One Love: Soccer for Life (Hardcover)

~ (Photographer), Steve Rushin (Foreword)

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From Publishers Weekly

London-based photographer Biss documents the game of soccer from all angles, capturing children playing in the mountains of Peru and professionals competing in the world's most-watched matches. Also included are images of referees taking a breather, soldiers preparing to battle overzealous fans, casual fans grabbing a bite to eat, and abandoned goals decaying from disuse. It's a colorful panorama-made more poignant with insightful quotes from players and other notables-that illuminates the breadth and depth of a sport that captivates most of the world. Unfortunately, females are woefully underrepresented, especially as players: most are cheerleaders, groundskeepers or spectators. Otherwise, Biss's odyssey is broad and multi-faceted, covering 26 countries on six continents.
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"The photographs have an intimate quality that's enhanced by the book's small size and by quirky quotations scattered throughout..." -- Sep06 PLANET MAGAZINE

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Universe (June 13, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789315106
• ISBN-13: 978-0789315106
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #646,864 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One for the soccer enthusiast's coffee table, July 15, 2006

By	infoshaman (Takoma Park, MD) - See all my reviews

While recovering from the World Cup and looking for travel books, I found this 380-page volume of photographs and quotations that depict soccer around the world. Levon Biss, a British photographer, travelled to 26 countries--from Peru to Norway, from the beaches of the Canary Islands to the military fields of China, from Namibia to Virginia Beach--in search of images of people playing soccer. He found some good ones.

The quotations, which appear every 1-3 pages, come from players as well as literature. Some are well known to ardent soccer fans, such as Maradona's "Even if there was a hand, it was the hand of God" and Pele's "A penalty is a cowardly way to score", but there's even a quotation from Albert Camus: "I learned that the ball never came to you where you expected it...."

This book would make a great holiday gift for the soccer player or enthusiast. Seeing a photo of a frozen field in Norway might even inspire the player to take ball out of the closet, no matter the weather.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Book review, January 9, 2007

By	C. Schmidt (kansas city,KS) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Great book...beautiful pictures that show the essence of this sport and quotes to go with.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect Xmas present, December 10, 2006

By	M. McKennariey (Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this book in Australia with the intention of sending it to my 25 year old son who lives in Brazil. However, after flicking through the pages I just didn't want to part with it - so I sent him a copy through Amazon. The text is sufficiently dense to 'have a light read' but the photography is what is truly wonderful as well as thought provoking. I love identifying the locations, the authors of the quotes and the
'team' colours. This is a library collection book.