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  • The Power and the Glory

    The History of the World Cup

    by Jonathan Wilson ...
    **A definitive new history of the world’s most watched sporting event—just in time for the 2026 tournament"Wilson is the game’s pre-eminent popular historian."—Observer (UK)An Irish Times Best Sports Book of the Year**Since 1930, the World Cup has become a truly global obsession. It is the most watched sporting event on the planet, and 211 teams competed to make it into the 2022 tournament. From ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Barcelona Inheritance

    The Evolution of Winning Soccer Tactics from Cruyff to Guardiola

    by Jonathan Wilson ...
    From Cruyff's "Total Football" to the epic rivalry between Guardiola and Mourinho, a gripping chronicle of the rise and fall of Barcelona's dominance in world soccer.Barcelona's style of play -- pressing and possessing -- is the single biggest influence on modern soccer. In The Barcelona Inheritance, Jonathan Wilson reveals how and why this came to pass, offering a deep analysis of the evolution ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Inverting the Pyramid

    The History of Soccer Tactics

    by Jonathan Wilson ...
    The classic history of soccer tactics — “masterful” and “deliciously nerdy” (Time Out)In this modern classic, soccer journalist Jonathan Wilson pulls apart the finer details of the world’s game, tracing the global history of tactics from modern pioneers right back to the beginning, when chaos reigned. Along the way, he examines the lives of great players and thinkers who shaped the sport and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Audiobook

    The Power and the Glory

    The History of the World Cup

    by Jonathan Wilson ...
    Narrated by Paul Thornley ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 4 min

    **A definitive new history of the world’s most watched sporting event—just in time for the 2026 tournament"Wilson is the game’s pre-eminent popular historian."—Observer (UK)An Irish Times Best Sports Book of the Year**Since 1930, the World Cup has become a truly global obsession. It is the most watched sporting event on the planet, and 211 teams competed to make it into the 2022 tournament. From ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • 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

    $5.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Angels with Dirty Faces

    How Argentinian Soccer Defined a Nation and Changed the Game Forever

    by Jonathan Wilson ...
    The masterful, definitive history of Argentinian soccerLionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Alfredo Di St’fano: in every generation Argentina has uncovered a uniquely brilliant soccer talent. Perhaps it’s because the country lives and breathes the game, its theories, and its myths.Argentina’s rich, volatile history – by turns sublime and ruthlessly pragmatic – is mirrored in the style and swagger of its ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • The Names Heard Long Ago

    How the Golden Age of Hungarian Soccer Shaped the Modern Game

    by Jonathan Wilson ...
    The story of the vibrant and revolutionary soccer culture in Hungary that, on the eve of World War II, redefined the modern game and launched a new era.In the early 1950s, the Hungarian side was unbeatable, winning the Olympic gold and thrashing England in the Match of the Century. Their legendary forward, Ferenc Puskás, was one of the game's first international superstars. But as Jonathan Wilson ... Read more

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  • Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You

    The Biography

    by Jonathan Wilson ...
    'COMPREHENSIVE' The Sunday Times'BEAUTIFULLY DETAILED' The Guardian'UTTERLY COMPELLING' Nottingham Forest News'WONDERFUL' Forbes'INTIMATE' FourFourTwo20th Anniversary Edition - Fully revised and updated.In this authoritative, critical biography, Jonathan Wilson draws an intimate and powerful portrait of one of ... ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Outsider

    A History of the Goalkeeper

    by Jonathan Wilson, Jonathan Wilson Ltd ...
    'SPLENDID' Daily Telegraph'THOUGHT-PROVOKING' Independent on Sunday'INSATIABLE' David Goldblatt'METICULOUS' When Saturday Comes'SUPERB' Readers DigestIn this first-ever cultural history of the 'loner' between the posts, Jonathan Wilson traces the sometimes dangerous intellectual and literary preoccupations of the keeper, and l... ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Anatomy of Liverpool

    A History in Ten Matches

    by Jonathan Wilson, Scott Murray, Jonathan Wilson Ltd ...
    Series series The Anatomy of
    'INSIGHTFUL' When Saturday Comes'EXCELLENT' ESPN'SUPERB' The ObserverA definitive history of Liverpool FC told through the 10 key football matches that have shaped the clubJonathan Wilson has crafted a compellingly forensic analysis of Liverpool's history through the ten key matches that have shaped the club's fortunes - from the long-lost triumphs of manager Tom Wat... ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Marc Chagall

    by Jonathan Wilson ...
    Series series Jewish Encounters Series
    Part of the Jewish Encounter seriesNovelist and critic Jonathan Wilson clears away the sentimental mists surrounding an artist whose career spanned two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust, and the birth of the State of Israel. Marc Chagall’s work addresses these transforming events, but his ambivalence about his role as a Jewish artist adds an intriguing wrinkle to common assumptions ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

    by Sloan Wilson ...
    A returning World War II veteran adjusts to life in the corporate world in this classic novel that inspired the award-winning Gregory Peck film."One of the most influential American novels of the 1950s." —David Halberstam"Exact in its account of the pressures, problems, and tribal customs of the men in gray flannel suits. . . . Wilson is an observer, a sympathetic one. . . . He has written an ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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