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Total Football Twin Strikers

The Rough Diamonds are a
close-knit team. Kev
McGovern, their captain,
makes sure they work
hard and play hard. The
Rough Diamonds are
struggling with injuries
and loss of form.
Talented twin brothers,
and new team members,
Liam and Conor Savage,
should be the answer to
all their problems - but
could they turn out to be
the biggest problem of
all?

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Easters Rising Simon Easterby

Simon Easterby. Tough.
Uncompromising. A
ferocious flanker.
Beasterby, as he is
known by his nickname. A
man with a reputation for
body-on-the-line rugby,
as many opponents found
out to their cost...
During his playing career
Simon was Ireland s most
capped flanker. He also
captained the Llanelli
Scarlets for five
consecutive seasons and
represented the British
and Irish Lions.

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Ruby The Autobiography

Ruby Walsh is a
phenomenon. The only
jockey to have won all
four of the home Grand
Nationals, Ruby's racing
life is the stuff of
dreams. A charming,
much-loved sports
personality throughout
Ireland and Great
Britain, Ruby writes in
detail for the first time
about a career of
remarkable success. The
narrative moves at an
impressive pace from his
sport-enthused youth in
County Kildare, where he
showed enormous talent
from an early age, to
his incredible Grand
National win at Aintree
on Papillion in 2000 (at
the age of twenty). It
was Ruby's first attempt,
on a horse trained by
his father, and achieved
just after suffering the
first really serious
injury of his career. He
has ridden over 1, 400
winners to date,
including more than a
thousand Irish victories
and the Irish jump
jockey's title on seven
occasions. Among numerous
racing triumphs, Ruby
rode a record-breaking
seven winners over four
days at the 2009
Cheltenham Festival. Ruby
Walsh talks candidly and
openly about the three
key working relationships
in his life - with Paul
Nicholls, Willie Mullins
and his father, the
legendary Ted Walsh - as
well as laying bare the
dynamic relationship that
exists between him and
jockey Tony McCoy - both
great friends and
professional rivals. With
his intimate knowledge of
the two greatest horses
of our time, Ruby also
provides valuable insight
into what it is to ride
and (sometimes choose
between) Kauto Star and
Denman. Ruby's fantastic
story will attract a
large spectrum of
readers, from those who
have only a passing
interest in the sport to
those who follow all his
races. It is a searingly
honest and compelling
autobiography, charting
the rise and rise of an
immensely talented and
popular force in the
world of sport.

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Neil Lennon - A Champions
Story

Twelve months later, the
Celtic manager delivered
on that promise and
brought the Scottish
Premier League title back
to Paradise. Celtic are
the Scottish champions
after a dramatic season
of highs and lows on the
field, and hatred and
heartache off the field.
Throughout it all, Neil
Lennon has led Celtic
with dignity, courage,
passion and pride,
remaining focused on the
prize - which he and the
Celtic fans coveted. Neil
Lennon reflects on a
campaign that, at one
point threatened to
collapse. He speaks
openly and candidly about
that day at Rugby Park
when his side were 3-0
down at half-time against
Kilmarnock, and how he
gave the most important
team-talk of his
managerial career. He
looks back on the
contrasting fortunes of
his team against Rangers,
the importance of the
Europa League campaign,
the role supporters
played throughout the
season and, of course,
the feelings of joy when
Celtic were crowned
champions...ironically,
at Rugby Park. From 15
points behind to being
crowned Scottish
champions - this is Neil
Lennon's story of his
championship-winning
season.

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Engage - The Fall And Rise Of
Matt Hampson

Engage! was the last word
Matt Hampson heard before
dislocating his neck
while in rugby training
with other young England
hopefuls. On a cold,
grey, overcast day in
2005, the cream of young
English rugby gathered at
a Northampton training
ground. Matt Hampson,
'Hambo' to his mates,
was one of them. He had
dreamt of playing rugby
for England ever since he
had picked up a rugby
ball at school. His
skill, conviction and
dedication had brought
him to the cusp of
realising that dream, in
an England U21 team that
included Olly Morgan,
Toby Flood, Ben Foden
and James Haskell. But as
the two sets of forwards
engaged for a scrum on
the training field, the
scrum collapsed and Matt,
who played tight-head
prop, took the full
force of two opposing
sides. In that moment his
life changed forever.
Paul Kimmage went to
visit Matt as he
recuperated, and wrote a
piece for the Sunday
Times which won him his
third successive SJA
sports interviewer of the
year award. They struck
up a friendship and here,
Paul tells Matt's whole
story, in all its
intimate detail. From the
build-up to the dreadful
day, to Matt's
recuperation, to his
struggle to adjust to
normal life again, to
his family and friends,
to other tragic incidents
on the rugby field, to
the response of the RFU,
this is a story of
terrible sadness yet
unadorned triumph and
joy, of anger yet of
reconciliation and peace.
..of a boy who became a
man.

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The Life Of Senna

Ayrton Senna was, in
many peoples' opinions,
the greatest Formula One
driver to have ever
raced. Over 2 million
people watched his
shocking crash on
television, during the
San Marino Grand Prix,
on Sunday 1st May, 1994.
The knowing knew he was
dead when his car finally
came to rest on that
fateful day.
/> Although a host of
biographies have been
published, none have
fully researched his life
and character and exposed
his extraordinary driving
brain. In this first
full, and stunningly
illustrated, account of
his life, the authors
and their collaborators
examine every detail of
the driving maestro's
life.

From
his earliest days, to
his first race and on to
his world championships,
to his pole positions and
finally to his death and
its aftermath. 'He was
the one driver so perfect
that nobody thought
anything could happen to
him' Bernie Ecclestone
'Ayrton was the most
committed of all. He had
an air of invincibility
around him.

He put his entire body
and mind into winning'
Sir Frank Williams 'He
established his own
limits. When he reached
those limits he wanted to
beat them and establish
new ones. I never knew
how far he could go. I
had an understanding but
I didn't know'The only
thing that existed was
himself - and he had to
be first' Gerhard
Berger./>

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Muhammad Ali His Life And
Times

One of the most
recognisable, respected
and inspirational men on
earth, Muhammad Ali is
the world's most famous
boxing hero. Ali brought
unprecedented speed and
grace to the sport, and
his charm and wit changed
forever what the world
expects of a champion
athlete. In the words of
over two hundred of Ali's
family members,
associates, opponents,
friends and enemies,
this comprehensive and
honest portrait relates
his legendary sporting
accomplishments, as well
as the high drama of life
outside the boxing ring.
From Olympic gold in
Rome, to stunning
victory over George
Foreman in Zaire, every
historic victory and
defeat of Ali's career is
covered. His
controversial embrace of
the Nation of Islam -
with the renunciation of
his 'slave name',
Cassius Clay - and the
historic refusal to be
inducted into the US Army
makes for compelling
reading. Ali became
America's first national
conscientious objector,
and with a willingness to
stage his fights in Third
World locales, he
continued his advocacy
for people in need which
was honoured in 2000 when
he became a United
Nations Messenger of
Peace. Charismatic,
dedicated and a skilful
self-publicist, Ali is
the living embodiment of
the American Dream. This
is the biography to match
his achievements.

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Total Football: Power Play

The Rough Diamonds are a
close-knit team. Kev
McGovern, their captain,
makes sure they work
hard and play hard. Kev
doesn't make any
allowances. That goes for
the new boy Chris Power
who's just signed up with
the Diamonds. Can he earn
a place in their
affections when he's
living in a childrens
home and trying to make
sense of what has
happened in his life?

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It's Only A Game: Bending The
Rules With Tony Husband

Award-winning cartoonist
Tony Husband is nuts
about sport, and
although he's never been
an international squash
player or made the Ryder
Cup team, he's lived the
dream. In his head, he's
been playing for
Manchester United for the
past five decades and
performing at nearly
superhuman level in a
host of other sports. In
this hilarious book Tony
explains how he
understands the foibles
of competitive men and
women so well and those
who look on from the
safety and comfort of
their armchairs!

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Revie Revered And Reviled

Don Revie remains, more
than two decades on from
his untimely death at the
age of just 61, one of
football's most
controversial and complex
characters. After a
playing career that
brought plaudits and the
prestigious Footballer of
the Year award, Revie
moved into management
with Leeds United in
1961. By the time he left
Elland Road to take
charge of the England
national team 13 years
later, he had built one
of the best teams English
football had ever seen.
Hailed as one of the most
innovative managers of
his generation, Revie
was named England Manager
of the Year in 1969, 70
and 72. Yet despite
winning two league
titles, an FA Cup, two
European trophies and a
League Cup, Leeds were
hated outside their own
city. Later, he would be
banned for 10 years by
the FA for walking out on
England to accept a
lucrative job in the
Middle East before
tragically dying from
motor neurone disease.
Through the eyes of those
who knew him best -
family, friends,
team-mates, players,
colleagues and even a
member of the Royal
Family - "Revie...Revered
and Reviled" tells how a
child born in
Middlesbrough in the
depression-hit 1920s rose
to the very top as both a
player and manager. This
official biography
provides an insight into
one of the game's most
intriguing and
misunderstood figures,
giving the inside story
on how it went so right
in Leeds but so wrong
with England.

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Seven Deadly Sins My Pursuit
Of Lance Armstrong

The story of Lance
Armstrong, the cyclist
who had recovered from
testicular cancer and
gone on to win the Tour
de France a record seven
times, the man who had
written a bestselling and
inspirational account of
his life, the charitable
benefactor seemed almost
too good to be true. And
it was. As early as
Armstrong's first victory
on the Tour in 1999,
Sunday Times journalist
David Walsh had reason to
doubt that the incredible
performances we were
seeing from Armstrong
were literally too good
to be true. Based on
insider information and
dogged research, he
began to unmask the
truth. Faced with the
allegations against him,
Armstrong always denied
everything and even
resorted to legal action
to defend his reputation.
But he could not keep
everyone silent. In the
autumn of 2012, the
USADA published a damning
report on Armstrong that
resulted in the American
being stripped of his
seven Tour victories and
left his reputation in
shreds. Walsh's long
fight to reveal the truth
had been vindicated. This
book is the compelling
story of Armstrong's
tragic fall from grace.

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The History Of Flight Book And
DVD Boxset

Cameras follow the race
against the clock to
construct the world's
largest airliner in time
for its launch party.
With the day set for its
unveiling, the engineers
and designers responsible
for delivering the giant
aircraft pull out all the
stops to try to ensure a
stress-free launch. But
as the day looms, doubts
still remain about
whether the A380 will be
ready.

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Graham Swann -The Breaks Are
Off (Autobiography)

Drafted into the squad
for the full tour of
South Africa in
1999?2000, Swann's
meteoric rise received a
jolt. While some liked
the cut of his jib,
others did not and
England coach Duncan
Fletcher already had a
foot in the latter camp
when Swann missed the bus
for the first of two
times on that tour.
Suddenly he was judged on
temperament and not
talent. Although Swann
candidly concedes he was
nowhere near good enough
for the top level at that
stage in his career, his
jettisoning back to
county cricket for the
next seven years,
following a solitary
one-day international,
hinted at a career
wasted. A clash with then
Northamptonshire coach
Kepler Wessels triggered
his move to
Nottinghamshire in 2005.
A County Championship
winner in his debut
season, he was back in
the England fold at the
end of his third. Forever
a flamboyant showman, he
made up for lost time
with two wickets in his
first over against
India?his habit of
striking in his opening
over a spell has become a
party piece. You cannot
keep the spotlight off
him for long. Since
moving into the top ten
of the world rankings for
bowlers on the back of
eight wickets in the
Ashes-defining Oval Test
of 2009, he has not
dropped outside it, and
has been widely tipped to
be the decisive factor in
the defense of the urn in
Australia.

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Total Football: Last Man
Standing

The Rough Diamonds are a
close-knit team. Kev
McGovern, their captain,
makes sure they work
hard and play hard. Right
now, John O'Hara feels
he's on the verge of
losing everything. His
family is about to break
up. John feels lonely and
insecure, none of this
is helping his street
cred with the lads, and
worse still, his form on
the pitch is really
suffering.

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United! United! Old Trafford
In The 70's, The Players'
Stories

The third book in Andy
Mitten's highly
acclaimed, bestselling
series based on revealing
interviews with former
players at Manchester
United. United! United!
is packed with
brilliantly colourful
anecdotes that transport
the reader back to a time
when the players were not
highly paid, went to the
pub after training and
played tough on and off
the pitch. Mitten's
interviewees talk frankly
about cup final joys and
disasters, sackings,
relegation, hooliganism,
bust ups, mad pranks
and the time George Best
went missing.

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Brian Odriscoll The Biography

Brian O'Driscoll is the
explosive captain of the
'golden generation' of
Irish rugby and a
renowned genius on the
field. One of the top
outside centres in the
game, O'Driscoll first
became captain of his
country in 2003 and his
phenomenal record
includes consecutive
triple crowns in 2006 and
2007 and, perhaps most
memorably, in 2009 when
he led Ireland to their
first Grand Slam for the
first time in 60 years.
Voted 'Player of the
Decade' in 2010 by Rugby
World magazine,
O'Driscoll has risen to
become the most
celebrated player in the
sport today. Fully
updated to include the
2009 British and Irish
Lions tour, his wedding
to actress Amy Huberman
in 2010, the 2011 Six
Nations and Lenister's
thrilling victory in the
Heineken Cup, Brian
O'Driscoll - The
Biography is the ultimate
book about the Prince of
Irish sport.

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Total Football: Final
Countdown

The Rough Diamonds are a
close-knit team. Kev
McGovern, their captain
makes sure they work hard
and play hard. Kev has
lived total football and
worked the Rough Diamonds
to the top but will the
ghosts from his past come
back to haunt him,
ruining all their chances
and snatching victory
from them?

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We Are Celtic Supporters

In We Are Celtic
Supporters Richard Purden
examines what created the
culture, ideas and
beliefs around Celtic
football club. In new and
exclusive interviews with
supporters, he explores
the Celtic way of life
and the rich traditions
that give context to much
of the support while
deconstructing some myths
along the way. As a
travelling supporter he
visits a variety of fans
in locations such as New
York, Spain, Germany,
Italy and various parts
of the UK. He talks to
well-known Celtic
supporters such as James
MacMillan about the often
misrepresented Catholic
roots, to Pat Nevin
about why he fell out of
love with the club and to
a number of well-known
rock 'n' rollers such as
Noel Gallagher, Bobby
Gillespie and Johnny
Marr. We Are Celtic
Supporters gives the
inside story of how major
events in Celtic's
history have shaped the
identity of the fans,
and what it really means
to follow this unique
football club.

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Ellie Simmons - Living The
Dream

Still only a teenager,
Paralympic swimmer Ellie
Simmonds has already swum
in the World
Championships, beaten a
world record holder and
received an MBE. Find out
Ellies story of
developing her passion
for swimming, living
with Achondroplasia
Dwarfism and her future
ambitions in her
autobiography, full of
personal photos from her
career so far. ?
Pearl/Band 18 books offer
fluent readers a complex,
substantial text with
challenging themes to
facilitate sustained
comprehension, bridging
the gap between a reading
programme and longer
chapter books. ? Text
type: An autobiography. ?
Curriculum links: P.E:
Outdoor and adventurous
activities.

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You Don't Know Me, But .. A
Footballer's Life

In the summer of 2012,
Clarke Carlisle, after
15 years as a
professional footballer,
was without a contract
and wondering if he still
had a future in the game.
With a growing media
profile, thanks to his
appearances on Question
Time and an acclaimed
documentary on racism in
football, there were
plenty of other
opportunities, but he
was determined to give it
another go. Initially
signing for York City
before moving to
Northampton Town,
Carlisle was soon back in
the thick of the action,
with a date at Wembley
awaiting him at the end
of the season. As the
events of the year
unfolded, Carlisle
looked back at his
career, from his early
days playing for England
Under-21s, through
career-threatening
injuries and a battle
with alcohol problems,
to a late arrival in the
Premier League with
Burnley. As chairman of
the PFA, Carlisle is a
much-respected figure in
the game; his raw honesty
and penetrating insights
will make readers view
the game, and those who
play it, in a whole new
light.

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I Said No Thanks Nacho Novo Hb

Nacho Novo is the most
revered foreign player
Rangers have had since
iconic figures like Brian
Laudrup and Jorg Albertz.
He became an instant
favourite with the Ibrox
faithful in the summer of
2004 when he rejected
overtures from
arch-rivals Celtic and
signed for Rangers. Now,
as he closes in on six
years at Rangers, the
striker tells his own
story in an explosive and
controversial book that
pulls no punches. Novo
charts his journey from
his upbringing in Spain
to the streets of
Kirkcaldy and Dundee as
he made his name in
Scottish football.
There's the family
tragedy that changed his
life. He reveals the real
reasons he said 'No
Thanks' to Celtic - a
decision that defined his
life. And he tells the
full inside story of the
managers he has worked
with, the glory goals
that have clinched SPL
titles and UEFA Cup
glory, the fall-outs and
the controversy as well
as revealing for the
first time the shocking
stories behind life in
Glasgow as one of few
players to have split the
football-mad city in two.
"I Said No Thanks" is a
no-holds-barred insight
into life as an Old Firm
star.

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My Liverpool Home

Kenny Dalglish's
relationship with
Liverpool Football Club
is one of the great love
stories of sport. From
the moment he first set
foot in the Anfield
dressing room, Dalglish
felt a passion for
Liverpool stir within
him. After joining from
Celtic in 1977, the
supremely gifted striker
was embraced by Liverpool
fans, for the goals and
the glory, and most
especially for the three
European Cups. The Kop's
adoration of King Kenny
has never ebbed.
Liverpool fans have never
forgotten how Dalglish
held the club together
through two tragedies,
the first at the Heysel
stadium in Brussels in
1985 and then at
Hillsborough in 1989.
Both disasters are
explored in emotional
detail in My Liverpool
Home. For the sake of his
health and his family,
Dalglish eventually
resigned and Liverpool
have not won the title
since. However, in his
heart he never really
left and he has now
returned, playing a
pivotal role, following
the departure of Roy
Hodgson, in this
turbulent period in the
club's history. My
Liverpool Home is the
story of Dalglish's epic
love affair with
Liverpool, tracing the
highs and lows, the
characters, the
laughter, the tears,
and the many triumphs.

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Total Football - Injury Time

The Rough Diamonds are a
close knit team. Kev
Mcgovern their captain
makes sure they work hard
and play hard. Kev is
stunned when he discovers
that Dave has to cope
with epilepsy, when he
suffers and attac, the
victory that the Rough
Diamonds want so
desperatly hangs in the
balance.

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