAN SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEARA WATERSTONES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR'A marvellous football book, although it is much more than that' The Times'More Than A Shirt shows why geopolitics keeps invading the pitch' The Economist<br...
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1312: Among the Ultras

A journey with the world’s most extreme fans

by James Montague ...

You can see them, but you don't know them.Ultras are football fans like no others. A hugely visible and controversial part of the global game, their credo and aesthetic replicated in almost every league everywhere on earth, a global movement of extreme fandom and politics is also one of the largest youth movements in the world. Yet they remain unknown: an anti-establishment force that is ... Read more

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You can see them, but you don't know them.Ultras are football fans like no others. A hugely visible and controversial part of the global game, their credo and aesthetic replicated in almost every league everywhere on earth, a global movement of extreme fandom and politics is also one of the largest youth movements in the world. Yet they remain unknown: an anti-establishment force that is
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Behind the Curtain

Football in Eastern Europe

by Jonathan Wilson ...

'EPIC' Financial Times'PERCEPTIVE' The Sunday Times'BLISSFUL' Daily Telegraph'FASCINATING' Independent on Sunday'TERRIFIC' Henry Winter'EXCELLENT*' Simon Kuper*The fascinating story of football in Eastern Europe following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, from the award-winning author of Inve... ... Read more

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'EPIC' Financial Times'PERCEPTIVE' The Sunday Times'BLISSFUL' Daily Telegraph'FASCINATING' Independent on Sunday'TERRIFIC' Henry Winter'EXCELLENT*' Simon Kuper*The fascinating story of football in Eastern Europe following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, from the award-winning author of Inve...
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Soccer Against the Enemy

How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power

by Simon Kuper ...

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. 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 ... Read more

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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. 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
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ULTRAS

The A-Z of Europes Most Feared Soccer Hooligans

by John McCoist ...

They used to call it the English disease. Football Hooliganism was rampant on the terraces of English clubs through the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s and is still very much alive today but on a different level. Over the last decade Europe's football clubs have took on the mantle and brought new levels of violence to the terraces. Knifes, hatchets and even guns have been used on some of Europe's football ... Read more

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They used to call it the English disease. Football Hooliganism was rampant on the terraces of English clubs through the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s and is still very much alive today but on a different level. Over the last decade Europe's football clubs have took on the mantle and brought new levels of violence to the terraces. Knifes, hatchets and even guns have been used on some of Europe's football
... Read more
How Soccer Explains the World

An Unlikely Theory of Globalization

by Franklin Foer ...

“Step aside Tom Friedman, Sam Huntington, and Amy Chua. Franklin Foer’s dark and witty tale of the soccer world reveals the meaning of globalization in all its joys and horrors.”—Robert KaganJust in time for the 2026 World Cup in North America—a reissue of the bestselling sports classic, featuring a new preface from the author.With the 2026 World Cup in all three nations of North America, the ... Read more

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“Step aside Tom Friedman, Sam Huntington, and Amy Chua. Franklin Foer’s dark and witty tale of the soccer world reveals the meaning of globalization in all its joys and horrors.”—Robert KaganJust in time for the 2026 World Cup in North America—a reissue of the bestselling sports classic, featuring a new preface from the author.With the 2026 World Cup in all three nations of North America, the
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