The World Cup Finals, Sweden 1958. Brazil vs the fearsome USSR. In the opening three minutes - 'the greatest three minutes in the history of football' - one man wrote himself into the record books alongside the game's greatest players, men like Pele, Di Stefano, Puskas and Maradona. Brazil went on t[...]
Occupying what is arguably the most breathtakingly beautiful site in the world, the people of Rio - the Cariocas - tell their stories: of cannibals charming European intellectuals; of elegant slaves and their shabby masters; of how a casual chat between two people drinking coffee on Avenida Rio Bran[...]
Bossa nova is one of the most popular musical genres in the world. Songs such as 'The Girl from Ipanema' (the fifth most frequently played song in the world), 'The Waters of March', and 'Desafinado' are known around the world. This book -- a number-one bestseller when originally published in Brazil [...]