Barcelona & Real Madrid: two of the most powerful & popular clubs in world football & one of the worlds most bitter sporting rivalries. Going far beyond the boundaries of just sport alone this is a rivalry at the heart of Spanish life taking in politics & culture & splitting a country in two. El Clasico gets to the heart of that rivalry investigating the intrigue the larger-than-life characters the key flashpoints & their consequences. From civil war bloodshed to 40 years of fascism & links with General Franco the clubs shared history is the stuff of a Robert Harris novel &
Includes:: murdered presidents from both clubs player kidnappings acts of hooliganism
- & thats before you start thinking of the volatile football matches themselves. The book contains numerous interviews with key figures such as Luis Figo & Hristo Stoichkov (two of the main hate figures from both clubs) Joan Laporta (Barcelonas most successful president & having entered politics Catalonian separatisms poster boy) & various ex-players ex-managers agents referees hooligans editors historians sociologists filmmakers novelists photographers TV presenters & celebrity fans. The two clubs are packed with international superstar players
- including the worlds two best players in Leo Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo
- & 10 of the starting 11 players from Spains 2010 World Cup final victory play with either Barcelona or Real Madrid. This is a story with resonance around the sporting world with many instantly recognisable figures to an international audience such as Jose Mourinho. But it is also a tale of a country divided by a bitter rivalry.



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CLASS IS DEAD! Or so everyone claims. Who better to refute this than Jilly Cooper! Describing herself as 'upper middle class' Jilly claims that snobbery is very much alive & thriving! Meet her hilarious characters! People like Harry Stow-Crat Mr & Mrs Nouveau-Richards Samantha & Gideon Upward & Jen Teale & her husband Brian. Roar with laughter at her horribly unfair observations on their everyday pretensions
- their sexual courtships choice of furnishings clothes education food careers & ambitions... For they will all remind you of people that you know!
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While it is perhaps impossible to produce a definitive history of the Class 47 in one volume this book gets close to achieving such an ambition. The Brush Type 4 (later Class 47/48) was the single largest type of main-line diesel-electric locomotive to be constructed by British Railways with 512 being built at Crewe Works & at Brushs Falcon Works at Loughborough between introduction in 1962 & the end of production five years later. Allocated to all BR regions with the exception of the Southern the class was to see widespread use on a great variety of traffic from top-link passenger expresses to more mundane freight workings. Over the 50 years since the types introduction the class has been subject to much modification & a great variety of livery has been carried particularly in the years since Sectorisation & Privatisation. Up to 1986 only five examples of the class had been withdrawn all the result of accident damage but from the end of that decade & especially since Privatisation & the arrival of the now-ubiquitous Class 66 there has been a slow but inexorable decline in the classs numbers although a quantity of both Class 47 & modified Class 57 types remain in main-line service. A significant number are also now entering preservation. This book marks the 50th anniversary of the class & is the result of many years of detailed research in the archives rewriting much of the accepted wisdom of the types history. ...

When CHERUB kids go undercover no one suspects that they are trained professionals working to infiltrate criminal organisations that have eluded MI5 & the police for years. James Adams is on his biggest mission yet working to nail Europe's most powerful cocaine dealer. He'll need all his specialist training if he's going to bring down the man at the top. The reason for CHERUB's existence is simple: adults never suspect that children are spying on them. ...

Jenneen Kate Ellamarie & Ashley are enviable women. They are desirable & powerful with glamorous jobs in the media & the theatre & most importantly the closest of friendships. But each of the friends has a dark secret & none of them can ever be entirely safe from the passion deceit & danger which threatens to seduce & then destroy them. ...

Britain is one of the most unequal countries in the western world: the richest one per cent own a vast proportion of the wealth while both the pay gap & spending habits remain incredibly divisive. How do such divisions reflect contemporary ideas of class? In what way does economic life affect individuals & social relationships? What are the implications for society as a whole? This thoroughly revised second edition of Class in Contemporary Britain uses class theory to interrogate & explain patterns & trends in economic inequalities & to explore their consequences from a sociological view. Addressing & debating timely questions this new edition: * Assesses different ways of mapping class structures through class schemes * Highlights the continued importance of class in sociological study & analyses contemporary social class divisions * Explores key topics including social mobility voting habits & education * Reflects on recent changes & developments in the field from environmental & technological concerns to shifts in class demographics This comprehensive & accessible book disentangles the complex ties between economic social & political perspectives on class in contemporary Britain. It is essential reading for all social sciences students who are studying class. ...

In May 1992 Fergies Fledglings won the FA Youth Cup for the first time in a generation since the era of George Best. David Beckham Nicky Butt Ryan Giggs Gary Neville & Paul Scholes were all part of Uniteds youth set-up in 1992
- by 2011 they had won 42 league title medals between them & all of them played a key role in Uniteds famous Treble-winning side of 1999. Their achievements will surely never be matched. On the 20th Anniversary of their win their story reveals how sometimes dreams really do come true.
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In the post-war era Manchester United manager Matt Busby stated: ' If you want football's finest fruit then you grow your own.' It was a principle that the club continues to follow to this day. But no side has had quite the impact of the ' Class of 92' the famous Youth Cup-winning side that featured David Beckham Nicky Butt Ryan Giggs the Neville brothers & Paul Scholes among others such as Keith Gillespie & Robbie Savage who moved on elsewhere to achieve their dreams. In this fascinating account of that legendary group of kids Ian Marshall reveals the background to all the players who featured in the cup run & explains how it was that they were moulded into a great team by manager Eric Harrison. While the lives of Beckham & Giggs have been played out in the papers for more than 20 years others disappeared from public view. Their stories are told too: from the United player who kept his support for Liverpool quiet from his team-mates to the boy who was tipped to be a star but now turns out for his church team we learn what it is that makes the real difference between the very best & all the rest. ...

On the day Class Three went to sea they saw donkeys dancing on the quay. They saw some sea lions skimming stones but they didn't see the skull & crossbones! They're not a group to be daunted however & with a little bit of help from an octopus they meet on the way the pirates are overpowered & Class Three are left to enjoy their trip to the sea
- & follow the pirates treasure map!
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Theres no mystery to good cooking & this book proves it to you. If youre looking for just one book that will tell you everything you need to know for recreation or inspiration
- from a simple supper to a special dinner party
- then you need look no further. For kitchen novices here is the know-how to get you started & move you forward. This useful boo contains a guide to food terms useful equipment stocking a store cupboard planning a menu food hygiene & basic cooking skills & techniques.

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