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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Names: Dubois, Laurent, 1971 author.
Title: The language of the game : how to understand soccer / Laurent Dubois.
Description: First Edition. | New York : Basic Books, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017044787 (print) | LCCN 2017050879 (ebook) | ISBN 9780465094493 (ebook) | ISBN 9780465094486 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Soccer. | Soccer—Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Classification: LCC GV943 (ebook) | LCC GV943 .D87 2018 (print) | DDC 796.334—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017044787
ISBNs: 978-0-465-09448-6 (hardcover), 978-0-465-09449-3 (ebook)
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