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Dark Goals: How History’s Worst Tyrants Have Used and Abused the Game of Soccer
Luciano Wernicke2022 selection · Nonfiction
Dark Goals: How History’s Worst Tyrants Have Used and Abused the Game of Soccer
Dark Goals: How History’s Worst Tyrants Have Used and Abused the Game of Soccer by Luciano Wernicke appears in NPR’s 2022 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, nonfiction, eye-opening reads, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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