More Than Just a Game : Soccer vs. Apartheid: The Most Important Soccer Story Ever Told

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Author: Chuck Korr
Date: 22 Nov 2011
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Language: English
Format: Paperback::317 pages
ISBN10: 0312607164
File size: 56 Mb
Dimension: 140x 213x 23mm::431g
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