Jimmy Burns

A book about Spanish football by the journalist and football writer, Jimmy Burns, to coincide with the 2012 European chapionship.

Jimmy Burns sigue a Beckham durante su primera dramática temporada con el Real Madrid dentro del más amplio contexto de la historia del club y de España, a través de sus recuerdos de crecimiento de uno de los países de más rápido cambio de Europa, donde la política, la cultura y el fútbol siempre han estado unidos. Con Cuando Beckham llegó a España, Burns ha traspasado una vez más los límites del periodismo deportivo dando lugar a una lectura no sólo para los fans de Beckham, sino para todo aquel lector interesado en España y en su gente.

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The author of a best-selling biography of Diego Maradona, and similarly widely acclaimed books on FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, digs deep into the roots of the most popular sport, to look at how football played in Spain became the most admired in the world. From its early beginnings when the first football 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, the author shows how the engagement of foreigners with home-grown Spanish talent overcame political adversity and produced football of sublime skill, passion, and unparalleled entertainment value. The book takes us on a journey through some of the extraordinary characters, games, and moments that have defined Spanish football from the early days when a few enthusiasts developed their talent kicking a ball around on a piece of industrial waste-ground or beach, to the emergence of rival giants, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid - the most powerful and successful football clubs in the world - and a national team that, encompassing all that was most brilliant in the Spanish League, became the World Champions.

La historia de uno de los mayores jugadores del fútbol mundial, de un hombre que fue al mismo tiempo la figura más brillante y controvertida de todos los deportes, lleva consigo la mayor de las paradojas. Porque desde los pobres suburbios de Buenos Aires donde nacio en 1960 a los abarrotados estadios de Europa y America, llenos de hinchas dispuestos a gritar su nombre, se realiza el sueño de riqueza, fama y poder de Maradona. Pero tambien se encierra su declive y perdicion a causa del consumo de cocaina y la perdida de la propia identidad.

A biography of arguably the world''s most famous footballer of all time, Diego Maradona.

The author of "The Hand Of God" examines how David Beckham's transfer to Real Madrid captured the world's imagination, and helped Spain become Europe's most exciting country. Sold well in hardback.

Part personal travelogue, part anthology, this literary companion will surprise, entertain and, on occasion, move the reader. It is a wide-ranging and incisive portrait of a country and its people, with content dating from the Roman poets through Cervantes to Orwell and Hemingway. Highlights include: the enduring nature of regional identity; the joys - and pitfalls - of Spanish food and wine; tributes to Spain''s three cultures - Christian, Jewish and Muslim; the passions of flamenco and bullfighting; battlefield experiences from Wellington to the Civil War; and changes to the country wrought by tourism.

From the moment Pope Francis stepped on to the balcony of St Peters Basilica for the first time, a global audience sensed that not only the Catholic Church but the world at large could be entering a new spiritual, political and social age. In the days following Pope Francis election, there would be further early signs of the simplicity worthy of the first apostles and the leader that inspired them. Not since John XIII appeared on the scene half a century earlier had a new Pope opened the windows of the Church in such a way as to let in some much needed fresh air. Nevertheless, for the excitement generated by the first Latin American Pope and a man who claimed to want to put the poor back at the centre of the Churchs social teaching, people could still only guess where it might be all be leading.Francis: Pope of Good Promise is neither an instant media job, nor a hagiography based on authorised interviews, but the product of diligent investigation across a wide range of official and independent sources - a measured, objective portrait of a man who, in circumstances that he neither sought nor foresaw, found himself handed the highest office at a time of crisis not just for the Church but for long established institutions worldwide from banks to political parties.

A Financial Times Sports Books of the Year.Cristiano and Leo is the fascinating account of the lives and rivalry between two of the best footballers to ever play the game, Ronaldo and Messi, by Jimmy Burns the bestselling author of Maradona: The Hand of God.The rivalry between Ronaldo and Messi has defined football to a generation of fans everyone has an opinion on who is the greatest.Do you prefer Ronaldo whose work ethic and physique have been honed for one purpose scoring goals. Or Messi, whose superhuman natural talent means he can do the seemingly impossible with a football.Between them they have scored over 1300 goals, won the Ballon dOr ten times, and taken the beautiful game to even greater heights. But statistics alone cannot do justice to their skill, athleticism and dedication to stay at the top for so long of one of the most competitive sports in the world.Cristiano and Leo tells their definitive story, from children kicking a ball halfway around the world from each other to facing each other in the epic clash El Clasico, between Real Madrid and Barcelona. This is the essential book to understand one the most compelling rivalries in sporting history.

Cristiano y Leoes el libro esencial para entender a estos dos grandes jugadores de la historia del fútbol.Cristiano y Leo es el libro esencial para entender a estos dos grandes jugadores de la historia del futbol.Si preguntais a cualquier aficionado al futbol quien es mejor, Ronaldo o Messi, cada uno tendra su propia opinion.El futbol es un deporte de equipo, pero, en esta ultima decada, este juego ha sido testigo de una rivalidad sin precedentes entre los que la mayoria de la gente cree que son los dos mejores jugadores de la historia del futbol: Cristiano y Leo. Esta es su historia definitiva, desde su niñez, chutando un balon, cada uno de ellos a un lado del mundo, hasta la era en la que entre los dos se han disputado como nunca se habia visto antes el trono del mejor jugador del planeta.Uno es una maquina de precision fisica que destroza a los rivales a traves de fuerza y determinacion. El otro es el genio, capaz de jugar al futbol como nunca antes se habia visto.Entre los dos han anotado mas de mil goles, han ganado diez veces el Balon de Oro y han redefinido el futbol moderno. Durante la ultima decada han compartido el privilegio de ser nombrados mejor jugador del mundo y hay argumentos para debatir quien se merece el titulo del mejor de todos los tiempos...