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'Striking . . . extraordinarily ambitious' JONATHAN WILSON, NEW STATESMAN'A compelling account of how football became a force in Latin America with an impact far beyond the pitch, helping forge national identity and fuelling regional rivalries' INDEPENDENT¡Golazo!...
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Riverrun
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2014-04-30
ePub
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Almost as soon as Gazza burst on to the scene at Newcastle United, the young Geordie was the centre of attention: Vinnie Jones's notorious ball-handling showed the lengths people would go to try to stop him. Then, with England on the verge of possibly reaching the...
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Headline
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2014-04-24
ePub
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Michael Schumacher is the outstanding Formula One driver of his generation and, statistically, the greatest ever. Gifted with a rare blend of superior ability and nerve that defines a champion, for 15 seasons he has left rivals trailing in his wake, winning an...
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Headline
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2014-04-24
ePub
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Sir Jackie Stewart is one of the most highly regarded names in global sport - winner of three F1 World Championships, 27 Grands Prix and ranked in the top five drivers of all time. On retiring from the circuit, he went on to build an equally impressive international...
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Headline
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2014-04-24
ePub
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERNamed one of the “Best Books of the Year” by Guardian, Slate, Financial Times, Independent (UK), and Bloomberg NewsSoccernomics pioneers a new way of looking at soccer through meticulous, empirical analysis and incisive, witty...
Editeur :
Nation Books
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2014-04-22
ePub
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Please note this has been optimised for display on tablets.The cricket world's bestselling pocket annual. The indispensable guide to the season.The Playfair Cricket Annual 2014 includes coverage of the 2013 season, including the LV= County Championship, Yorkshire Bank...
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Headline
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2014-04-10
ePub
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This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with fascinating facts, handy hints and captivating stories and quotes from the world of walking, is perfect for anyone who knows the incomparable joy and freedom of lacing up your hiking boots and heading for the hills.
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2014-04-07
ePub
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The Girls' Bicycle Handbook is for women cyclists everywhere who need practical no-nonsense advice and information on cycling, and cycling in style. Whether you're a committed bike commuter or a complete novice, cycling entrepreneur and blogger Caz Nicklin gives the...
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Quercus
Parution :
2014-03-27
ePub
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The 1975 Masters Tournament always seemed destined for the record books. A veritable Hall of Fame list of competitors had gathered that spring in Augusta, Georgia, for the game's most famous event, including Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Hale...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2014-03-25
ePub
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An all-encompassing, chronological guide to football's World Cup, one of the world's few truly international events, in good time for the June 2018 kick-off in Russia. From its beginnings in 1930 to the modern all-singing, all-dancing self-styled 'greatest show on...
Editeur :
Robinson
Parution :
2014-03-20
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Mammoth Books
ePub
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A razor-sharp analysis of how record-breaking exploits in extreme sport are redefining the limits of being human.Right now, more people are risking their lives for their sports then ever before in history. As Thomas Pynchon once put it in Gravity's Rainbow, 'it is not...
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Quercus
Parution :
2014-03-04
ePub
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Having spent 10 years scaling the lower echelons of the sport, the time has come for one of Britain's least successful athletes to reveal all about how he got involved in all this nonsense in the first place. Marvel as he reveals: His sporting history - how being last...
Editeur :
Constable
Parution :
2014-02-06
ePub
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'Climbing is a bit like rolling a dice - sometimes things fall into place and you achieve your aim. Sometimes your number comes up.' - Sue Fear, April 2006When mountaineers Lincoln Hall and Sue Fear collaborated in writing Fear No Boundary, neither could have imagined...
Editeur :
Hachette Australia
Parution :
2014-01-17
ePub
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The definitive story of the father of modern football, Herbert Chapman.Herbert Chapman, the boss of the all-conquering Arsenal team of the 1930s, was the father of modern football management. A relative journeyman as a player, he moved into the dugout aged 29 with...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2014-01-09
ePub
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Patient: Doctor, I think I’m a cricket ball! Doctor: Don’t worry, it’ll be over soon. Crammed full of hilarious cricketing jokes from players and pundits alike, Cricket’s Funniest Jokes will bowl over any fan of the gentleman’s game – guaranteed to raise a laugh when...
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2014-01-06
ePub
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Why did the golfer’s wife ask to be buried on the golf course? So she could be sure her husband would visit her grave. After a long day on the fairway, put away the patterned jumper and five-iron and laugh off the double-bogeys with this selection of hysterical jokes....
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2014-01-06
ePub
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Why is a successful rugby team like a lingerie shop? It has a wide variety of cups and plenty of support. Some might say there’s nothing funny about cauliflower ears and scrums, but this little book begs to differ. Packed with rib-tickling jokes, Rugby’s Funniest Jokes...
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2014-01-06
ePub
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What did the manager do when the pitch became flooded? He sent on his subs. Football is a funny old game, and not only because of the players’ hairstyles. Football’s Funniest Jokes is guaranteed to raise a chuckle even if you’re still feeling sore about that goal that...
Editeur :
Summersdale
Parution :
2014-01-06
ePub
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Perfect for golfers everywhere! These cartoons are are the original work of talented cartoonist, Brian Platt, author of the best-selling book How to Draw Cartoons. The humour is fun, international and certain to help people see the funny side of everyday life.Now...
Editeur :
Headline Accent
Parution :
2014-01-03
ePub
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An astonishing true story of mountaineering survivalOn 5 January 2003, former Special Forces soldier Ken Jones was caught in a devastating avalanche as he climbed in the frozen wilderness of Romania's Transylvanian Alps. Flung from a cliff, he regained consciousness...
Editeur :
Quercus
Parution :
2013-12-24
ePub
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