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It really doesnt look like being Hookers season. Not only does he spend the first match of the league suffering a dropped-catch jinx but now there civil war in the team over the selections. Sometimes captaining the Glory Gardens Cricket Team isnt the fun you might think. Its not the matches that prove the most trouble for poor Hooker
- its the infighting. He has one solution that might work but making Ohbert captain in his place! Thats not strategy
- thats suicide.

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The atmosphere is electric the pitch an impossibly brilliant shade of green & Spurs in all-white of course are playing with that famous swashbuckling style zipping the ball off the greasy surface with devastating precision & purpose. Their quick-passing game rips open the usually immaculately drilled defence of their illustrious European opponents & as the ball hits the back of the net White Hart Lane erupts in a thunderous jubilant roar which echoes with magical memories from 50 years of fantastic floodlit European evenings
- the glory glory nights! European football has a special resonance at Tottenham Hotspur. The spirit of adventure the romance of taking on the very best matching their style & technique & when it all goes to plan blowing them away with skill pace & passion has always fitted in exactly with what Spurs are all about. To dare is to do! In 1963 Spurs became the first British team ever to win a European trophy when they beat Atletico Madrid to lift the European Cup Winners' Cup & in total the club has won three trophies across more than 50 seasons of European campaigns. The Glory Glory Nights tells the story of every one of them
- from the first competitive foray onto foreign fields when Bill Nick took the great Double side into the unknown of the European Cup to Bale Modric & van der Vaart marauding their way to the quarter-finals of the Champions League in 2010. The complete & official story of Tottenham Hotspur in Europe this beautifully put-together book is packed with spectacular photography much of it previously unseen match reports & statistics from every European game the club has ever played plus first-hand memories & recollections from club legends like Danny Blanchflower Jimmy Greaves Steve Perryman Martin Chivers Ossie Ardiles & Gareth Bale. On top of that there are new & highly illuminating conversations with some of the greats of the key decades in Spurs' European history
- Cliff Jones & Terry Dyson on the Sixties Martin Chivers & Phil Beal on the Seventies Micky Hazard & Paul Miller on the Eighties & Gareth Bale & Michael Dawson on the 2010 Champions League campaign. The Glory Glory Nights is a spectacular & fitting tribute to Spurs' glorious European history.


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The dead were her business. She lived with them worked with them studied them. She dreamed of them. & because that didn't seem to be enough in some deep secret chamber of her heart she mourned for them. The first victim is found lying on a sidewalk in the rain. The second murdered in her own apartment building. Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas has no problem finding connections between the two crimes. Both victims are beautiful & highly successful women; their glamorous lives & loves were the talk of the city. & their intimate relations with men of great power & wealth provide Eve with a long list of suspects
- including her own lover Roarke. As a woman Eve is compelled to trust the man who shares her bed. But as a cop it's her job to follow every lead...to explore every secret passion no matter how dark. Or how dangerous.
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On a rainy night in Gothenburg in May 1983 twelve young Scotsmen turned the footballing world on its head. Against all the odds those players took on the might of Spanish giants Real Madrid & beat them convincingly. Aberdeen were winners of the European Cup Winners Cup. The manager Alex Ferguson would go on to become one of the greats his team Pittodrie legends. The tale of that season the remarkable triumph in the Ullevi Stadium & of the men who made it possible has never fully been told
- until now. Glory In Gothenburg" goes behind the scenes deep into the inner sanctum & through a series of in-depth interviews with all the main characters reveals what made that side & those players so special & what drove them on to achieve unparalleled success. Thirty years later the story remains one of the most astonishing in the history of Scottish football."
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The votes have been counted the results are in. Just what was the Greatest Game in Nottingham Forests history? Who is the fans choice as the Best Player of All Time
- & who else made the Top 11? Whos the best manager? & the worst? Just as importantly what are the Top 20 Terrace Anthems? The Twelve Most Irritating Opposition Players? The Seven Most Pompous Referees to have darkened the City Grounds door? Alex Walker has been canvassing opinions from Forest fans across the globe & here presents the definitive Nottingham Forest hall of fame shame & the hard-to-explain. Not selected by the club or by pundits but by the people who really know what matters: the fans.
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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...
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Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

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Walking is one of Britain's favourite leisure activities & this guide features a variety of mapped walks to suit all abilities. The book features all the practical detail you need accompanied by fascinating background reading on the history & wildlife of Gloucester shire as well as other local points of interest. All walks are annotated with places to visit along the way including tea rooms & pubs with extra details on their character & the food on offer. Every walk is given a summary of distance time gradient level of difficulty type of surface & access landscape dog friendliness parking & public toilets. ...
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A comprehensive & up-to-date guide to the buildings in one of the best-loved & most beautiful areas of Engl&. Major buildings include great medieval wool churches & grand country houses such as Badminton & Dyrham besides some remarkable relics of the early Industrial Revoltion & much fine work by the Arts & Crafts Movement. The architecture of such celebrated towns as Cirencester & Chipping Campden is covered in depth as are the many villages & smaller houses. An expert overview is given in the introduction which also surveys the rich prehistoric & Roman remains & the subtleties of the famous Cotswold stone. This revised & expanded volume is the latest addition to the famous Pevsner Architectural Guides the fruit of extensive new research & deep local knowledge. Numerous maps plans & new photographs full indexes & a glossary help make this the indispensable guide for any lover of the Cotswolds. ...
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This guide describes ten walks in Gloucestershire & covers an area south-west of the M50 & M5 from Tewkesbury to Ruardean. Many of the walks include long & short options & the principal theme is history. Another title from the Cotswold publisher Reardon. ...
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Glory Of The Garden

Gardening writing goes to the heart of the iconic brand that is Country Life. Gertrude Jekyll the doyenne of gardening art was a driving force at the birth of Country Life in 1897 and set the standard for some of the best English gardening writing. The influence of this writing on twentieth century English garden design is hard to overestimate. Yet here all is presented in accessible articles and choice photos. Within the pages of The Glory of the Garden you can trace the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement the Edwardian revolution in garden design the Italianate obsessions and the eccentric longing for an Olde English style. Every article resonates with period charm historical detail and still-relevant instruction.
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Gardening writing goes to the heart of the iconic brand that is Country Life. Gertrude Jekyll the doyenne of gardening art was a driving force at the birth of Country Life in 1897 & set the standard for some of the best English gardening writing. The influence of this writing on twentieth century English garden design is hard to overestimate. Yet here all is presented in accessible articles & choice photos. Within the pages of The Glory of the Garden you can trace the influence of the Arts & Crafts movement the Edwardian revolution in garden design the Italianate obsessions & the eccentric longing for an Olde English style. Every article resonates with period charm historical detail & still-relevant instruction.

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