From the author of the bestselling Torres & Messi a revealing new biography of Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo. When a young Portuguese player with sublime abilities arrived at Manchester United in 2003 Alex Ferguson put the no. 7 shirt
- once worn by Best Cantona & Beckham
- on his back without hesitation. The expectation was clear & Cristiano Ronaldo didn't disappoint. Ronaldo won the FIFA World Footballer of the Year in 2008 the first Premier League player ever to do so. Since his record-breaking GBP80m move to Real Madrid his goal-scoring flair has continued & made his on-going rivalry with Barcelona's Lionel Messi even more intense. Luca Caioli tells the inside story of this global superstar both on & off the pitch unveiling the life of one of modern football's great players as never before.

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Japan 1703. On a snowy night forty-seven fiercely determined warriors murder the man at the centre of the scandal that turned them from samurai into masterless r No. nin two years before. Clearly this was an act of revenge
- but why did they wait so long? & is there any reason they should not immediately be ordered to commit ritual suicide? Sano Ichir No. demoted from Chamberlain to his old post as Most Honourable Investigator of Events Situations & People has mere days to solve the greatest mystery of samurai legend
- while his own fortunes hang in the balance.

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Ronnie O' Sullivan's supreme talent & style have made him the People's Champion. At 15 he became the youngest player to compile a recognised maximum break; at 17 he became the youngest winner of a world-ranking tournament; in 1997 he recorded the fastest 147 break in history; & in 2001 he confirmed his legendary status by winning the Embassy World Title. His autobiography details more than the sporting triumphs of a man the BBC speculates 'could become the world's greatest ever'. It also tells of the infant who was introduced to legendary snooker clubs at an impossibly early age of the boy who was taking on & defeating all comers at 12 & frightening off the bookies in the process of the teenager whose life was decimated when his father & mentor was sent to prison for life; of the man dubbed the 'genius' of the modern game who regularly threatens to quit the sport to pursue other interests. ...

Ronnie Wood is one of rock's true originals. This is his story in his own words about his life loves family friends music art & survival against the odds. It's a roller-coaster ride of unbelievable highs & unimaginable lows From a small boy growing up on a working class council estate not far from Heathrow Airport who wanted to play music & paint
- the first generation of his water gypsy" family to be born on dry land
- to becoming one of the most famous musicians in the world Ronnie Wood toured the world with his Rolling Stone bandmates
- Mick Keith Charlie & for a while Bill. & the five of them have arguably been seen in person by more people on this planet than anyone else in the history of mankind. But as mayhem & hysteria invariably followed on Ronnie's adventure through the excesses of rock n roll the drugs got harder & his relationships
- especially with Mick Keith various women & his family
- became increasingly more complex. This is Ronnie the husband father grandfather & rock star the way you have never seen any rock star before. RONNIE is an up-front & personal look at life as a Rolling Stone from the inside & at the Stones as the rest of the world has never seen them. After RONNIE drugs sex & rock n roll will never be the same again."




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Ronnie Howard was a drug dealer a hit man a hustler a bouncer & a thief. He was very nearly a pimp. Ronnie was also a copper whose undercover work led to some of the biggest drug hauls the UK has ever seen. His infiltration of a paedophile network helped avert kidnap & murder while his work on the beat earned him a reputation as one of the UKs toughest policemen. No one was safe when Ronnie was around. Criminals feared him & so did his fellow officers. Ronnies Looking for Trouble tells the true story of one mans battle against crime & an increasingly corrupt law-enforcement service. It reveals a police officer who was afraid of nothing & no one. For where there was trouble there was glory. & Ronnie found plenty of both. ...

Keeping a house weatherproof & in good condition is an ongoing task. Under constant attack from a combination of heat cold wind & rain it is vital that the right protection is in place to keep the elements at bay. This book offers guidance using step-by-step photographs & line drawings on a wide range of roofing & weatherproofing jobs as well as home insulation
- all important in keeping problems & bills to a minimum. Topics covered include: roofing jobs
- replacing tiles slates & repairing flashings; repairing chimney stacks woodwork gutters & downpipes; weatherproofing jobs
- replacing putty sealing window frames & repairing brickwork; insulating jobs
- roof loft & wall insulation draughtproofing & double glazing & soundproofing.



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Creating a terrace or rooftop paradise This city-dwellers guide to gardening shows how less is actually more especially when it comes to creating one's own terrace & rooftop paradise. With ten sample gardens to choose from including the plans for each this practical guide describes every aspect of urban gardening-from design for roofs screening & framing gardening without soil to containers furniture & decorations & special effects. Full of overall & close-up photos of each garden this magazine-style guide will show any apartment dweller how to create their very own Eden-with a garden of ferns & bamboos & vegetables & herbs only footsteps away. ...

My mother is still alive & she is going to come for me one day. Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True there were no other recorded female survivors from the shipwreck which left baby Sophie floating in the English Channel in a cello case but Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help. Her guardian tells her it is almost impossible that her mother is still alive but that means still possible. You should never ignore a possible. So when the Welfare Agency writes to her guardian threatening to send Sophie to an orphanage she takes matters into her own hands & flees to Paris to look for her mother starting with the only clue she has
- the address of the cello maker. Evading the French authorities she meets Matteo & his network of rooftoppers
- urchins who live in the sky. Together they scour the city for Sophie's mother before she is caught & sent back to London & most importantly before she loses hope.

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Nora has come home to the Sussex coast where every dawn she runs along the creek path to the sea. In the half-light fragments of cello music crash around in her mind but she casts them out
- its more than a year since she performed in public. There are memories she must banish in order to survive: a charismatic teacher with gold-flecked eyes a mistake she cannot unmake. At home her mother Ada is waiting: a fragile bitter woman who distils for herself a glamorous past as she smokes French cigarettes in her unkempt garden. In the village of Bosham the future is invading. A charming young documentary maker has arrived to shoot a film about King Cnut & his cherished but illegitimate daughter whose body is buried under the flagstones of the local church. As Jonny disturbs the fabric of the village digging up tales of ancient battles & burials the threads lead back to home & Ada & Nora find themselves face to face with the shameful secrets they had so carefully buried. One day Nora finds a half-dead fledgeling in a ditch. She brings him home & over the hot summer months cradles Rook back to life. A mesmerising story of family legacy & turning back the tides Rook beautifully evokes the shifting Sussex sands & the rich seam of history lying just beneath them.
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The body you are wearing used to be mine. So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves. With no recollection of who she is Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to discover her identity & track down the agents who want to destroy her. She soon learns that she is a Rook a high-ranking member of a secret organization called the Checquy that battles the many supernatural forces at work in Britain. She also discovers that she possesses a rare & deadly supernatural ability of her own. Filled with characters both fascinating & fantastical The Rook is a richly inventive suspenseful fantasy. An astonishing debut from a brilliant new voice. ...