Catalan journalist Guillem Gómez authored Francesc Calvet, El pagés que va triomfar al Barça, a book that tells the story of Calvet, a country man who took part in the mythical team of les Cinc Copes. In addition to being a part of that legendary Barça team, Calvet was also one of the first set of players who can be considered ‘La Masia players’. Gómez took time out to discuss with totalBarça his book and a little bit of blaugrana history. At the moment, the book is published only in Catalan, but a Spanish version is set to come and there is also a possibility for the book to be released in English.

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BackPage Press, the publisher of Barca: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World, recently updated Graham Hunter’s book which “features an extended epilogue reflecting on the end of Pep Guardiola’s reign at the club and looking ahead to the future under Tito Vilanova.”

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Welcome to the next part of our Blaugrana Library series, where we will continue sharing with you good books about FC Barcelona and its players, coaches, and tactics. Today we will get to know the secrets of FC Barcelona, its unique atmosphere created by the players of the first team and the philosophy of La Masia.

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Welcome to the second part of our Blaugrana Library series. We want to share with you good books about FC Barcelona and its players, coaches, and tactics. Today we will take a closer look at books about two legends: Pep Guardiola and Lionel Messi.

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Welcome to our brand new series, Blaugrana Library. We want to share with you good books about FC Barcelona and its players, coaches and tactics. In each post we will share with you books that totalBarça’s contributors have already read and would like to recommend. In the very first part we will take a closer look at books concerning two players: Andrés Iniesta and Xavi Hernández.

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As mentioned in totalBarça’s recent contest announcement, we are holding our second giveaway contest of 2012! The prize is sponsored by BackPage Press, the publishers of the fantastic book, Barça: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World, written by Graham Hunter (Read our interview with Hunter to know more about the book). BackPage Press has graciously supplied totalBarça a copy of the book, identical to the one it sells on its website, to be given away to the selected winner. The prize is all the more special because it will be a copy signed by Graham Hunter.

If you are interested in entering the contest, answer this simple question: BackPage Press recently released its second title - Barça: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World.  Name the first title BackPage Press published.

More details on how to enter the contest after the jump!

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