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1) Soccer
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English
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Examines all aspects of the game of soccer, including its history, rules, techniques, equipment, famous players, playing fields, and competitive play.
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English
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Covers the sport's rules, skills, fans and the media, coaches, and tactics, and offers profiles of the top players and teams. From the first soccer games to today's money-spinning global industry, the book takes readers to the heart of a sport that is played and watched by millions of people around the world. It explains the key rules, skills, and tactics and examines issues in and around the game--supporters, the media, and the demands of being a...
4) One life
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260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"Adapted for young readers! Join Olympic gold medalist, two-time Women's World Cup champion, and trailblazing activist Megan Rapinoe in the fight for equality and justice in this middle grade adaptation of her New York Times bestselling memoir, One Life"--
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xix, 337 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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"Bold and inspiring profiles of the pioneers, champions, and future heroines of women's soccer around the world. Based on original interviews with over 50 current and former players and coaches, this book celebrates these remarkable women and their achievements against all odds"--
7) One life
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224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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The Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion describes her childhood in a conservative California town, her athletic achievements, and her public advocacy of civil rights and urgently needed social change.
Rapinoe was four years old when she kicked her first soccer ball. Her parents encouraged her love for the game, but taught her that winning was much less important than how she lived her life. Here she reflects on the choices...
11) Pelé
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128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
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English
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A biography of Brazilian soccer player Pelé, or Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who has the reputation as the greatest soccer player of all time and is the only person to win three World Cup trophies.
12) Carli Lloyd
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31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Explores the soccer career of Carli Lloyd with stats, charts, infographics, timelines, and strongly controlled text"--
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior is an international soccer star. But he wasn't always the best. He was once a child--just like you--who dreamed of playing professional soccer. Growing up in Brazil, Neymar practiced day and night, learning from his father and his coaches. Becoming a living legend takes hard work, a never-quit attitude, and some luck, too. Come along on Neymar's journey to see how a soccer star was born"--Jacket.
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Español
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Este libro sincero es el resultado de una necesidad del propio Andrés Iniesta: la de explicarse como jugador de fútbol, pero sobre todo como ser humano.
Para lograrlo utiliza su propia voz y nos cuenta cómo fue su infancia y su adolescencia en Fuentealbilla y en la Masia, el mundialmente conocido vivero del Fútbol Club Barcelona, cómo vivió los momentos más felices y más tristes de su carrera deportiva y cómo es su vida cotidiana, rodeado...
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viii, 230 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. Named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of 2015, the soccer player captured the nation's heart when she led her team to its recent World Cup Championship. Abby is a vocal advocate for women's rights and equal opportunity, pushing to translate the success of her team to the real world. Now Abby recounts her own decisions, wins, losses, and the pivotal moments that helped...
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386 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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Give it Tom. Every lunchtime, every P.E. game, bouncing off the walls for years. Give it Tom. Give it Tom. Tom Pearman has been tipped for football stardom all his young life. But after spending his teenage years training with a Premier League team, the bright future he imagined for himself disappears from one day to the next when he finds out his club has decided to let him go. Now he's nineteen, away from home, playing for a tiny club in a town...
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1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Santiago Munez, an immigrant from Los Angeles, is given the chance to go to England to pursue his dream of becoming a professional soccer player. This underdog must prove he has the talent, passion, and determination to triumph against all odds.
20) Who is Pele?
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106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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Presents the life of the soccer star, discussing his childhood in Brazil, his relationship with his father, who taught him the sport, his role on the first Brazilian team to win the World Cup, and scoring his thousandth goal.
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