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Jonathan Fennell captures for the first time the true wartime experience of the ordinary soldiers from across the empire who made up the British and Commonwealth armies. He analyses why the great battles were won and lost and how the men that fought went on to change the world.

20th Anniversary Edition - Fully revised and updated. The definitive biography of Brian Clough from the award-winning author of Inverting the Pyramid

Jonathan Fennell captures for the first time the true wartime experience of the ordinary soldiers from across the empire who made up the British and Commonwealth armies. He analyses why the great battles were won and lost and how the men that fought went on to change the world.

The definitive history of Argentinian football from the award-winning author of Inverting the Pyramid

This new perspective on the desert war challenges conventional explanations for Allied success at El Alamein, one of the most controversial campaigns in British and Commonwealth history. The author studies the campaign using newly discovered sources, plotting a morale crisis and stunning recovery that decisively affected the Eighth Army's performance.

Jonathan Wilson's modern classic on football tactics, now fully updated for its tenth-anniversary edition

The story of Jack and Bobby Charlton, and a family that characterised English football for decades

The fascinating story of football in Eastern Europe after the collapse of the Berlin Wall

Manchester, 2018: Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho lead their teams out to face each other in the 175th Manchester derby. They are first and second in the Premier League, but today only one man can come out on top. It is merely the latest instalment in a rivalry that has contested titles, traded insults and crossed a continent, but which can be traced back to a friendship that began almost 25 years ago. Barcelona, late-nineties: Johan Cruyff's Dream Team is disintegrating and the revolutionary manager has departed, but what will come next will transform the future of football. Cruyff's style has changed the game, and given birth to a generation of thinkers: men like Ronald Koeman, Luis Enrique, Laurent Blanc, Frank de Boer, Louis van Gaal, and Cruyff's club captain Pep Guardiola and a young translator, José Mourinho. The Barcelona Legacy is a book in part about tactics, about how the theories that underpin the modern game were forged by Cruyff and his successors, but also about the people and personalities who gathered at the Camp Nou for what was effectively the greatest coaching seminar in history, about their friendships and rivalries and, in one case, an apocalyptic falling out that continues to shape the game today.

Hungary, 1920s. A school emerges from Budapest that becomes one of the most influential in football history. But war follows, and many players and coaches leave, fleeing anti-Semitism.Italty, Argentina, Brazil, 1950s. Hungary's side are unbeatable.How could this happen? In the cities of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire in the years after World War One, football changed. Rising in popularity alongside the rise of a new middle class, these intellectuals brought an academic, mathematical rigor to the discussing not just what was, but what could be.This is the story of football flourishing in Hungary, when professional leagues were established and the game became universally loved across social classes and backgrounds. This is the story of the modern game establishing itself in the hearts of a society blighted by tragedy and famine, a culture that flourished in the shadow of rising fascism and the march toward war.This is the story of this vibrant, tragic era - and how it transformed the game as we know it.

The author of "An Ambulance Is on the Way" offers a brilliant new perspective on one of the most beloved--and most misunderstood--artists of the 20th century. Illustrations

Jonathan Wilson’s novel. Like everybody else at Torpedo Moscow, Vanya loves Eduard Streltsov, the dashing young striker who scores hatfuls of goals. But on the eve of the 1958 World Cup, Streltsov is arrested and Vanya has to reconsider everything. Streltsov is a story of fandom and celebrity, of booze and paranoia, of two men who can only really understand the world through football.

A gripping historical novel of sex, love, and justice in the tinderbox of British Mandate Palestine, by the acclaimed author of A Palestine Affair In 1933, Ivor Castle, an Oxford-educated Jew, arrives in Palestine to take up a position as assistant to the defense counsel for the two men accused of murdering Haim Arlosoroff, a figure whose tactics to get Jews out of Hitler's Germany and into Palestine may have been controversial enough to get him killed. Ivor, an innocent to the politics of the case, falls into bed and deeply in love with Tsiona, a free-spirited painter who sketched the accused men in a Jerusalem cafe on the night of the murder and may be a key witness. As Ivor learns the hard way about the violence simmering just under the lid of British colonial rule, Wilson dazzles with his mastery of the sun-baked scenery and the subtleties of the warring agendas in Palestine. Ivor moves between the crime scene in Tel Aviv and the maze of Jerusalem, between the mounting mysteries around this notorious legal case and clandestine lovemaking in Tsiona's tiny studio in Safed. In the end, he must discover where his heart lies--whether he cares more for the law or the truth, whether he is an Englishman or a Jew, with whom and where he belongs.

In British-occupied Palestine after World War I, Mark Bloomberg, a beleaguered London painter, and Joyce, his American wife, witness the murder of a prominent Orthodox Jew. Joyce, a non-Jew and ardent Zionist, is drawn into an affair with the British investigating officer, while Mark seeks solace in the exotic colors and contours of the Middle Eastern landscape. Each of the three has come to Palestine to escape grief, and yet—caught in the crosshairs of history—they will all be forced to confront the very issues they hoped to leave behind in this swift and sensuous novel of artful concealment and roiling passions.

Targeting first-time researchers, this guide provides comprehensive insights into conducting business research projects. It emphasizes practical strategies to enhance employability and cultivate transferable skills, ensuring readers gain the necessary tools for success in their endeavors.

The volume features two historically significant texts that offer firsthand accounts of the Christian conquests of Santarém in 1147 and Alcácer do Sal in 1217, both pivotal events led by King Afonso I. Translated into English for the first time, these eyewitness testimonies are accompanied by thorough introductions, providing valuable context and insights into the events and their implications in the broader narrative of the Reconquista.

Alfredo Di Stfano, Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Romn Riquelme, Sergio Agero, Leo Messi Argentyna zrodziła wielu wspaniałych piłkarzy. Bardziej niż jakikolwiek inny naród żyje i oddycha piłką nożną. O futbolu dyskutuje się tu bez przerwy: w domach, kawiarniach, na ulicach. Do dyskusji włączają się nawet pisarze i filozofowie. Jonathan Wilson, jeden z najlepszych dziennikarzy piszących o sporcie, postanowił bliżej przyjrzeć się fascynującym dziejom piłki nożnej w Argentynie. To opowieść o tym, jak nieznana brytyjska gra stała się pasją milionów. Jak żywiołowy styl gry zmieniał się najpierw w antyfutbol, a potem w fuzję piękna i skuteczności pod wodzą Csara Luisa Menottiego. Wreszcie to historia pięciu przegranych finałów w XXI wieku, zakończona dwoma wspaniałymi triumfami: w Copa Amrica w 2021 roku i na mundialu w Katarze w 2022. Oto Aniołowie o brudnych twarzach jedna z najwspanialszych książek, jakie napisano o futbolu. O obsesji, która wyznacza Argentyńczykom rytm życia. Od pierwszego do ostatniego gwizdka.

Was Ballkünstler wie Messi oder Ronaldo heute mit ihren Teams auf dem Platz vollbringen, hat mit dem ursprünglichen englischen Kick wenig gemeinsam. Ausgehend von der klassischen Anfangsformation mit nur zwei Verteidigern, revolutionierten berühmte Trainer und Spieler immer wieder die taktische Anlage des Spiels und eröffneten ihm mit dem WM-System, dem Riegel oder der Raute völlig neue Dimensionen. Der englische Fußballexperte Jonathan Wilson beschreibt die taktische Entwicklung des Fußballs in einem intelligenten Buch, das in England begeistert gefeiert und als Fußballbuch des Jahres ausgezeichnet wurde. Ausgestattet mit einem brillanten Schreibstil sowie einem immensen Wissen, liefert Wilson eine fakten- und anekdotenreiche Erklärung dafür, wie der Fußball zu dem wurde, was er heute ist. Wer dieses Buch gelesen hat, weiß, wie er ein Spiel zu lesen hat. Nominiert zum Fußballbuch des Jahres 2011 durch die Deutsche Akademie für Fußballkultur!

Największe trenerskie seminarium w dziejach futbolu Barcelona, ostatnie lata XX wieku. Dream Team Johana Cruyffa rozpada się na naszych oczach, trener rewolucjonista odchodzi z klubu, ale jego następcy zmieniają historię futbolu. Styl Cruyffa wciąż święci triumfy i rodzi się nowa generacja piłkarskich myślicieli: Ronald Koeman, Luis Enrique, Laurent Blanc, Frank de Boer, Louis van Gaal, kapitan Dream Teamu Pep Guardiola i młody tłumacz Jos Mourinho. Londyn, rok 2020. Prowadzone przez Jos Mourinho i Pepa Guardiolę drużyny spotykają się w dziewiątej kolejce Premier League sezonu 2020/2021. Mający szansę na pozycję lidera Tottenham podejmuje Manchester City w walce o cenne ligowe punkty. Rywalizacja dwóch wielkich trenerów pełna trofeów i wyzwisk, skupiająca uwagę całego kontynentu, ale poprzedzona przyjaźnią sprzed 25 lat trwa w najlepsze. Dziedzictwo Barcelony, dziedzictwo Cruyffa to po części książka o taktyce o tym, jak teorie kształtujące współczesny futbol rodziły się w umyśle holenderskiego trenera i jego następców ale również opowieść o wybitnych jednostkach, które spotkały się kiedyś na Camp Nou, tworząc największe trenerskie seminarium w dziejach piłki nożnej. To historia ich przyjaźni i rywalizacji oraz rzecz o apokaliptycznym konflikcie, który wciąż ma wpływ na oblicze futbolu.