Jimmy Burns has 3 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators. The most-rated is Maradona.
Cristiano and Leo
Summary
A Financial Times Sports Books of the Year Cristiano and Leo is the fascinating account of the lives and rivalry between two of the best footballers to ever play the game, Ronaldo and Messi. The rivalry between Ronaldo and Messi has defined football to a generation of fans - everyone has an opinion on who is the greatest. Do you prefer Ronaldo, whose work ethic and physique have been honed for one purpose - scoring goals? Or Messi, whose superhuman natural talent means he can do the seemingly impossible with a football? Between them they have scored over 1300 goals, won the Ballon d’Or 10 times, and taken the beautiful game to even greater heights. But statistics alone cannot do justice to their skill, athleticism and dedication to stay at the top for so long of one of the most competitive sports in the world. Cristiano and Leo tells their definitive story, from children kicking a ball halfway around the world from each other to facing each other in the epic clash El Clásico, between Real Madrid and Barcelona. This is the essential audiobook to understand one the most compelling rivalries in sporting history.
©2019 Jimmy Burns (P)2019 Macmillan Publishers International Ltd
Pave Frans
Summary
Da Pave Frans første gang trådte frem for offentligheden, stod det hurtigt klart, at der blaeser nye vinde i den katolske kirke: Han var klaedt i hvidt uden den saedvanlige pavelige pomp og pragt og udstrålede naervaer og karisma. At paven (født Jorge Mario Bergoglio) har taget navn efter Frans af Assisi, er ingen tilfaeldighed. Med navnet Frans signalerer han socialt engagement og teologisk konservatisme. Pave Frans tegner et vidende og nuanceret, men også kritisk portraet af hovedpersonens vej fra tiden som jesuittermunk til embedet som aerkebiskop af Buenos Aires. Pavens historie er taet forbundet med Argentinas politiske fortid. Rygtet lyder, at han som aerkebiskop i et tilfaelde samarbejdede lidt for taet med det politiske regime i 1970'erne og 1980'erne. Ifølge bogens forfatter gav haendelsen anledning til en selvransagelse, som førte til Pave Frans' nuvaerende optagethed af social retfaerdighed og mod til at søge politisk konfrontation. End ikke en kirkelig superstar kan dog hvile på laurbaerrene: Bogen opsummerer pavens og den katolske kirkes udfordringer: korruptionsskandaler omkring Vatikanets Bank. Misbrug af børn, kvindesynet og seksualmoralen. Er paven andet og mere end et globalt mediefaenomen?
©2016 Lindhardt og Ringhof. Translated by Lone Østerlind (P)2016 Lindhardt og Ringhof
Maradona
Summary
Bloomsbury presents Maradona by Jimmy Burns, read by Paul Thornley. Anyone doubting that Diego Maradona was more than just a football player had only to witness the outpourings after his death on 25th November 2020. During his tempestuous life and career, he played for top clubs in South America and Europe, notably Napoli, where he became an adored hero and adopted son, and grew to be a legend in his homeland of Argentina after leading them to victory in the 1986 World Cup. Having gained access to his inner circle, Jimmy Burns traces Maradona’s life from the slums of Buenos Aires, where he was born, through his great years of triumph, to the United States from where, in 1994, he was ignobly expelled after undergoing a positive drug test. He also tells of his failed attempt to bring further glory to Argentina as coach in the 2010 World Cup, and ultimately, his tragic decline and recent death. Widely regarded as the best and most revealing account of the highs, lows, genius and flaws of arguably the greatest footballer of all time, this biography inspired Asif Kapadia’s award-winning 2019 film Diego Maradona.
©2021 Jimmy Burns (P)2021 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc