Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer
ISBN: 9780803234703 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Though it burst into public consciousness only with the 1999 World Cup, women s soccer has been around almost as long as its male counterpart, flourishing in England during and after World War I. From the rise of women s soccer following Title IX legislation in the early seventies to the watershed 1999 World Cup performance that turned the American team into instant celebrities, soccer is now the most popular sport for girls and women, with participation growing exponentially worldwide. Beyond Bend It Like Beckham presents the first in-depth global analysis of the women s game both...
Though it burst into public consciousness only with the 1999 World Cup, women s soccer has been around almost as long as its male counterpart, flouris...
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Historical Dictionary of Soccer
ISBN: 9780810871885 / Angielski / Twarda / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Soccer is the world's most popular sport and one of the globe's best known cultural practices. The pinnacle of the sport worldwide is the FIFA World Cup, a competition held every four years, which crowns one nation as the world champion in front of huge global television audiences: over half of the planet's population watched the 2010 FIFA World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands. From the humble origins of modern soccer in Great Britain in the 19th century, world soccer has become today a vast, commercialized global industry, with huge salaries paid to the biggest stars due to the...
Soccer is the world's most popular sport and one of the globe's best known cultural practices. The pinnacle of the sport worldwide is the FIFA World C...
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Duncan Edwards: The Greatest
ISBN: 9780857207821 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The definitive and long-awaited biography of the legendary Busby Babe who died in the Munich air disaster
The definitive and long-awaited biography of the legendary Busby Babe who died in the Munich air disaster
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Richer Than God: Manchester City, Modern Football and Growing Up
ISBN: 9780857384881 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Richer Than God is an authoritative, emotional, provocative account of Manchester City's takeover by Sheikh Mansour, culminating in their remarkable last minute Premier League title victory in May 2012.
By placing the club's extraordinary current rise in the wider context of its patchy modern history, this is also the story of English football's transformation - from the battlegrounds of the 1980s to today's moneyed, seated, global entertainment. Conn is led to question the very nature of football clubs and being a supporter, the underlying values and running of what used to be called... Richer Than God is an authoritative, emotional, provocative account of Manchester City's takeover by Sheikh Mansour, culminating in their remarkable l...
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66,14 zł |
Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here?: The Story of English Football's Forgotten Tribe
ISBN: 9780857388148 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ever since the children of penniless immigrants caught the train from Whitechapel to White Hart Lane - to be greeted with the refrain: 'Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here?' - this forgotten tribe have helped to shape the Beautiful Game.
In telling the fascinating lives of these largely unsung trailblazers, Clavane uncovers a hidden history of Jewish involvement in English football. From Louis Bookman, the first Jew to play in England's top division, to the pugnacious winger Mark Lazarus, whose last-gasp goal won the 1967 League Cup for QPR, to shady figures like One-Armed Lou, a ticket tout... Ever since the children of penniless immigrants caught the train from Whitechapel to White Hart Lane - to be greeted with the refrain: 'Does Your Rabb...
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The Last Champions: Leeds United and the Year that Football Changed Forever
ISBN: 9780857501011 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Leeds United celebrated winning the championship in 1992, they couldn't have had an inkling of how momentous the occasion was. Howard Wilkinson would prove to be the last English manager to win the league. 20 years on, Dave Simpson looks back in joy at the roots of that success, but also in anger at what has happened since.
When Leeds United celebrated winning the championship in 1992, they couldn't have had an inkling of how momentous the occasion was. Howard Wilkinson w...
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55,97 zł |
The Cambridge Companion to Football
ISBN: 9781107014848 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Football is the world's most popular sport. It is a cultural phenomenon and a global media spectacle. For its billions of fans, it serves as a common language. But where does its enduring popularity come from? Featuring essays from prominent experts in the field, scholars and journalists, this Companion covers ground seldom attempted in a single volume about football. It examines the game's oft-disputed roots and traces its development through Europe, South America and Africa, analysing whether resistance to the game is finally beginning to erode in China, India and the United States. It...
Football is the world's most popular sport. It is a cultural phenomenon and a global media spectacle. For its billions of fans, it serves as a common ...
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374,85 zł |
The Cambridge Companion to Football
ISBN: 9781107613690 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Football is the world's most popular sport. It is a cultural phenomenon and a global media spectacle. For its billions of fans, it serves as a common language. But where does its enduring popularity come from? Featuring essays from prominent experts in the field, scholars and journalists, this Companion covers ground seldom attempted in a single volume about football. It examines the game's oft-disputed roots and traces its development through Europe, South America and Africa, analysing whether resistance to the game is finally beginning to erode in China, India and the United States. It...
Football is the world's most popular sport. It is a cultural phenomenon and a global media spectacle. For its billions of fans, it serves as a common ...
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181,44 zł |
Every Boy's Dream: England's Football Future on the Line
ISBN: 9781408112168 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The ever-increasing reliance on foreign talent by the Premier League's top clubs underlines the fact that England now lags well behind the top countries in producing world-class footballers. 'Every Boy's Dream' investigates why English football continues to fail to nurture top-class talent.
The ever-increasing reliance on foreign talent by the Premier League's top clubs underlines the fact that England now lags well behind the top countri...
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81,85 zł |
Football, Fascism and Fandom: The UltraS of Italian Football
ISBN: 9781408123713 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Not to be confused with the English football 'hooligan, ' the UltraS are the hard-core subculture of fans at the two main Rome football clubs - AS Roma and SS Lazio. With neo-fascist sympathies, these groups (the Boys at Roma and the Irriducibili at Lazio) are political and well-organised. Following years of undercover work and interviews with the leading figures within the organizations, Gary Armstrong and Alberto Testa have written a fascinating expose and examination of the UltraS. A unique and terrifying study of a group that had not been examined in depth before now.
Not to be confused with the English football 'hooligan, ' the UltraS are the hard-core subculture of fans at the two main Rome football clubs - AS ... |
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Ajax, The Dutch, The War: Football in Europe During the Second World War
ISBN: 9781409136477 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Simon Kuper looks at the lives of footballers who played for the Dutch football club Ajax, the officials and the ordinary fans during the Second World War. The result is a controversial account which challenges the accepted notion on the war in occupied Europe.
Simon Kuper looks at the lives of footballers who played for the Dutch football club Ajax, the officials and the ordinary fans during the Second World...
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50,87 zł |
Soccer: Steps to Success
ISBN: 9781450435420 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Master key techniques on the soccer field with Soccer: Steps to Success. This comprehensive guide features step-by-step instruction on becoming skilled in individual techniques and team tactics. Improve your abilities in dribbling, passing, receiving, shooting, defending, tackling, heading, and goalkeeping with the help of detailed descriptions and full-color photos and illustrations of all fundamental techniques. Then learn how and when to apply those skills in game situations, such as winning one-on-one matchups, attacking, and defending. More than 170 exercises and... Master key techniques on the soccer field with Soccer: Steps to Success. This comprehensive guide features step-by-step instruction on beco... |
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The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story
ISBN: 9781589797116 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this new edition--updated through the team's spectacular win at the 2012 London Olympics--Clemente A. Lisi examines how the sport of women's soccer has gained popularity over the past few decades. While other books have been written about the team during a specific year, such as those focused solely on the 1999 World Cup win on U.S. soil, Lisi details the program's infancy and how it steadily became a model for women's teams around the globe. Beginning with the start of the U.S. program in 1985, Lisi recounts the development of the women's team, highlighted by their two first place...
In this new edition--updated through the team's spectacular win at the 2012 London Olympics--Clemente A. Lisi examines how the sport of women's soccer...
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65,14 zł |
Tougher Than Bullets : The Heroic Tale of a Black Watch Survivor of the Korean War
ISBN: 9781780576183 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As Harold Davis fell under heavy machine-gun fire, his body riddled with bullet wounds and life seemingly slipping away from him, he could not have realised that he was one of the Korean War's more fortunate soldiers.
As Harold Davis fell under heavy machine-gun fire, his body riddled with bullet wounds and life seemingly slipping away from him, he could not have re...
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87,31 zł |
Birmingham City 50 Greatest Matches
ISBN: 9781780911076 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Birmingham City Football Club has been acknowledged over the years as 'a sleeping giant'. This book looks at all the club's greatest matches. It also includes personal interviews with ex-Blues players such as Howard Kendall, Ken Leek, and Jimmy Harris.
Birmingham City Football Club has been acknowledged over the years as 'a sleeping giant'. This book looks at all the club's greatest matches. It also ...
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Trautmann the Biography
ISBN: 9781780911199 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Famously having played in the 1956 FA Cup final with a broken neck, the story of German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann is one of the most remarkable in football. This book looks at the life of the ex-prisoner of war who went on to become one of the most admired players of his era.
Famously having played in the 1956 FA Cup final with a broken neck, the story of German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann is one of the most remarkable in foo...
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The Who's Who of Middlesbrough 1876-2007
ISBN: 9781780911229 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this richly illustrated, hugely informative reference work, details of the careers of every single Middlesbrough player appear, whether they are household names or men who made only a handful of appearances for the club.
In this richly illustrated, hugely informative reference work, details of the careers of every single Middlesbrough player appear, whether they are ho...
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101,79 zł |
Fulham FC: The Complete Record 1879-2007
ISBN: 9781780911328 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The detailed story and comprehensive history of Fulham F.C. since its formation in 1879, illustrated with pictures from many archives.
The detailed story and comprehensive history of Fulham F.C. since its formation in 1879, illustrated with pictures from many archives.
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127,28 zł |
Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record 1877-2009
ISBN: 9781780911342 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Wolverhampton Wanderers' provides a comprehensive history of one of the country's most famous and respected football clubs.
'Wolverhampton Wanderers' provides a comprehensive history of one of the country's most famous and respected football clubs.
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127,28 zł |
The Legends of Aston Villa 1874-2007
ISBN: 9781780911373 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout their history, the name of Aston Villa has never been far away from the honours and over the years some brilliant players have worn the famous claret and blue strip. This text details 100 of Aston Villa's top players, providing biographies and photographs of each one.
Throughout their history, the name of Aston Villa has never been far away from the honours and over the years some brilliant players have worn the fam...
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76,32 zł |