Subjects:  1. Biography: sport    2. Brazil    3. Soccer (Association football)   

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Subjects:  1. Soccer    2. Sports    3. Sports & Recreation    4. Biography: sport    5. SOCCER_BIOGRAPHY    6. Soccer (Association football)    7. Sports & Recreation / Soccer   

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Subjects:  1. Soccer    2. Sports    3. Sports & Recreation    4. Biography: sport    5. SOCCER_BIOGRAPHY    6. Soccer (Association football)    7. Sports & Recreation / Soccer   

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Subjects:  1. Football - General    2. Soccer    3. Sports    4. Sports & Recreation    5. Biography: sport    6. SOCCER_BIOGRAPHY    7. Soccer (Association football)    8. Sports & Recreation / Football    9. Sports & Recreation / Soccer   

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Sports - General    3. Biography & Autobiography / Sports    4. Biography: sport    5. Soccer (Association football)   

Editorial Review

On July 10, 1999, the world of women's sports changed forever as theU.S. defeated China in the Women's World Cup soccer final in front of 90,000spectators at the Rose Bowl--and millions more watching on television around theworld.Read more

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superb soccer
I loved this book.It told about the history of what made the team and womens soccer so good and fun.If you love soccer and history, you will love this book.

Girls of the Century
Jere Longman's, The Girls of Summer, is by far one of the best non-fiction books I have ever read.I am a huge Womens National Team fan.I am always in search for a great book, depicting the life and success's of the entire team.He coherses through the professional and personal lives of the women that grabbed the hearts of the United States.Their success is revealed in this wonderful book. Best book I've read in a long time
This was an awesome book and the best I've read in a longtime. Everyone should read this regardless of if they play soccer or not. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Soccer    3. Soccer for women    4. Sports    5. Sports & Recreation    6. United States    7. Women soccer players    8. Women's Studies - General    9. Sports & Recreation / Soccer   

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God moves in mysterious ways
Robbie Fowler is the God of Liverpool. Anyone who has watched his goals in a Liverpool jersey will tell you, in an era when you've the enimagtic Eric Cantona, the powerful Alan Shearer and, to a certain extent, a "prolific" Andy Cole ruling the headlines, that Robbie Fowler just happens to have a little more of that midas touch in front of goal.
He's just Robbie, Robbie from the block
I am a massive fan of Fowler the footballer. His life had all the ingredients for an interesting book: phenomenal talent, early success, hilarious pranks, bastard managers, terrible injuries, bad luck. He also seemed more honest and witty than your average footballer, so I had high expectations from his autobiography, but they were not met.
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Subjects:  1. Soccer    2. Sports    3. Sports & Recreation    4. Biography: sport    5. FOOTBALL_BIOGRAPHY    6. FOOTBALL_JUVENILE LITERATURE    7. GREAT BRITAIN_BIOGRAPHY    8. GREAT BRITAIN_JUVENILE LITERATURE    9. Juvenile Nonfiction / Sports & Recreation / Football    10. Soccer (Association football)   

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Superb story!
I was a little cautious during the first chapter, but this actually turned out to be a great book! The book has some stories of violence, fighting, etc. that you find in other books about football violence.However, it shifts the focus from the crowd control tactics that are detailed in other books, but speaks of the undercover tactics that the police used, and the deceipt and fabricated evidence used to get convicitons.It really shows football violence and its policing as a microcosm of the UK's overall problems with police tactics in every walk of life.As I lived in London when this book takes place and used to go to Chelsea games, I really enjoyed this book for personal reasons! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Popular Culture - General    2. Soccer    3. Sports    4. Sports & Recreation    5. Sports - General    6. Biography: general    7. SOCCER_BIOGRAPHY    8. Soccer (Association football)    9. Sports & Recreation / Soccer   

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Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Soccer    4. Sports    5. Sports & Recreation    6. Sports - General    7. Biography: sport    8. SOCCER_BIOGRAPHY    9. Soccer (Association football)    10. Sports & Recreation / Soccer   

Subjects:  1. 1972-    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography - General    4. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    5. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    6. Children: Grades 2-3    7. General    8. Hamm, Mia,    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Soccer players    12. United States    13. Women soccer players   

Subjects:  1. Biography: sport    2. Films, cinema    3. Soccer (Association football)   

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wonderful
read the first page and you're hooked-a wonderful time.

For Any Obessed Fan
I read this book when living in England - and though I knew little about Arsenal and even less about the games and players Hornby describes - I understood it completely.Its not really a book about Arsenal, or even football per se, but more about the bond with "our" team, and how that is reflected in our other "real world" relationships.No matter where we are or who we are with, the team seems to always be there in the background to bear witness.Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography: sport    2. Soccer (Association football)    3. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

Subjects:  1. Biography: sport    2. Soccer (Association football)   

Subjects:  1. Biography: sport    2. Soccer (Association football)   

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Harassment of a Superstar.
This is a great easy read.
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Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Entertainment & Performing Arts - General    4. Sports - General    5. Biography: film, television & music    6. Biography: sport    7. Rock & pop    8. Soccer (Association football)   

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Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Soccer    3. Sports    4. Sports & Recreation    5. Sports - General    6. Biography & Autobiography / Sports    7. Biography: sport    8. Soccer (Association football)    9. Sports & Recreation / Soccer   

Subjects:  1. Biography: sport    2. London, Greater London    3. Soccer (Association football)   

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Finally A Great Children's Soccer Book
Does your soccer child want to do a book report or read about today's soccer stars?Well look no further.This beginning chapter book is well written and filled with full color action photographs. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1989-    2. Adu, Freddy,    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography - General    5. Children's 9-12    6. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    7. Children: Grades 1-2    8. Children: Grades 2-3    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Soccer players    12. Sports & Recreation - Track & Field    13. United States   

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Interviews with a footballing genius
Ajax, Barcelona, Cruyff is one of my favourite football books.It's fascinating to read Cruijff's opinions on football.They're so clear - he gets across in a sentence more than you'll ever hear from most footballers. Some of it is so simple, but it really makes sense. Just as an example, he says that the real indication of a good footballer isn't what he can do when he's got lots of space, it's what he can do with none.When I read that, Jack Charlton's "put 'em under pressure" tactics with Ireland, and images of Denis Bergkamp doing things with his first touch that most footballers can't in three come to mind.He says that a good footballer needs just two things - first touch and passing.Everything else is finesse.Think of how the Dutch at their best, or the Brazilians, or Barcelona play - they can all pass a team to death.
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Subjects:  1. Biography: sport    2. Soccer (Association football)    3. Spanish   

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Subjects:  1. General    2. Soccer    3. Sports    4. Sports & Recreation    5. Biography: sport    6. Soccer (Association football)    7. Sports & Recreation / General