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Garrincha: The Triumph and Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero
[Buy it!] | Ruy Castro | USD 5.54
(Thu May 23 18:11:09 2024) | AbebooksUK | WorldofBooks | ISBN10: 0224064339, ISBN13: 9780224064330, [publisher: Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London] Softcover The World Cup Finals, Sweden 1958. Brazil vs the fearsome USSR. In the opening three minutes - 'the greatest three minutes in the history of football' - one man wrote himself into the record books. Brazil went on to win the cup, and, in Garrincha, a star was born. Garrincha was the unlikeliest of footballers - with a right leg that turned inwards and a left that turned out, but with a ball at his feet he had the poise of an angel. He played for the love of the game, uninterested in money, and ignoring tactical advice. And he was as wild off the pitch as he was mesmerising on it - mischievous, audacious and dripping with sex appeal. It was his affair and subsequent marriage to the singer Elza Soares that caught the imagination of a nation - their mouth-watering combination of soccer and samba made them the toast of 1960s Rio. But by the age of forty-nine, Garrincha was dead, destroyed by the excesses that made him so compelling. Funny and moving, zealously researched and lovingly told Daily Telegraph. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005] |
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Wilderness at Dawn : The Settling of the North American Continent
[Buy it!] | Morgan, Ted | USD 3.82
(Thu May 23 18:11:10 2024) | Choosebooks/ZVAB | Better World Books | ISBN10: 0671690884, ISBN13: 9780671690885, [publisher: Simon & Schuster] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
[Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993] |
