See the world of soccer brought to life with photos, illustrations, and stunning infographics. The Beautiful Game is loaded with facts, stats, profiles on player personalities, bios, history, and much more to make the beautiful game leap out at you like you’ve never seen before. Whether it’s uncovering the most goals scored in an international tournament, or comparing the left-foot of the world's best players, the intriguing, and often surprising, truths of soccer are completely at your disposal. Who has scored more penalty shots, Ronaldo or Messi? Which goalie has the safest hands? Who has received the most red cards? These striking and fun infographics put the game's most intriguing questions to the test.
While kicking a ball through the dusty streets of his Brazilian hometown, young Edson Arantes do Nascimento was given the nickname Pelé so casually that no one remembers its meaning.
The Beautiful Game
He likes caipirinhas and Brazil. Home and Away is an unusual soccer book, in which the two authors use soccer and the World Cup in Brazil as the arena for reflections on life and death, art and politics, class and literature.
This collection of incisive articles gives a leading team of international philosophers a free kick toward exploring the complex and often hidden contours of the world of soccer.
Business and the Beautiful Game How You Can Apply the Skills & Passion of Football to Become a Winner in Business Theo Theobald & Cary Cooper REAR COVER: "I am indebted to the authors for writing this book.
The action of this short novel lies not only on the soccer pitch but also in the mind of a narrator trying to reconcile two halves of a crosscultural life.
'Mourinho on Football' is both a celebration of Jose Mourinho's exceptional football managerial career so far, and an informative narrative detailing the Special One's football wisdom and philosophies. He discusses...
Research has also shown that economics can provide insight into many aspects of sports, including soccer. Beautiful Game Theory is the first book that uses soccer to test economic theories and document novel human behavior.
The result is a book that not only tells the story of Brazilian football, but also of today’s Brazil.
With over 400 entries on every aspect and thrill of football, the authors have packed this brilliant new book with dream teams, best player ratings, stadium data, goalscoring tables and the best moments from the birth of football to up-to ...