Timed perfectly for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the true story of how political prisoners under apartheid found hope and dignity through soccer In the hell that was Robben Island, inmates united courageously in an act of protest. Beginning in 1964, they requested the right to play soccer during their exercise periods. Denied repeatedly, they risked beatings and food deprivation by repeating their request for three years. Finally granted this right, the prisoners banded together to form a multi-tiered, pro-level league that ran for more than two decades and served as an impassioned symbol of resistance against apartheid. Former Robben Island inmate Nelson Mandela noted in the documentary FIFA: 90 Minutes for Mandela, “Soccer is more than just a game…. The energy, passion, and dedication this game created made us feel alive and triumphant despite the situation we found ourselves in.”

More Than Just a Game: Soccer vs. Apartheid: The Most Important Soccer Story Ever Told

History

Korr, Chuck

Close, Marvin

Africa

Thomas Dunne Books

Timed perfectly for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the true story of how political prisoners under apartheid found hope and dignity through soccer In the hell that was Robben Island, inmates united courageously in an act of protest. Beginning in 1964, they requested the right to play soccer during their exercise periods. Denied repeatedly, they risked beatings and food deprivation by repeating their request for three years. Finally granted this right, the prisoners banded together to form a multi-tiered, pro-level league that ran for more than two decades and served as an impassioned symbol of resistance against apartheid. Former Robben Island inmate Nelson Mandela noted in the documentary FIFA: 90 Minutes for Mandela, "Soccer is more than just a game…. The energy, passion, and dedication this game created made us feel alive and triumphant despite the situation we found ourselves in."

St. Martin's: Griffin

“Accountants boring? You must be joking.”  From Ancient Rome to the French Revolution and Prohibition-era America, via Laser Monks, Al Capone and the invention of bubble gum, The Weird and Wonderful World of Accountancy is an eccentric and informative look at all things financial. Find out the origins of The Great Stork Derby; learn which celebrities can also do double entry book-keeping, and discover why you might find the IRS hanging out at rock gigs. With enough facts, quotes and jokes to intrigue accountants and non-accountants alike, you’ll never look at balance sheets and auditing in quite the same way again.

The Weird and Wonderful World of Accountancy

Business & Money

Close, Holly

Accounting

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

This is the inside story of non-league football, as told by a player with over a decade's experience in the Conference and National Leagues. A tale of financial struggles and big sacrifices, it explores the dust-ups, bust-ups, backhanders and betting scandals of a world far, far away from the pampered Premier League.

''Hope You Die of Cancer": Life in Non-League Football

Sports & Outdoors

Soccer

Pitch Publishing Ltd

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Molto più di un gioco. Il calcio contro l'apartheid

Iacobellieditore

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