WORLD CUP 2010!!
SOCCER / FOOTBALL / FUTBOL
Books: Nonfiction
Among the Thugs
Bill Buford, 1992
363.32 / BUF
The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Football
David Goldblatt, 2008
796.334 / GOL
The Beckham Experiment: How the World’s Most Famous Athlete Tried to
Conquer America
Grant Wahl, 2009
796.334 / BEC
Bloody Confused! A Clueless American Sportswriter Seeks Solace in English Soccer
Chuck Culpepper, 2007
796.334 / CUL
Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life
Alex Bellos, 2002
796.334 / BEL
The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team and How It Changed
the World
Jere Longman, 2000
796.334 / LON
The Global Game: Writers on Soccer
John Turnbull, Thom Satterlee, Alon Raab (editors), 2008
796.334 / GLO
Go for the Goal: A Champion’s Guide
to Winning in Soccer and Life
Mia Hamm, 1999
796.334 / HAM
The Grass of Another Country: A Journey Through the World of Soccer
Christopher Merrill, 1993
796.334 / MER
However Tall the Mountain: A Dream, Eight Girls, and a Journey Home
Awista Ayub, 2009
958.1046 / AYU
Love and Blood: At the World Cup with the Footballers, Fans, and Freaks
Jamie Trecker, 2007
796.334 / TRE
My Life and the Beautiful Game: The Autobiography of Pelé
Pelé, 1977
796.334 / PEL
The Official Illustrated History of Manchester United: The Full Story and Complete Record, 1878-2008
Alex Murphy, 2008
796.334 / MUR
Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town
Warren St. John, 2009
304.8 / ST
Soccer in Sun and Shadow
Eduardo Galeano, 2003
796.334 / GAL
Soccernomics:
Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey—and Even Iraq—Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World’s Most Popular Sport
Simon Kuper, 2009
796.334 / KUP
The World Cup: The Complete History
Terry Crouch, 2006
796.334668 / CRO
Books: Novels and Young Adult Fiction
The Damned UTD
David Peace, 2007
F / PEACE
Going for the Record
Julie A. Swanson, 2004
Y / SWANSON
Goodnight Vienna
Phil Andrews, 2001
F / ANDREWS
Home of the Braves
David Klass, 2002
Y / KLASS
Pretty Tough
Liz Tigelaar, 2007
Y / TIGELAAR
Thursday Legends
Quintin Jardine, 2001
pb / M / JARDINE
Whistle!
Daisuke Higuchi, 2004-
Y / MANGA / HIG / v. 1-22
DVDs: Educational
The Art of Football with John Cleese
Comedy legend John Cleese hosts this A-Z look at soccer’s greatest kicks, goals, saves, bloopers, plays, and penalties of all time.
DVD / 796.334 / ART
Dare to Dream : The Story of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team
From small towns and cities across America, surviving soaring triumphs and devastating triumphs, the women of the U.S. Soccer Team woke to find themselves at the center of the world and at the forefront of a revolution that would change the landscape of sports.
DVD / 796.334 / DAR
FIFA World Cup 2006 : All the goals
Highlights all 147 goals scored in the 2006 World Cup.
DVD / 796.334 / FIF
Greatest Goals of the Premier League
Selects the greatest goals from the greatest players in the world’s greatest league.
DVD / 796.334 / GRE
History of Soccer : The Beautiful Game
Through interviews from over 50 countries, this film explores the cultural implications of the sport as well as revealing insights into the passion and excitement of soccer.
DVD / 796.334 / HIS
Really Bend It Like Beckham
David Beckham shares his knowledge, skills, and experience.
DVD / 796.3342 / REA
DVDs : Entertainment
Bend It Like Beckham
An 18-year-old Indian girl is asked to join the local women’s soccer team.
DVD / BEN
Damned United
A fictional look at the 44-day reign of Leeds United coach, Brian Clough.
DVD / DAM
Football Factory
A study of middle-class England and its violent soccer culture.
DVD / FOO
Goal! The Dream Begins
An immigrant living in Los Angeles is given the chance to become a professional soccer player in England.
DVD / GOA
Green Street Hooligans
A student kicked out of Harvard relocates to England, where his brother-in-law involves him in soccer hooliganism.
DVD / GRE
Kicking & Screaming
The coach of a kids’ soccer team finds himself taking on his father’s competitive and dysfunctional ways.
DVD / KIC
A Shot at Glory
A small fishing village’s team of misfits is vying for the Scottish Cup. If they don’t win, the American owner may move the team to Dublin.
DVD / SHO
DVDs: International
La Gran Final (The Great Match)
The 2002 World Cup final is viewed by Mongolian nomads, Tuaregs in the Sahara, and Indios in the Amazon rainforest. [in Kazajo (Mongolian), Tamashek (Tuareg), Tupi (Brazilian Indios)]
DVD / GRA
Offside
Tehran stadium roars with the voices of only men; the women who are caught trying to sneak in end up playing their own type of game with the soldiers who guard them. [in Persian]
DVD / OFF
Phörpa (The Cup)
Young Tibetan monks in an Indian monastery are determined to watch the World Cup tournament. [in Tibetan]
DVD / PHO
Rudo y Cursi
Two brothers on a village soccer team are discovered by a talent scout and taken to Mexico City, where success leads to excess. Will they remember their original goals? [in Spanish]
DVD / RUD
Shaolin Soccer
A Kung Fu expert unites with a washed-up soccer star to build the ultimate team, combining sportsmanship with martial arts. [in Chinese]
DVD / SHA
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