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Jogo Bonito

Author : Henrik Brandão Jönsson
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 144819248X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Jogo Bonito written by Henrik Brandão Jönsson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Brazil nothing is more important than football. If England is the birthplace of football then Brazil – the five-time World Cup winners and home of Pelé, Romário, Ronaldo, Neymar and the rest – is the heart and soul of the game. Jogo Bonito – meaning ‘the beautiful game’ – takes you on a journey through the Wild West of Brazilian football. On the way we meet an eclectic cast of characters, such as Mario Zagallo, the four-time World Cup winner; the long, lost son of Garrincha; Brazil’s best-loved bad boy player turned politician, Romário; and many more. We take a trip to an away game with the country’s most violent hooligans, visit the home of the world’s largest amateur football tournament and enjoy a boozy dinner with South America’s most famous commentator – he of ‘goooooooool’ fame. Jogo Bonito is a history, a travelogue and a gonzo-style report into a country which has the sixth biggest economy in the world and yet questionable records on education, healthcare and corruption. The result is a book that not only tells the story of Brazilian football, but also of today’s Brazil.

Brazil

Author : Riordan Roett
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019022455X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Brazil written by Riordan Roett and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brazil is one of the most important but puzzling countries in the world. A nation of 200 million people, it has vast natural resource reserves, rich cultural traditions, a middle class undergoing explosive growth, and social welfare policies that are models for much of the world ('la bolsa familia,' which provides a guaranteed income to poor families). And, after decades of authoritarian rule, it is a stable democracy. Yet it is beset by problems that no other advanced economy suffers from: staggeringly high crime rates, sky-high inequality levels, and endemic political corruption. Emblematic of these two sides of Brazil is the selection of Rio as site of both the next Summer Olympics and the next World Cup. While the choice of Rio for these events points to Brazil's expanding presence on the world stage, so far the construction and planning for the events have been disastrous, threatening to deeply embarrass the nation. In Brazil: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Riordan Roett, an eminent scholar of Brazil and Latin America, will provide a rich overview of Brazil, covering Brazilian society, politics, culture, and the economy. The book begins with a series of chapters on Brazilian history, beginning with the pre-colonial period and moving on, in succession, to the long era of Portuguese rule, the birth of independent Brazil, the emergence of modern Brazil in the 1930s, the era of the dictators, and - finally - to the democratic regime that came into being in the 1980s. Throughout the book, Roett will focus sharply on the fault lines -- racial, economic, political, and cultural - that have plagued Brazil from its beginnings to this day. As the 2016 World Cup and Summer Olympics approach, interest in Brazil is sure to rise. Roett's synthesis will provide interested readers with an accessible, authoritative overview of this troubled yet fascinating giant.

Game On

Author : Tom Farrey
Publisher : ESPN
ISBN 13 : 0345517482
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Game On written by Tom Farrey and published by ESPN. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first-of-its-kind investigative book on the least examined and most important topic in sports today. Youth sports isn't just orange slices and all-star trophies anymore. It's 14-year-olds who enter high school with a decade of football experience, 9-year-olds competing for national baseball championships, 5-year-old golfers who shoot par, and toddlers made from sperm donated (for a fee) by elite college athletes. It's a year-round "travel team" in every community--and parents who fear that not making the cut in grade school will cost their kid the chance to play in high school. In short, a landscape in which performance often matters more than participation, all the way down to peewee basketball. Much as Fast Food Nation challenged our eating habits and Silent Spring rewired how we think about the environment, Tom Farrey's Game On will forever change the way we look at this desperate culture besotted by the example of Tiger Woods. An Emmy award-winning reporter, Farrey examines the lives of child athletes and the consequences of sorting the strong from the weak at ever earlier ages: fewer active kids, testier sidelines, rising obesity rates, and U.S. national teams that rarely win world titles. He dives into the world of these games that are played by more than 30 million boys and girls, and along the way uncovers some surprising truths. When the very best athletes enter organized play. The best approach to coaching them. And the powerful influence of wealth and genetics. Farrey has written a surprising, alarming, thoughtful, and ultimately empowering book for anyone who wants the best for the newest generation of Americans, as athletes and citizens. From the Hardcover edition.

Neymar

Author : Ruth Bjorklund
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502651033
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Neymar written by Ruth Bjorklund and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neymar is one of the most popular Brazilian soccer stars ever and one of the youngest players to achieve international acclaim. Beloved by his fans and feared by his opponents, Neymar is famous for his skills, and his antics, on and off the field. After playing for his hometown team and Brazil's national team, he moved on to top European teams. This biography delves into Neymar's background and how it gave rise to his soccer career. Photographs, sidebars, and firsthand quotes guide readers along his amazing journey.

World Cup

Author : Alex Monnig
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 1617836753
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book World Cup written by Alex Monnig and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the history, great players, and famous moments of the FIFA World Cup.

Brazil / Brasil

Author : José María Obregón
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1615312609
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Brazil / Brasil written by José María Obregón and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2009-08-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brazils national soccer team is one of the best in the world. Readers will learn which players make this team so dynamic, and how theyve helped this team win.

Power Games

Author : Jules Boykoff
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 178478074X
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Power Games written by Jules Boykoff and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Olympics have a checkered, sometimes scandalous, political history. Jules Boykoff, a former US Olympic team member, takes readers from the event's nineteenth-century origins, through the Games' flirtation with Fascism, and into the contemporary era of corporate control. Along the way he recounts vibrant alt-Olympic movements, such as the Workers' Games and Women's Games of the 1920s and 1930s as well as athlete-activists and political movements that stood up to challenge the Olympic machine.

Soccer and Philosophy

Author : Ted Richards
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
ISBN 13 : 081269676X
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Soccer and Philosophy written by Ted Richards and published by Open Court Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Soccer and Philosophy captures the essence of our wonderful sport, its transcendental qualities, and explains why we care so deeply and maddeningly about twenty-two players and a ball."---STEVEN GOFF, Washington Post --

The Brazilian-Portuguese Slang Phrasebook

Author : Alice Rose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1646045920
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book The Brazilian-Portuguese Slang Phrasebook written by Alice Rose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to speak like a local before you hit the streets of Sao Paulo or beaches of Rio de Janeiro with this pocket-sized Brazilian Portuguese-English phrasebook. With this book in hand you can get off the sideline and join the local Brazilians as they party from the pitch to the beach. Chock-full of up-to-date slang phrases, after-hours expressions and insider information on futebol, this book will have you cheering, dancing, drinking and celebrating with the die-hard fans of the beautiful game. What’s up, man? Iaí, cara? Can I join your pickup game? Posso bater uma pelada com vocês? Where is a cool bar to watch the game? Onde tem um barzinho legal pra assitir o jogo? Next round’s on me. A proxima rodada é minha. We’re all going to an underground dance club, wanna join? A gente vai pra um baile funk, tá afim? That girl in the VIP section is super hot. Aquela mina no camarote é muito gostosa. Let’s sleep off our hangovers at the beach. Vamos curar a ressaca na praia.

Becoming Brazilians

Author : Marshall C. Eakin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316813142
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (168 download)

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Download or read book Becoming Brazilians written by Marshall C. Eakin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the rise and decline of Gilberto Freyre's vision of racial and cultural mixture (mestiçagem - or race mixing) as the defining feature of Brazilian culture in the twentieth century. Eakin traces how mestiçagem moved from a conversation among a small group of intellectuals to become the dominant feature of Brazilian national identity, demonstrating how diverse Brazilians embraced mestiçagem, via popular music, film and television, literature, soccer, and protest movements. The Freyrean vision of the unity of Brazilians built on mestiçagem begins a gradual decline in the 1980s with the emergence of an identity politics stressing racial differences and multiculturalism. The book combines intellectual history, sociological and anthropological field work, political science, and cultural studies for a wide-ranging analysis of how Brazilians - across social classes - became Brazilians.

Masters of Modern Soccer

Author : Grant Wahl
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307408612
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Masters of Modern Soccer written by Grant Wahl and published by Crown. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do some of soccer’s smartest and most accomplished figures master the craft of the game? This in-depth analysis of modern soccer reveals how elite players and coaches strategize on and off the field to execute in high-pressure situations. “A worthy addition to any soccer fan’s shelf.”—The Wall Street Journal In Masters of Modern Soccer, America’s premier soccer journalist, Grant Wahl, reveals what players and managers are thinking before, during, and after games and delivers a true behind-the-scenes perspective on the inner workings of the sport’s brightest minds. Wahl follows world-class players from across the globe, examining how they do their jobs and gaining deep insight from the players on how goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and forwards function individually and as a unit to excel and win. He also shadows a manager and director of soccer as they juggle the challenges of coaching, preparation, and the short- and long-term strategies of how to identify and acquire talent and deploy it on the field. These central figures share the little details that matter, position by position: • Attacking midfielder Christian Pulisic explains why he wears his soccer cleats a size too small to make his first touch even better. • Forward Javier “Chicharito” Hernández reveals the Mexican national team’s secret synchronized patterns that create space for him in front of the goal. • Defender Vincent Kompany tells you why his teammates’ pressure on the ball means he can defend his man more tightly in the penalty box. • Defensive midfielder Xabi Alonso describes his disdain for slide tackles and the tendency among even the best professional midfielders to play too closely to one another. • Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer tells the origin story of his sweeper-keeper role, which has allowed him to redefine the position for the modern game. • Head coach Roberto Martínez explains the differences between coaching clubs and national teams and why one of the first things he looks for in any game situation is numerical advantage. • Director of football Michael Zorc discusses what he looks for when it comes to identifying players he can buy low and sell high, Moneyball-style, while still competing to win trophies. The definitive analysis of the craft of soccer, Masters of Modern Soccer will change the way any fan, player, coach, or sideline enthusiast experiences the game.

War Isn't Hell, It's Entertainment

Author : Rikke Schubart
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786435585
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book War Isn't Hell, It's Entertainment written by Rikke Schubart and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-03-05 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real war is a cruel theater of death, yet it is also an exciting narrative exploited for national, political and commercial purposes and turned into numerous films, television shows, computer games, news stories and reenactment plays. These essays examine the relationship between war, visual media and entertainment from a number of academic perspectives. Key topics include how war is used as an imaginary site to stage dramas; how boundaries between war, media, and entertainment dissolve as new media alters the formal qualities of representation; how entertainment is used to engage audiences; and what effect products of war and entertainment have on consumers of popular culture.

The Ripple Effect

Author : Maria José Somerlate Barbosa
Publisher : Purdue University Press
ISBN 13 : 161249854X
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book The Ripple Effect written by Maria José Somerlate Barbosa and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Ripple Effect: Gender and Race in Brazilian Culture and Literature, Barbosa adopts a comparative, multilayered, and interdisciplinary line of research to examine social values and cultural mores from the first decades of the twentieth century to the present. By analyzing the historical, cultural, religious, and interactive space of Brazil’s national identity, The Ripple Effect surveys expressive cultures and literary manifestations. It uses the martial art-dance-ritual capoeira as a lynchpin to disclose historical ambiguities and the negotiation of cultural and literary boundaries within the context of the ideological construct of a mestizo nation. The book also examines laws governing gender in Brazil and discusses honor killings and other types of violence against women. The Ripple Effect appraises the contributions that some iconic female figures have made to the development of Brazil’s distinctive cultural and literary production. Drawing on more than fifteen years of field, archival, and scholarly research, this work offers new interpretative venues, and broadens the critical focus and the methodological scope of previous scholarship. It reveals how literature and other arts can be used to document cultural norms, catalog life experiences, and analyze complex constructions of social values, ideas, and belief systems.

Offside

Author : Andrei S. Markovits
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069107447X
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Offside written by Andrei S. Markovits and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2001-04-22 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking us on a tour of America's sports culture, this text asks, when soccer is the world's favourite pastime, why is America the exception? And why, despite America's leading role in popular culture, does most of the world ignore American sports in return?

The Cambridge Companion to Football

Author : Rob Steen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107014840
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Football written by Rob Steen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates studying sport-related subjects as well as anyone interested in how and why football has evolved as it has. It features contributions from prominent experts in the field, authors and journalists, and covers ground seldom attempted in a single volume about football.

DISCULPEN LAS MOLESTIAS

Author : Alex Candal
Publisher : Alegria Corp
ISBN 13 : 0692128484
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book DISCULPEN LAS MOLESTIAS written by Alex Candal and published by Alegria Corp. This book was released on with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sports Culture in Latin American History

Author : David M. K. Sheinin
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822980452
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Sports Culture in Latin American History written by David M. K. Sheinin and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps no other activity is more synonymous with passion, identity, bodily ideals, and the power of place than sport. As the essays in this volume show, the function of sport as a historical and cultural marker is particularly relevant in Latin America. From the late nineteenth century to the present, the contributors reveal how sport opens a wide window into local, regional, and national histories. The essays examine the role of sport as a political vehicle, in claims to citizenship, as a source of community and ethnic pride, as a symbol of masculinity or feminism, as allegorical performance, and in many other purposes. Sports Culture in Latin American History juxtaposes analyses of better-known activities such as boxing and soccer with first peoples' athletics in Argentina, Cholita wrestling in Bolivia, the African-influenced martial art of capoeira, Japanese Brazilian gateball, the "Art Deco" body ideal for postrevolutionary Mexican women, Jewish soccer fans in Argentina and transgressive behavior at matches, and other topics. The contributors view the local origins and adaptations of these athletic activities and their significance as insightful narrators of history and culture.