Match Annual 2024

Match Annual 2024
Author:
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2023-09-28
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1529015529

From the makers of MATCH!, the country's most popular football magazine! Topping Christmas lists across the UK, MATCH! Annual 2024 is a must-have for footy fans. Inside this year’s edition, you'll find the ultimate guide to the games ahead, from the UEFA Champions League Final to Euro 2024! Check out the Premier League's most exciting young talent and discover the all-time legends with the most goals and assists combined! Also, there's a wicked Women's World Cup 2023 scrapbook, tons of brain-busting quizzes, WSL stats special, the chance to colour-in Haaland, footy statue LOLs, an EFL club selector, hilarious cartoons, in-depth profiles on epic entertainers like Bellingham and Saka, and loads more! Don’t miss it!

Match Annual 2025

Match Annual 2025
Author: MATCH
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2024-09-26
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 103504109X

From the makers of the UK’s best football magazine! MATCH is the UK’s bestselling football annual and is top of Christmas wish lists for footy fans everywhere. Inside the MATCH Annual 2025, readers can build the ultimate player using superstars from the Premier League, check out the craziest football haircuts through the years, swot up on the 2025 Women’s Euros, learn about the best academies on the planet, and look back on Jurgen Klopp and Emma Hayes’ rocking reigns in England! Plus, don't miss the best moments from Euro 2024, epic profiles of the world's top wonderkids, tons of brain-busting quizzes, cool cartoons, the chance to design your own boots, pick your MLS team, LOL at the funniest footy snaps, and loads more! Don’t miss it!

The Barcelona Complex

The Barcelona Complex
Author: Simon Kuper
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2022-08-16
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0593297733

With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper tells the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful club in the world—and how that era is now ending FC Barcelona is not just the world’s highest grossing sports club, it is simply one of the most influential organizations on the planet. At last count, it had approximately 214 million social media followers, more than any other sports club except Real Madrid CF—and by one earlier measure, more than all thirty-two NFL teams combined. It has more in common with multinational megacompanies like Netflix or small nation-states than it does with most soccer teams. No wonder its motto is “More than a club.” But it was not always so. In the past three decades, Barcelona went from a regional team to a global powerhouse, becoming a model of sustained excellence and beautiful soccer, and a consistent winner of championships. Simon Kuper unravels exactly how this transformation took place, paying special attention to the club’s two biggest stars, Johan Cruyff and Lionel Messi, who is arguably the greatest soccer player of all time. Messi joined Barça at age thirteen and, more than anyone, has been the engine and standard-bearer of Barcelona’s glory. But his era is coming to an end—and with it, a once-in-a-lifetime golden run. This book charts Barça’s rise and fall. Like many world-beating organizations, FC Barcelona closely guards its secrets, granting few outsiders access to the Camp Nou, its legendary home stadium. But after decades of writing about the sport and the club, Kuper was given access to the inner sanctum and the people behind the scenes who strive daily to keep Barcelona at the top. Erudite, personal, and capturing all the latest upheavals, his portrait of this incredible institution goes beyond soccer to understand FC Barcelona as a unique social, cultural, and political phenomenon.

FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona
Author: Jim O'Brien
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2024-04-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 104001352X

This is the first critical, in-depth academic study of FC Barcelona (also known as Barça), one of the world’s great football clubs, exploring the historical, political, cultural and commercial dimensions of this global sporting institution. The book examines why and how the club grew from its genesis as a small sporting organisation in the developing urban landscape of Barcelona in 1899 to become a contemporary giant that has both shaped and transcended football. It considers how globalisation, cultural identity and political ideology can help us to understand the development of Barça, but also how the growth of the phenomenon of FC Barcelona helps us to better understand those forces shaping contemporary global societies. It brings together leading scholars from around the world to examine key themes such as governance, regional and national politics, storytelling, fandom, digital media, branding, commercialisation and sport diplomacy, exploring topics such as the European Super League fiasco and the rise of Lionel Messi as a global icon. It also includes a series of chapters looking at the importance of FC Barcelona around the world, including in Latin America, the United States, Africa and East Asia. This illuminating, multi-disciplinary study of FC Barcelona is essential reading for anybody with an interest in football, Catalonian politics and culture, or the history, politics, culture and business of sport.

El Clasico: Barcelona V Real Madrid

El Clasico: Barcelona V Real Madrid
Author: Richard Fitzpatrick
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1408158795

An investigation of the intrigue, politics and culture behind El Clásico - the hard-fought, long-running contest between two of the world's biggest football clubs - explaining the place sport's greatest rivalry has in Spanish life and the world of football.

Fear and Loathing in La Liga

Fear and Loathing in La Liga
Author: Sid Lowe
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2013-09-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1446496635

‘A history of modern Spain told through one of world football's most intense rivalries’ Independent ‘Sports Book of the Year’ Sunday Times It’s Messi vs Ronaldo, it’s Catalonia vs Castilla. It’s the nation against the state, freedom fighters vs Franco’s fascists. It’s majestic goals and mesmerising skills, red cards and bench brawls. It’s the best two teams on the planet going face to face and toe to toe. It’s more than a game. It’s a war. It’s Barcelona vs Real Madrid. Only, it’s not that simple. From the wounds left by the civil war to the teams’ recent global domination, historian and expert on Spanish football, Sid Lowe lifts the lid on sport’s greatest rivalry. Lowe has spoken to the biggest names and the forgotten heroes who defined their clubs. Men like Alfredo Di Stéfano and Johan Cruyff as well as the only survivor of the most politically charged game in history, the Barcelona striker who knocked Madrid out of the European Cup for the first time ever, and the president who celebrated his club’s defining moment by taking a midnight dip in the Thames. By exploring the history, politics, culture, economics and language, while never forgetting the drama on the pitch, Lowe demonstrates the symbiotic nature of the relationship between these two football giants. In doing so he reveals the human story behind this explosive rivalry.

Match! Barcelona Annual 2022

Match! Barcelona Annual 2022
Author: Magazine
Publisher: Aspen Books
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2022
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781912456956

Who are Barcelona's greatest soccer players of all time? What are the secrets behind their famous La Masia academy? When were their finest Clasico moments? The Barcelona Annual has all the answers to these questions and more! With cool quizzes, facts and stats about current heroes and former legends, a breakdown of all the best goals of the season, everything you need to know about one of the biggest clubs in the world is right here. From the makers of Match! Magazine, the Barcelona Annual 2022 us a must-read for all soccer lovers. IMAGE OF 2021 ANNUAL FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES

The Culture Map

The Culture Map
Author: Erin Meyer
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2014-05-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1610392590

An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life. Americans precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans get straight to the point; Latin Americans and Asians are steeped in hierarchy; Scandinavians think the best boss is just one of the crowd. It's no surprise that when they try and talk to each other, chaos breaks out. In The Culture Map, INSEAD professor Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain in which people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together. She provides a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences impact international business, and combines a smart analytical framework with practical, actionable advice.

Surface Guided Radiation Therapy

Surface Guided Radiation Therapy
Author: Jeremy David Page Hoisak
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 515
Release: 2020-02-13
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0429951809

Surface Guided Radiation Therapy provides a comprehensive overview of optical surface image guidance systems for radiation therapy. It serves as an introductory teaching resource for students and trainees, and a valuable reference for medical physicists, physicians, radiation therapists, and administrators who wish to incorporate surface guided radiation therapy (SGRT) into their clinical practice. This is the first book dedicated to the principles and practice of SGRT, featuring: Chapters authored by an internationally represented list of physicists, radiation oncologists and therapists, edited by pioneers and experts in SGRT Covering the evolution of localization systems and their role in quality and safety, current SGRT systems, practical guides to commissioning and quality assurance, clinical applications by anatomic site, and emerging topics including skin mark-less setups. Several dedicated chapters on SGRT for intracranial radiosurgery and breast, covering technical aspects, risk assessment and outcomes. Jeremy Hoisak, PhD, DABR is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Hoisak’s clinical expertise includes radiosurgery and respiratory motion management. Adam Paxton, PhD, DABR is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Utah. Dr. Paxton’s clinical expertise includes patient safety, motion management, radiosurgery, and proton therapy. Benjamin Waghorn, PhD, DABR is the Director of Clinical Physics at Vision RT. Dr. Waghorn’s research interests include intensity modulated radiation therapy, motion management, and surface image guidance systems. Todd Pawlicki, PhD, DABR, FAAPM, FASTRO, is Professor and Vice-Chair for Medical Physics in the Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Pawlicki has published extensively on quality and safety in radiation therapy. He has served on the Board of Directors for the American Society for Radiology Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).

101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out

101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out
Author: Josh Pahigian
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2015-02-10
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1493016474

A brand new edition of the finalist for the 2008 Casey Award, presented annually to the best baseball book, 101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out profiles America’s greatest baseball museums, shrines, sports bars, pop culture landmarks and ballpark sites. From sandlots and skyboxes to TV rooms and sports bars, America’s love for baseball has inspired countless memories, discussions, and tributes. Josh Pahigian takes us across America to explore the places where the game’s history, culture, and lore come to life. Whether we travel by car or sit in the comfort of our favorite armchair, the book guides us to 101 amazing baseball places—including Ted Williams’ boyhood home, the Field of Dreams movie site, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the Chicago bar where the Cubs’ “Curse of the Billy Goat” was born, Babe Ruth’s grave, and scores of other captivating landmarks and curios. Replacing the now-extinct sites from the previous edition, updating entries for attractions that have moved, re-assigning coveted chapters to more inspiring baseball venues that have since opened, and including stunning color photos for nearly all of them, Josh Pahigian has created the perfect gift for any baseball fan.