Even people who don't know football know Pele The best of a generation of Brazilian players universally acknowledged as the most accomplished & attractive group of footballers ever to play the game he won the World Cup three times & is Brazil's all-time record goalscorer But how did this man -- a sportsman a mere footballer like many others -- become a global icon? Was it just by being the best at what he did or do people respond to some other quality? The world's greatest footballer now gives us the full story of his incredible life & career Told with his characteristic grace & modesty but covering all aspects of his playing days & his subsequent careers as politician international sporting ambassador & cultural icon PELE THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY is an essential volume for all sports fans & anyone who admires true rarity of spirit ...

Tracklist A1 Terminal Baritone Saxophone
- Bruce Lamont 328 A2 Deny The Absolute 535 A3 The Tundra Drums Additional
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PELICAN BLOOD is a quirky London-set dramedy that focuses on a young man who is at odds with himself after breaking up with his girlfriend Immersing himself in his favourite pastime birdwatching Nikko soon comes to terms with his loss until that is the love of his life returns His friends warn him of the danger of getting involved again with a woman who he once made a suicide pact but Nikko follows his heart & chaos soon reigns ...

A mini gift edition of Elsa Beskow's classic story Pelle has a lamb whose coat grows longer & longer while Pelle's Sunday suit grows shorter! Pelle shears the lamb & the wool is carded spun dyed & woven Finally the tailor makes a new suit for Pelle This is a wonderful book to help children understand where their clothes come from & the traditional craft of working with wool ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Junior is nine years old growing up on a housing project in Venezuela with his recently widowed mother Marta & his baby brother Searching for an identity without a father-figure Junior feels marginalised by his mother s preoccupation with his younger brother When school term approaches & Junior s yearbook photo is to be taken he decides to straighten his stubbornly curly hair Sharing a love of music & singing Junior s grandmother introduces him to her favourite sixties crooner Henry Stephen (My Lemon My Lemon Tree ) & suggests he might like to imitate the look for the school photo As Junior s fixation with his appearance grows it soon puts him at odds with his mother Overwhelmed with searching for a job to provide for her family she finds it increasingly difficult to tolerate Junior s personality & tries to induce him into macho ways convinced his obsessions are in fact signs of his undefined sexuality ...

Tracklist A1 Gorillas A2 Scared After All (Touch My Body) A3 To Be A Bird B1 Sweet Child B2 I See The Light B3 Unforgettable C1 Figure Me Out C2 Keep Making Me Happy D1 Is It Gonna Rain D2 BRZDA Pt 2 ...

Although deep in South Wales Pembrokeshire & Carmarthenshire have a strong English influence but their most striking feature from the point of view of the walker is that they contain some of the most spectacular coastal scenery & finest stretches of coast path in Britain ...

Pen & Ink is packed with page after page of bite-sized creative sketching tips & accessible advice & offers aspiring artists the freedom to dip in & out for practical information or flick through for fresh inspiration & ideas Exploring around 200 pieces of artwork by young contemporary artists Pen & Ink highlights & examines the different techniques qualities & effects relating to each piece Organized into chapters according to the technique exemplified (egwater soluble mixed media) artwork is featured large & luscious accompanied by extended captions insightful tips & practical advice A detailed index at the front of the book also groups the paintings according to three main categories Principles (eg composition) Media Type of sketch (eg abstract) & Subject (eg nature) Listing each page where similar examples may be found this category index enables the reader to easily identify & cross reference subjects that have been painted in similar styles Throughout the book useful information & practical tips are provided on a wide range of topics such as tone perspective color & much more besides Readers are encouraged to discover the various ways in which similar subjects & styles are executed by different artists while also being inspired to use the tips in the book as a way of building on their existing skills Offering a bold refreshing change from other run-of-the-mill art books Pen & Ink adopts the unique approach of accessing practical information via the images focusing on the way subjects can be treated using a whole range of different drawing techniques rather than looking at how to master one single style This gives the reader a much wider skill set-allowing them to capture or create the essence of any image in a variety of different ways ...

Introduce young learners to writing with this fun & engaging wipe-clean activity book
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' Kanae Minato is a brilliant storyteller' Emily St John Mandel author of Station Eleven When a group of young girls are approached by a stranger they cannot know that the encounter will haunt them for the rest of their lives Hours later Emily is dead The surviving girls alone can identify the killer But not one of them remembers his face Driven mad by grief the victim's mother demands the girls find the murderer or else atone for their crimes If they do neither she will have her revenge She will make them pay From the critically acclaimed author of Confessions Penance is a dark & disturbing tale of revenge that will leave you reeling ...