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Winning at All Costs

A Scandalous History of Italian Soccer

By John Foot


"It is impossible to comprehend Italy without understanding soccer--and vice-versa." So writes John Foot in this often dark and epic history of soccer in Italy, winners of the 2006 World Cup, and a country where the sport is the national civic religion.
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Soccer Against the Enemy

How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions And Keeps Dictators in Power

By Simon Kuper


Soccer Against the Enemy is a highly-acclaimed look at the dark underbelly of the world's most popular sport.

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How to Rule The World Book Tour

April 19 - May 21 | Across the United States
Nation Books author Mark Engler kicks off his multi-city book tour to promote How to Rule The World at the Bluestockings bookstore in New York. The event begins at 7 p.m.

May 8 - 9 | 7:30 am
Bruce Mau at The New Yorker conference
(IAC Building, Chelsea, New York )
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May 10 | 9 am
Jonathan Schell Wins Award at Thinking Outside the Bomb Conference
(Sheraton University City, Philadelphia)
Senior Fellow Jonathan Schell will accept the 2008 John and Chara Haas Award for International Peace and Social Justice at 6 p.m. during the Project for Nuclear Awareness conference, Thinking Outside the Bomb. MORE