The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer Group Shows unsung heroes of the movement

unsung heroes of the movement and criticizes the oversimplification of complex figures like Martin Luther King

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Williams—in the face of much recent intellectual fashion—powerfully reasserts his lifelong commitment to “making hope practical

The father left the children in an orphanage and promised to send for them when he settled in California—a promise he never kept

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The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer Group Shows unsung heroes of the movementAuthor Contributor(s): Goldblatt, David Publisher: Riverhead Books Date: 1 2 2008 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW The definitive book about soccer, from the author of The Games: A Global History of the Olympics. There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical scope. The single greatest simultaneous human