 | Behind the Curtain: Travels in Football in Eastern Europe by Jonathan Wilson
Buy new: £14.44 / Used from: £1.45 Excellent book on the game in Eastern Europe since the fall of communism. The chapters on the former Yugoslavia are particularly excellent.
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 | Dynamo by Andy Dougan
Buy used from: £0.01 An excellently researched book on a group of ex-Dynamo Kiev players assembled during Nazi occupied Ukraine. The story has taken on mythical status over the years but Dougan finally gets to the truth.
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 | Ajax, The Dutch, The War: Football in Europe During the Second World War by Simon Kuper
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £2.00 Kuper bases this book around Nazi occupation of Holland during WWII, focusing on many aspects of Dutch football to be affected by the war and the removal of Jews from sporting clubs.
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 | Tor!: The Story of German Football by Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £4.98 A brilliant history of German football. Blows apart many myths about Germany & its national game.
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 | Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life by Alex Bellos
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £0.01 An interesting & humourous look at Brazilian's fascination with football.
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 | Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football by David Winner
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.21 Takes a look at Dutch life, art, politics and relates it all to football in a fun & very interesting way. An outstanding read.
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 | El Diego: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Footballer by Diego Maradona
Buy used from: £2.00 Maradona puts his view of his career into print for the first time. Interesting but after finishing it feels like you have just listened to a very long rant!
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 | The Hand of God: The Life of Diego Maradona by Jimmy Burns
Buy used from: £0.01 Superb book by Jimmy Burns. Tells the real story of Maradona and some of it is not pretty.
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 | Ajax, Barcelona, Cruyff by Frits Barend
Buy used from: £6.27 A collection of interviews with Cruyff over his playing & managerial career. Interesting, although Cruyff comes over arrogant sometimes.
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 | Football Against The Enemy by Simon Kuper
Buy new: £6.39 / Used from: £0.50 Simon Kuper's award winning classic. Shows that football & politics go together no matter what is said otherwise. The chapter on Celtic & Rangers is very dated in my opinion and also a little naive.
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