Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. It is a perfect window into the crosscurrents of today's world, with all of its joys and sorrows. Soccer clubs don't represent geographic areas; they stand for social classes and political ideologies, and often command more faith than religion. Unlike baseball or tennis, soccer is freighted ...
What in the world has the power to liberate women in Iran while provoking antagonism between Catholics and Protestants in Scotland, to lure Nigerians to the cold of the Ukraine while heating up class warfare in the US heartlands, and both profit local gangsters and create local - and international - celebrities? Foer presents an unexpected, ...
Featuring the writers and editors of "The New Republic", this handbook for the 2008 election contains essential information every citizen needs as we go into the primaries. It includes deeply reported, psychologically rich profiles of the candidates, original essays on the major issues, and a compendium of facts and figures about the hopefuls. ...
En El mundo en un balon el autor combina su pasion por el futbol con la politica internacional, utilizando ejemplos de equipos y paises diferentes para explicar fenomenos fundamentales del mundo globalizado: la corrupcion gubernamental, el nacionalismo, el choque entre culturas, los fundamentalismos religiosos, etc. El autor afirma que la ...
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