Michael Calvin: 11 books
State of Play
Under the Skin of the Modern Game
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
Award-winning author of The Nowhere Men, Living on the Volcano and No Hunger in Paradise returns with his magnum opus on the state of modern football
First he revealed the extraordinary lives of football scouts in The...
by Michael Calvin
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Winner of The Times British Sports Book Award 2014.
A fascinating insight into the enclosed world of football scouts in the UK
A teenaged boy plays football in a suburban park. His name is Raheem Sterling. The call is made: “Get down here quick. This is something special”.
Another...
Family
Life, Death and Football: A Year on the Frontline with a Proper Club
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
From the award-winning author of NO HUNGER IN PARADISE
Outside the global spotlight, footballers don't drive Aston Martins or pose for underwear ads. This is war. This is life. This is football.
Michael Calvin turned up for the first day of pre-season training at Millwall FC. 333 days...
No Hunger In Paradise
The Players. The Journey. The Dream
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Shortlisted for the British Sports Book Awards 2018
“What’s your dream, son?”
A six year-old boy, head bowed, mumbles the eternal answer: “Be a footballer….” Steadman Scott, football’s most unlikely talent scout, smiles indulgently, and takes him in from the street. He...
Living on the Volcano
The Secrets of Surviving as a Football Manager
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015*
A man punches the wall in a strategic show of anger. Another complains he has become a stranger to those he loves. A third relies on “my three a day: coffee, Nurofen and a bottle of wine.” Yet another admits he is an...
The Great Tome of Fantastic and Wondrous Places
The Great Tome Series, #3
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
The wonder and mystery of The Great Tomes series continues with The Great Tome of Fantastic and Wondrous Places. Volume Three of this collection features narratives revolving around the exploration of fantasy or alien locales in which the acts of exploration and adventure are central to the plot....
Navigating Conflict
How Youth Handle Trouble in a High-Poverty School
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Urban schools are often associated with violence, chaos, and youth aggression. But is this reputation really the whole picture? In Navigating Conflict, Calvin Morrill and Michael Musheno challenge the violence-centered conventional wisdom of urban youth studies, revealing instead the social ingenuity...
The Psychic Hold of Slavery
Legacies in American Expressive Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016
What would it mean to “get over slavery”? Is such a thing possible? Is it even desirable? Should we perceive the psychic hold of slavery as a set of mental manacles that hold us back from imagining a postracist America? Or could the psychic hold of slavery be understood as a tool, helping us get...
by Zimbell House Publishing, Jeannie Alderdice, Jon Alston
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
In this collection of twenty-two short stories by twenty emerging writers, Zimbell House has brought together a unique experience all relating to a lost door.
From whimsical to tragic, from science-fiction to tales of fairies, these writers have stretched their imaginations to deliver stories set to intrigue you.
Unloaded Volume 2
More Crime Writers Writing Without Guns
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2018
The Anthony-nominated collection of crime stories without guns—the collection we didn't want to be necessary—is back for Volume 2.
Two dozen more crime writers have come together to raise their voices and take pen in hand to call for a sensible and reasoned debate about guns in America....
Shaped by the Gospel
Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
It is easy to assume that if we understand the gospel and preach it faithfully, our ministry will necessarily be shaped by it—but this is not true. Many churches claim to be gospel-centered but do not have a ministry that is shaped by, centered on, and empowered through the gospel. The implications...