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Fear and Loathing in La Liga
Barcelona, Real Madrid, and the World's Greatest Sports Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Fear and Loathing in La Liga is the definitive history of the greatest rivalry in world sport: FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid. It's Messi vs. Ronaldo, Guardiola vs. Mourinho, the nation against the state, freedom fighters vs. Franco's fascists, plus majestic goals and mesmerizing skills. It's the best...
The First Tour de France
Sixty Cyclists and Nineteen Days of Daring on the Road to Paris
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
From its inception, the 1903 Tour de France was a colorful affair. Full of adventure, mishaps and audacious attempts at cheating, it was a race to be remembered.
Cyclists of the time weren't enthusiastic about participating in this "heroic" race on roads more suited to hooves than...
Winning at All Costs
A Scandalous History of Italian Soccer
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2007
The 2006 World Cup final between Italy and France was a down-and-dirty game, marred by French superstar Zidane's head-butting of Italian defender Materazzi. But viewers were also exposed to the poetry, force, and excellence of the Italian game; as operatic as Verdi and as cunning as Machiavelli, it...
Angels with Dirty Faces
How Argentinian Soccer Defined a Nation and Changed the Game Forever
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
The Masterful, Definitive History of Argentinian Soccer
Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Alfredo Di Stéfano: in every generation Argentina has uncovered a uniquely brilliant soccer talent. Perhaps it's because the country lives and breathes the game, its theories, and its myths. Argentina's rich,...
La Roja
How Soccer Conquered Spain and How Spanish Soccer Conquered the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
La Roja is bestselling author Jimmy Burns tremendous opus on Spanish soccer. From its early beginnings when the first soccer on the shores of Bilbao and Buenos Aires was played by British sailors and engineers, through to the influx of South American stars, and similarly inspirational Italians, Dutchman...
The Game of Our Lives
The English Premier League and the Making of Modern Britain
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
The Game of Our Lives is a masterly portrait of contemporary Britain through the lens of soccer. In the last two decades soccer in the United Kingdom has made the transition from a peripheral dying sport to the very center of British popular culture, from an economic basket-case to a booming entertainment...
Zonal Marking
From Ajax to Zidane, the Making of Modern Soccer
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2019
A mazy dribble through the recent history of European soccer, showing how shifting styles and influence have shaped the game.
In the early 1990s, the Dutch footballing philosophy was worshipped across the continent. Then the baton passed to the Italians, who clearly boasted Europe's strongest...
Inverting The Pyramid
The History of Soccer Tactics
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
An outstanding work
the [soccer] book of the decade.” -Sunday Business Post
Inverting the Pyramid is a pioneering soccer book that chronicles the evolution of soccer tactics and the lives of the itinerant coaching geniuses who have spread their distinctive styles across the globe.
Through...
Guide to Financial Management
Understand and Improve the Bottom Line
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
A practical and accessible overview of the fundamentals of business finance--now in its third edition.
Managers are constantly expected to make decisions that reflect a full understanding of the financial consequences. In the absence of formal training, few people are prepared for the responsibilities...
Guide to Cash Management
How to avoid a business credit crunch
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
The credit crunch highlighted to businesses the importance of cash management, as those firms which ran short of cash discovered when they found themselves in trouble or even went bust.This tightly-written guide clearly explains the six critical aspects of the effective management of cash and cash...
by John Tennent, Graham Friend, The Economist
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Full of practical help on how to build the best, most flexible, and easy-to-use business models that can be used to analyze the upsides and downsides of any business project, this new edition of the Guide to Business Modeling is essential reading for the twenty-first century business leader. This...
Unhappy Union
How the euro crisis and Europe can be fixed
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
The euro was supposed to create an unbreakable bond between the nations and people of Europe. But when the debt crisis struck, the flaws of the half-built currency brought the European Union close to breaking point after decades of post-war integration.
Deep fault-lines have opened up between...
by The Economist, Bob Vause
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
In today's volatile, complex and fast-moving business world, it can be difficult to gauge how sound a company really is. An apparently strong balance sheet and impressive reported profits may be hiding all sorts of problems that could even spell bankruptcy. So how do you:
Know whether a company...
Business Strategy
A guide to effective decision-making
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
The effectiveness of a good strategy well implemented determines a business' future success or failure. Yet history is full of strategic decisions, big and small, that were ill-conceived, poorly organized and consequently disastrous. This updated guide looks at the whole process of strategic decision-making,...