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13 Secret Cities

The Coil, #1

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Series Book 1 - The Coil
Thirteen portals exist in the cosmos. They are hidden, and secret. No one knows how to find them.Clara Montes has lived her entire life in a Chicago, where militarized police patrol the streets, surveillance is constant, and the democracy her parents once believed in has been hollowed out by authoritarianism. When a protest in Millennium Park erupts into violence, Clara is swept into something far ... Read more

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Thirteen portals exist in the cosmos. They are hidden, and secret. No one knows how to find them.Clara Montes has lived her entire life in a Chicago, where militarized police patrol the streets, surveillance is constant, and the democracy her parents once believed in has been hollowed out by authoritarianism. When a protest in Millennium Park erupts into violence, Clara is swept into something far
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9 Lords of Night

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Book 2 of The Coil SeriesThe killer writes symbols on his victims and removes their hearts.Manhattan is about to be buried by a nor'easter. As the snow begins to fall, a ritualistic murderer begins his hunt. He earns a nickname fast: the Night Drinker. NYPD detective Nestor Buñuel catches the case—his last before retirement. But this is unlike anything he has worked before.The Night Drinker is ... Read more

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Book 2 of The Coil SeriesThe killer writes symbols on his victims and removes their hearts.Manhattan is about to be buried by a nor'easter. As the snow begins to fall, a ritualistic murderer begins his hunt. He earns a nickname fast: the Night Drinker. NYPD detective Nestor Buñuel catches the case—his last before retirement. But this is unlike anything he has worked before.The Night Drinker is
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Hall of Mirrors

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Book 3 of The Coil SeriesThe dead do not rest. They journey.Private investigator Nestor Buñuel has spent five years trying to forget what he witnessed—a man pulled back from the edge of Mictlán by something that should not exist. He never crossed the threshold himself. But he got close enough to know that the Aztec lords of the underworld were watching.When Steven Puttock—the Night Drinker, ... Read more

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Book 3 of The Coil SeriesThe dead do not rest. They journey.Private investigator Nestor Buñuel has spent five years trying to forget what he witnessed—a man pulled back from the edge of Mictlán by something that should not exist. He never crossed the threshold himself. But he got close enough to know that the Aztec lords of the underworld were watching.When Steven Puttock—the Night Drinker,
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Historicizing the Pan-American Games

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Series series Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives
The Pan-American Games, begun officially in 1951 in Buenos Aires and held in every region of the western hemisphere, have become one of the largest multi-sport games in the world. 6,132 athletes from 41 countries competed in 48 sports in the 2015 Games in Toronto, Canada. The Games are simultaneously an avenue for the spread of the Olympic Movement across the Americas, a stage for competing ... Read more

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The Pan-American Games, begun officially in 1951 in Buenos Aires and held in every region of the western hemisphere, have become one of the largest multi-sport games in the world. 6,132 athletes from 41 countries competed in 48 sports in the 2015 Games in Toronto, Canada. The Games are simultaneously an avenue for the spread of the Olympic Movement across the Americas, a stage for competing
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Brazil's Dance with the Devil

The World Cup, The Olympics, and the Struggle for Democracy

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One of the Boston Globe's Best Sports Books of the Year: "Incisive, heartbreaking, important and even funny" (Jeremy Schaap, New York Times–bestselling author of Cinderella Man).The people of Brazil celebrated when it was announced that they were hosting the World Cup—the world's most-viewed athletic tournament—in 2014 and the 2016 Summer Olympics. But as the events were approaching, ordinary ... Read more

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One of the Boston Globe's Best Sports Books of the Year: "Incisive, heartbreaking, important and even funny" (Jeremy Schaap, New York Times–bestselling author of Cinderella Man).The people of Brazil celebrated when it was announced that they were hosting the World Cup—the world's most-viewed athletic tournament—in 2014 and the 2016 Summer Olympics. But as the events were approaching, ordinary
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La Roja

How Soccer Conquered Spain and How Spanish Soccer Conquered the World

by Jimmy Burns ...

La Roja is bestselling author Jimmy Burns tremendous opus on Spanish soccer. From its early beginnings when the first soccer on the shores of Bilbao and Buenos Aires was played by British sailors and engineers, through to the influx of South American stars, and similarly inspirational Italians, Dutchman and Scandinavians, Burns show how the engagement of foreigners with home-grown Spanish talent ... Read more

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La Roja is bestselling author Jimmy Burns tremendous opus on Spanish soccer. From its early beginnings when the first soccer on the shores of Bilbao and Buenos Aires was played by British sailors and engineers, through to the influx of South American stars, and similarly inspirational Italians, Dutchman and Scandinavians, Burns show how the engagement of foreigners with home-grown Spanish talent
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Angels with Dirty Faces

How Argentinian Soccer Defined a Nation and Changed the Game Forever

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The masterful, definitive history of Argentinian soccerLionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Alfredo Di St’fano: in every generation Argentina has uncovered a uniquely brilliant soccer talent. Perhaps it’s because the country lives and breathes the game, its theories, and its myths.Argentina’s rich, volatile history – by turns sublime and ruthlessly pragmatic – is mirrored in the style and swagger of its ... Read more

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The masterful, definitive history of Argentinian soccerLionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Alfredo Di St’fano: in every generation Argentina has uncovered a uniquely brilliant soccer talent. Perhaps it’s because the country lives and breathes the game, its theories, and its myths.Argentina’s rich, volatile history – by turns sublime and ruthlessly pragmatic – is mirrored in the style and swagger of its
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Real Madrid & Barcelona: the Making of a Rivalry

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A close look at one of sport's great rivalries: Real Madrid and Barcelona. ... Read more

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Raceball

How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game

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From an award-winning writer, the first linked history of African Americans and Latinos in Major League BaseballAfter peaking at 27 percent of all major leaguers in 1975, African Americans now make up less than one-tenth--a decline unimaginable in other men's pro sports. The number of Latin Americans, by contrast, has exploded to over one-quarter of all major leaguers and roughly half of those ... Read more

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From an award-winning writer, the first linked history of African Americans and Latinos in Major League BaseballAfter peaking at 27 percent of all major leaguers in 1975, African Americans now make up less than one-tenth--a decline unimaginable in other men's pro sports. The number of Latin Americans, by contrast, has exploded to over one-quarter of all major leaguers and roughly half of those
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Golazo!

The Beautiful Game from the Aztecs to the World Cup: The Complete History of HowSoccer Shaped Latin America

by Andreas Campomar ...

The definitive book about the national identities, heroes, and dramatic stories from Latin American soccer throughout history, perfect for World Cup reading.“Golazo!” means “amazing goal!” And the word perfectly captures the unique, exuberant, all-encompassing, passionate role that soccer plays in Latin America.Andreas Campomar offers readers the definitive history of Latin American soccer from ... Read more

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The definitive book about the national identities, heroes, and dramatic stories from Latin American soccer throughout history, perfect for World Cup reading.“Golazo!” means “amazing goal!” And the word perfectly captures the unique, exuberant, all-encompassing, passionate role that soccer plays in Latin America.Andreas Campomar offers readers the definitive history of Latin American soccer from
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Futebol Nation

The Story of Brazil through Soccer

by David Goldblatt ...

No nation is as closely identified with the game of soccer as Brazil. For over a century, Brazil's people, politicians, and poets have found in soccer the finest expression of the nation's collective potential. Since the team's dazzling performance in 1938 at the World Cup in France, Brazilian soccer has been revered as an otherworldly blend of the effective and the aesthetic.Futebol Nation is an ... Read more

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No nation is as closely identified with the game of soccer as Brazil. For over a century, Brazil's people, politicians, and poets have found in soccer the finest expression of the nation's collective potential. Since the team's dazzling performance in 1938 at the World Cup in France, Brazilian soccer has been revered as an otherworldly blend of the effective and the aesthetic.Futebol Nation is an
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Power Games

A Political History of the Olympics

by Jules Boykoff ...

A timely, no-holds barred, critical political history of the modern Olympic GamesThe Olympics have a checkered, sometimes scandalous, political history. Jules Boykoff, a former US Olympic team member, takes readers from the event’s nineteenth-century origins, through the Games’ flirtation with Fascism, and into the contemporary era of corporate control. Along the way he recounts vibrant alt ... Read more

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A timely, no-holds barred, critical political history of the modern Olympic GamesThe Olympics have a checkered, sometimes scandalous, political history. Jules Boykoff, a former US Olympic team member, takes readers from the event’s nineteenth-century origins, through the Games’ flirtation with Fascism, and into the contemporary era of corporate control. Along the way he recounts vibrant alt
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