My Beautiful Game

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It's all about me,' Nancy Dell'Olio gushed, with no hint of irony, to reporters at the launch party for her wonderfully, unintentionally comic autobiography: 'It's about New York, Italy, my life, my beautiful life. It comes as a blessed relief when she finally meets Sven, newly arrived in Rome as manager of Lazio.

I'm Asha and the one constant in my life is that I have always had an enormous, overflowing pile of books to read. Evidence of its impact is continuing to pile up, from Jeff Astle's death in 2002 being ruled as a result of heading footballs to Sir Bobby Charlton becoming the fifth member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning side to be diagnosed with the disease. There are glimpses of times in Nancy's life that would be fun to know more about such as her foray into Italian politics. Although there is plenty of football plot, it’s woven incredibly skilfully into a wonderful tale of the young women who worked in the munitions factories of WW1, creating an incisive view of growing up in a time of enormous tragedy. We're a proudly small and independent specialist children's book business based in New Malden, South West London.

Dad and Grandad know only too well the cost of fan violence, and they take Lennie on a whistle-stop tour of the dark side of the beautiful game. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Born and brought up in the USA, though somehow also European to the core, Nancy Dell'Olio is a woman whose style and influences are truly international.

From Nobel Laureates Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter to theatre greats Tom Stoppard and Alan Bennett to rising stars Polly Stenham and Florian Zeller, Faber Drama presents the very best theatre has to offer. Packed with facts about the history of football, the great disasters of the twentieth century and the black footballers who blazed a trail in the UK. You can listen to her read from Our Beautiful Game, find out more about the awesome main character Polly, and discover the inspiration for her incredible story.An absolute treasure trove for the boy who watched his older brother hammer on leather studs in 1968 to wearing Puma King as a teenager. Lou Kuenzler is the author of a LOT of books for children, including My Digger is Bigger, Eat Your People, the Shrinking Violet series, the Princess DisGrace series, the Bella Broomstick series and Not Yet, Zebra.

We are a monthly book subscription by post for children aged 5 to 14, focused on helping families discover new and different chapter books. This book brings out Mark's wonderful knowledge and infectious passion for cricket - two of the things that make listening to him and reading him so enjoyable. This book covers many aspects of the game from personal recollection to discussion of many of the challenges facing the game and looks back and evaluates great plyers. The book will be exactly the same ‘coffee table’ format as ‘The Tank’, lavishly illustrated from all eras of Bobby’s dazzling football career, covering his appearances at all levels of the beautiful game, including of course his goals, and heart wrenching, funny and extremely warm eulogies from friends and family of the man who was truly, “The Prince of the Beautiful game.With classics such as Ted Hughes's The Iron Man and award-winners including Emma Carroll's Letters from the Lighthouse, Faber Children's Books brings you the best in picture books, young reads and classics. Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab . He helped to lift English cricket out of the sporting gloom of the late 1990s; and now he has chronicled his era as if he were one of us.