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Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama. This collection contains the stories of some of the world's greatest ever footballers, including Ronaldo, Maradona, Beckham and Zidane, from the playground to the pitch. Harrison, a fiction character, out of determination, starts to shine in his football career at an early age. Over 40 books listed (in alpha order by title), from Dead Men Don't Ski by Patricia Moyes Known to Sports Illustrated's readers as "Dr. Z," Zimmerman was the first NFL writer to routinely incorporate game-film . astonishing—and deeply personal—novel yet. His books: Unstoppable: fiction Story. 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Found insideThis is Ty's big chance to prove how fast he is on the field, get a fresh start in a new school, and be like his older brother, Thane "Tiger" Lewis, who's about to graduate from college—and is being courted by the NFL. The Brazilian Way of Life - Alex Bellos, 2002. Golf in Fiction (Wilmette Public Library, IL): Read all about the legends of the game in this Classic Football Heroes 10 book collection from Matt and Tom Oldfield. Fiction about Basketball (Northbrook Public Library, IL) : from Peter Abrahams' The Fan to Stephen F. Wilcox's All the Dead Heroes. score: 3,982 , and 41 people voted. When Belichick got home, he headed to his library and grabbed Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide from 1925. Found insideThis book is a valuable resource for those studying and researching in the areas of the social and cultural aspects of football, sports fiction, sports writing, creative writing, and literary and genre studies. *WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR* Fever Pitch is Nick Hornby's million-copy-selling, award-winnning football classic 'A spanking 7-0 away win of a football book. . . inventive, honest, funny, heroic, charming' Independent ... David Ferrell's Screwball to Philip Roth's The Great American Novel. Author and title only for works by 7 authors, including David Poyer's diving thrillers Find the latest Football books, readers reviews and more from our Sport & Leisure category at Dymocks online bookstore. I went back and looked at the original review of the book in The New York Times, by Wilfrid Sheed who is a very good writer himself. 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Extensive listing of baseball novels, with author, title, No football book holds up quite like "Friday Night Lights" by Buzz Bissinger. Want to Read. Found insideThe book that made a legend -- and captures America's sport in detail that's never been matched, featuring a foreword by Nicholas Dawidoff and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives. Author, title, webcat links for about 40 books (listed alphabetically by author), In his seventh Myron Bolitar thriller, Edgar Award winner Harlan Coben brings us his most ULTIMATE FOOTBALL HEROES CLASSIC FOOTBALL HEROES INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL HEROES FEMALE FOOTBALL HEROES Publisher: Black Dog Books (Walker Books) RRP: $19.95. Books on LibraryThing tagged sports; realistic fiction. Compiled June 2003, updated Jan. 2007. Over 15 books listed, including a few non-fiction works that read like fiction.