Having invented the game, for England & its national football team, everything that has followed has been something of an anti-climax. There was, of course, the golden summer of 1966, when Alf Ramsey's radicalism in unveiling his wingless wonders in a World Cup quarter-final paid dividends. & there was the great period of English dominance on the world stage, which fell roughly between 1886 & 1900, when England won 35 of their 40 internationals.. . But before long foreign teams, with their insistence on progressive 'tactics', began to pose a few questions. & much of what followed for England constituted a series of false dawns (a thrashing of Italy in 1948; one World Cup triumph; the demolition of Holland in Euro '96), muddling through & by & large panicking under pressure. In The Anatomy of England award-winning journalist Jonathan Wilson seeks to place the bright spots in the context of the twentieth-century, where, time & again, progressive coaches have been spurned by England
- technique being all very well, but what really matters is pluck & 'organised muscularity', or to"e Jimmy Hogan's chairman at Aston Villa in 1936: 'I've no time for these theories about football. Just get the ball in the bloody net.' Wilson takes ten key England fixtures
- from defeat in Madrid in 1929; to Steve McLaren's evening to forget at Wembley in 2007
- & hacks back through the myth, conjecture & personal recollections, to get at the games themselves, & explore how what actually happened on the pitch shaped the future of the English game. Bursting with insight & critical detail, yet imbued with a wry affection, this is a history of England like no other before.


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The ghost of murdered Sylvia Whichcote is sighted prowling the grounds by commoner Frank Oldershaw.

Worried her son is

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The story of Manchester United told through ten key matches that have helped to shape its history.

Award-winning football

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Directed by Academy Award winner Robert Wise, this compelling account of the earth's first biological crisis is perhaps the most chillingly realistic science fiction thriller ever made. After an errant satellite crashes to earth near a remote New Mexico v ...

Sci-fi mini-series from the makers of ' American Gangster' & based on the novel by Michael Crichton. In a sleepy desert town, a satellite carrying a deadly disease has just fallen from the sky. Within an hour, all the people in the town, apart from a child & a drunken old man, are dead. An elite scientific unit, led by Dr Jeremy Stone (Benjamin Bratt), is sent to the town to study the virus, determine its origin & figure out a way to stop it
- before it's too late.
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For the first time, best-selling author Angela Mc Gerr writes of her own initiation into the world of angels
- how she first became
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In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man
- David Martin
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The Angel's Game opens in Barcelona in the 1920s & is a prequel to The Shadow of the Wind. David Martin is a young man working in a newspaper office. But late one night the editor of the paper has a crisis
- they have just had to drop six pages from the weekend edition & he has a matter of hours to fill them. With most of the staff already home, he turns to David & asks if he can write a short story. If it is good, he will publish more. The resulting story is a huge success & is David's first step on the path to a career as an author. As David's books gain a certain recognition, he receives a mysterious letter from a French editor called Andreas Corelli who wants to help him achieve his ambitions. But the character is not all that he seems & soon David has entered a pact that will lead him question everything he values. He is also befriended by the bookseller Sempere (the grandfather of Daniel from Shadow) who introduces him to the strange world of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. The Angel's Game is a tale of lost souls & literary intrigue; a book steeped in the world of writing, with references to Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde & Great Expectations. It is about the demons a writer faces; but also a page-turning mystery & a love story set against the creaking mansions & mysterious alleyways at the dark heart of Barcelona. This audiobook has 6 CDs & has a runtime of 420 mins
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Angels have been with us for many centuries. The presence of angels is always described as involving great goodness & love, & belief in angels was common for many centuries. By opening our minds we can gain inspiration form angels in all aspects of our lives. Their wisdom can help us overcome difficulties, become more loving & learn how to find inner peace. ...

Zouga & Dr Robyn Ballantyne board Mungo St John's magnificent clipped to speed them to Africa in search of the father they barely remember. Who disappeared in the forbidden kingdom of Monomatapas. Together they journey through miles of dangerous territory, Zouga eager to profit by any opportunity that may arise & Robyn determined to find their father & bring hope & healing in Africa's fever-ridden shores. Approx run time is 3 hours. ...