{"product_id":"more-than-just-a-game-chuck-korr-9780312607166","title":"More Than Just a Game: Soccer vs. Apartheid: The Most Important Soccer Story Ever Told","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimed perfectly for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Chuck Korr and Marvin Close's \u003ci\u003eMore Than Just a Game\u003c\/i\u003e tells the timeless true story of how political prisoners under apartheid found hope and dignity through soccer. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the hell that was Robben Island, inmates united courageously in an act of protest. Beginning in 1964, they requested the right to play soccer during their exercise periods. Denied repeatedly, they risked beatings and food deprivation by repeating their request for three years. Finally granted this right, the prisoners banded together to form a multi-tiered, pro-level league that ran for more than two decades and served as an impassioned symbol of resistance against apartheid. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFormer Robben Island inmate Nelson Mandela noted in the documentary \u003ci\u003eFIFA: 90 Minutes for Mandela, \u003c\/i\u003eSoccer is more than just a game.... The energy, passion, and dedication this game created made us feel alive and triumphant despite the situation we found ourselves in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chuck Korr, Marvin Close\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312607164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312607166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Chuck Korr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913668428031,"sku":"9780312607166","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b1e55d86-d345-4382-9f52-7bee6c4b97ba.jpg?v=1680621637","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/more-than-just-a-game-chuck-korr-9780312607166","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}