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Below is a book review of Steve Wilson's newly released book, "The Boys from Little
Mexico". Our blogger Tim Patterson wrote the review. We are recommending this book for readers
on a high school grade level and above. Following the review below are the details on how you can
win a FREE autographed copy of "The Boys from Little Mexico".
Blank slate. Ramble time? Or a Larry King-style stream of consciousness collection of random
thoughts? More likely neither, but let's see how a directionless late night post goes... As a
fan...
Martin O'Neill: The Biography by Simon Moss (John Blake Publishing) It's a tricky thing, writing an
unauthorised biography. How do you pitch it? Do you go for the muckraking reportage of rumour and
innuendo like Kitty Kelley or Albert Goldman? Or just use existing sources to build a portrait of
the subject.
During the latter stages of the World Cup I was turning the pages of Barça: A People's
Passion. Considering the fact that nearly half of the players on the field in the final were
current or former Barcelona players and that the majority of the cup-winning Spanish team were
Barcelona players playing in Barcelona's formation du jour, my choice of reading material
seemed inspired.
by Jason DavisViewed strictly on its merits as a work of fiction, Michael Maddox's novel
The Ten Shirt: How
The United States National Soccer Team (Might Have) Won The 1982 World Cup leaves a lot to be
desired. Perhaps as a function of driving towards its predetermined climax within its 319 pages,
too many characters are introduced only to be thinly drawn and too many story lines are left
unexplored.
Today, this blog is featuring a new book - "Planeta do Futebol: do Brasil a fronteira
afega"("Football Planet: from Brazil to Afghan" in English, pictured above) written Brazilian
football journalist Renato Andreão
Renato, as you can remember, was the kind gentleman who conducted my email interview with S.
