Das Wunder Von Castel Di Sangro
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Das Wunder Von Castel Di Sangro
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Author : Joe McGinniss
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Das Wunder Von Castel Di Sangro written by Joe McGinniss and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
The Miracle Of Castel Di Sangro
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Author : Joe McGinniss
language : en
Publisher: Sphere
Release Date : 2000
The Miracle Of Castel Di Sangro written by Joe McGinniss and has been published by Sphere this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Soccer teams categories.
Through 1996 and 1997 bestselling author Joe McGinniss followed the Italian football season from Castel di Sangro, a small town nestled in the Abruzzi region of Italy. The motley crew that comprised the di Sangro soccer team in the early 90s masked an unparalleled prowess for playing soccer. This is the story of a team and a town with no aspirations, just a passion for the game, and how that passion allowed this team to rise to the top of the professional Italian soccer league. With the lust for life of Robert Crichton's THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA and the sporting dreams of modern movie classic FIELDS OF DREAMS, THE MIRACLE OF CASTEL DI SANGRO is an ebullient story of how a two-hour game transformed a dot on the map into a place of magic, miracles and wonder.
The Miracle Of Castel Di Sangro
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Author : Joe McGinniss
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2000-06-06
The Miracle Of Castel Di Sangro written by Joe McGinniss and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06-06 with Travel categories.
Master storyteller Joe McGinniss travels to Italy to cover the unlikely success of a ragtag minor league soccer team--and delivers a brilliant and utterly unforgettable story of life in an off-the-beaten-track Italian village. When Joe McGinniss sets out for the remote Italian village of Castel di Sangro one summer, he merely intends to spend a season with the village's soccer team, which only weeks before had, miraculously, reached the second-highest-ranking professional league in the land. But soon he finds himself embroiled with an absurd yet irresistible cast of characters, including the team's owner, described by the New York Times as "straight out of a Mario Puzo novel," and coach Osvaldo Jaconi, whose only English word is the one he uses to describe himself: "bulldozer." As the riotous, edge-of-your-seat season unfolds, McGinniss develops a deepening bond with the team, their village and its people, and their country. Traveling with the miracle team, from the isolated mountain region where Castel di Sangro is located to gritty towns as well as grand cities, McGinniss introduces us to an Italy that no tourist guidebook has ever described, and comes away with a "sad, funny, desolating, and inspiring story--everything, in fact, a story should be" (Los Angeles Times).
Twelve Yards
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Author : Ben Lyttleton
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2015-07-28
Twelve Yards written by Ben Lyttleton and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-28 with Sports & Recreation categories.
An all-encompassing look at the penalty kick, soccer’s all-or-nothing play—its legendary moments and the secrets to its success No stretch of grass has been the site of more glory or heartbreak in the world of sports than the few dozen paces between goalkeeper and penalty kicker in soccer. In theory, it’s simple: place the ball beyond a single defender and secure a place in history. But once the chosen players make the lonely march from their respective sides of the pitch, everything changes, all bets are off, and anything can happen. Drawing from the hard-won lessons of legendary games, in-depth statistical analysis, expert opinion, and the firsthand experience of coaches and players from around the world, journalist Ben Lyttleton offers insight into the diverse attitudes, tactics, and techniques that separate success from failure in one of the highest-pressure situations sports has to offer.
What Happened To Serie A
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Author : Steven G. Mandis
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Release Date : 2018-10-04
What Happened To Serie A written by Steven G. Mandis and has been published by Birlinn Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-04 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Serie A was known as 'Il campionato più bello del mondo' – the most beautiful championship in the world – and had the highest match attendances in Europe. The stadiums were not only full of people, but full of colour, flags, songs and rituals. Italy hosted World Cup 1990 and the stadia and stars on show in Serie A became iconic. Across a ten year period from 1989 to 1999 a remarkable 10 different Serie A clubs occupied nearly half the places in the finals of the Champions League and Europa Cup. They were dominant. But then in the 2000s they began to fall behind and despite the Azzurri winning the World Cup in 2006 and Inter Milan winning the Champions League in 2010, Italian football was on a downwards trajectory that saw the national team fail to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, their first absence from the tournament since 1958. What happened and why? In this extraordinary book, Steven G. Mandis investigates. Given unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to Italian clubs and key decision makers and players, Mandis is the first outside researcher to rigorously analyse both the on-the-pitch and business aspects of a club and league. What he learns is completely unexpected and challenges popular explanations and conventional wisdom.
A Season With Verona
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Author : Tim Parks
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-06-12
A Season With Verona written by Tim Parks and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-12 with Travel categories.
'Delves into the very essence of being a fan, while seamlessly exploring Italian history, politics, culture and society,' Guardian Is Italy a united country, or a loose affiliation of warring states? Is Italian football a sport, or an ill-disguised protraction of ancient enmities? Tim Parks goes on the road to follow the fortunes of Hellas Verona football club, to pay a different kind of visit to some of the world's most beautiful cities. This is a highly personal account of one man's relationship with a country, its people and its national sport. A book that combines the pleasures of travel writing with a profound analysis of one country's mad, mad way of keeping itself entertained.
Kurz Gesagt Italien
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Author : Sebastian Heinrich
language : de
Publisher: Suhrkamp Verlag
Release Date : 2024-06-17
Kurz Gesagt Italien written by Sebastian Heinrich and has been published by Suhrkamp Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-17 with History categories.
Italien erklärt – Wort für Wort Ach, bella Italia: Schon der Espresso am Autogrill gleich hinter der Grenze schmeckt viel besser als jede Edelbohne bei uns. Die Italiener lieben ihren caffè wie ihren Fußball und ihre Pasta. Der Verkehr ist chaotischer als bei uns, die Politik – die Politik ... Der deutsche Blick auf Italien ist geprägt von Sehnsucht und Bewunderung. Und von Stereotypen: Berlusconi, Bialetti, Bolognese. Sebastian Heinrich lädt uns ein, hinter die Klischees zu schauen. Anhand einzelner, unübersetzbarer Begriffe bringt er uns das Land Wort für Wort ein Stückchen näher: von den herrlich kitschigen cinepanettoni, die an Weihnachten im Fernsehen laufen, über den berlusconismo bis hin zu papeete und der Frage, warum in Rom eigentlich so oft die Regierung stürzt. Er erklärt, warum der Norden über den Süden die Nase rümpft – und umgekehrt – und weshalb die Städte an ferragosto in einen tiefen Sommerschlaf verfallen. Ein Handwörterbuch für alle Italianità-Liebhaber!
A Life Too Short
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Author : Ronald Reng
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-09-29
A Life Too Short written by Ronald Reng and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR Why does an international footballer with the world at his feet decide to take his own life? On 10 November 2009 the German national goalkeeper, Robert Enke, stepped in front of a passing train. He was thirty-two years old and a devoted husband and father. Enke had played for a string of Europe's top clubs, including Barcelona and Jose Mourinho's Benfica and was destined to become his country's first choice in goal for years to come. But beneath the veneer of success, Enke battled with crippling depression. Award-winning writer Ronald Reng pieces together the puzzle of his friend's life, shedding valuable light on the crushing pressures endured by professional sportsmen and on life at the top clubs. At its heart, Enke's tragedy is a universal story of a man struggling against his demons. ‘It should be on every British football fan's reading list’ Metro
The Greatest
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Author : Matthew Syed
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-02-23
The Greatest written by Matthew Syed and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-23 with Sports & Recreation categories.
What can Roger Federer teach us about the secret of longevity? What do the All Blacks have in common with improvised jazz musicians? What can cognitive neuroscientists tell us about what happens to the brains of sportspeople when they perform? And why did Johan Cruyff believe that beauty was more important than winning? Matthew Syed, the 'Sports Journalist of the Year 2016', answers these questions and more in a fascinating, wide-ranging and provocative book about the mental game of sport. How do we become the best that we can be, as individuals, teams and as organisations? Sport, with its innate sense of drama, its competitive edge, its psychological pressures, its sense of morality and its illusive quest for perfection, provides the answers.
Gunslinger
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Author : Jeff Pearlman
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2016-10-25
Gunslinger written by Jeff Pearlman and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“Over two decades, Brett Favre was as compelling a figure as any in the National Football League. He alone was 'Must-See TV.' In Gunslinger, Jeff Pearlman provides an extraordinary look at every facet of the life of a man who performed on sport's grandest stage and who had one helluva time along the way.”—Al Michaels In Gunslinger, Jeff Pearlman tells Brett Favre’s story for the first time, charting his unparalleled journey from a rough rural childhood and lackluster high school football career to landing the last scholarship at Southern Mississippi, to a car accident that nearly took his life, and eventually to the NFL and Green Bay, where he restored the Packers to greatness and inspired a fan base as passionate as any in the game. Yet he struggled with demons: addiction, infidelity, the loss of his father, and a fraught, painfully prolonged exit from the game he loved, a game he couldn’t bear to leave. Gritty and revelatory, Gunslinger is a big sports biography of the highest order, a fascinating portrait of the man with the rocket arm whose life has been one of triumph, fame, tragedy, embarrassment, and—ultimately—redemption. “The compelling, complete story of his legend, and his faults.”—Chicago Tribune