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Thirty-One Nil

On the Road With Football's Outsiders: A World Cup Odyssey

By: James Montague

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Thirty-One Nil

On the Road With Football's Outsiders: A World Cup Odyssey

By: James Montague

WINNER OF THE FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS The story of the immense struggle to qualify for the World Cup, Thirty-One Nil roams from American Samoa to Zambia in a remarkable and insightful journey that gets under the skin of world football. In a tiny, decaying aluminium smelting town in southern Tajikistan, a short drive from a raging war zone, Afghanistan take on Palestine in the first Asian qualifier for the World Cup. Every player on both teams is risking something by playing: their careers, their families, even their lives. Yet, along with thousands of other footballers backed by millions of supporters, they all dream of snatching one of the precious 32 places at the finals; and so begins a three-year epic struggle – long before the usual suspects start their higher-profile qualifying campaigns under the spotlight. Named after the greatest victory (and defeat) that the World Cup qualifiers have ever seen (Australia's 31-0 victory over American Samoa), Thirty-One Nil is the story of how footballers from all corners of the globe begin their journey chasing a place at the 2014 World Cup Finals. It celebrates the part-time priests, princes and hopeless chancers who dream of making it to Brazil, in defiance of the staggering odds stacked against them. It tells the story of teams who have struggled for their very existence through political and social turmoil, from which they will very occasionally emerge into international stardom. From the endlessly humiliated San Marino to lowly Haiti; from war-torn Lebanon to the oppressed and fleet-footed players of Eritrea, in Thirty-One Nil James Montague gets intimately and often dangerously close to some of the world's most extraordinary teams, and tells their exceptional stories.

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373

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A&C Black

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1408851598

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9781408851593

M. R. James

By: Montague Rhodes James

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M. R. James

By: Montague Rhodes James

A brilliant linguist and mediaevilist and the author of several volumes of distinguished ghost stories.

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256

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0460879367

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9780460879361

1312: Among the Ultras

A journey with the world’s most extreme fans

By: James Montague

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1312: Among the Ultras

A journey with the world’s most extreme fans

By: James Montague

You can see them, but you don't know them. Ultras are football fans like no others. A hugely visible and controversial part of the global game, their credo and aesthetic replicated in almost every league everywhere on earth, a global movement of extreme fandom and politics is also one of the largest youth movements in the world. Yet they remain unknown: an anti-establishment force that is transforming both football and politics. In this book, James Montague goes underground to uncover the true face of this dissident force for the first time. 1312: Among the Ultras tells the story of how the movement began and how it grew to become the global phenomenon that now dominates the stadiums from the Balkans and Buenos Aires. With unprecedented insider access, the book investigates how ultras have grown into a fiercely political movement, embracing extremes on both the left and right; fighting against the commercialisation of football and society – and against the attempts to control them by the authorities, who both covet and fear their power.

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406

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Random House

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1473559650

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9781473559653

Engulfed

How Saudi Arabia Bought Sport, and the World

By: James Montague

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Engulfed

How Saudi Arabia Bought Sport, and the World

By: James Montague

Engulfed tells the incredible story of how a ruthless, absolute monarchy used sport to cover up its many crimes whilst at the same time buying off an easily persuaded and equally as culpable class of politicians and businesspeople in the west. This is a story about ambition, family rivalries, extreme wealth, power, murder and disinformation; of political corruption, dictatorship and, at its root, of how sport - football, yes, but also golf, boxing, tennis and even e-sports - has become a vital geopolitical tool for Saudi Arabia. An examination of soft power, manipulation and radicalisation in the 21st century, James Montague charts the rise of Mohammed bin Salman, a then unknown prince, and the murder of Jamal Khashoggi; the desperate efforts to buy Newcastle United, subvert FIFA and then take on the PGA tour, and the US congress. In forensic detail, Engulfed uncovers how the House of Saud zeroed in on the political power of sport to save itself from the PR damage caused by one of the most infamous assassinations in history. It examines how they have bet on sport's, and especially football's, extreme polarisation, using it to radicalise whole cities and fanbases, and subvert democratic institutions for faraway political ends. It's the story of a plot to use sport to wash away the stains of a crime and how a compliant west was easily bought, and sold, in the process.

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Kings Road Publishing

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1785121634

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9781785121630

The Billionaires Club

The Unstoppable Rise of Football’s Super-rich Owners WINNER FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR, SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2018

By: James Montague

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The Billionaires Club

The Unstoppable Rise of Football’s Super-rich Owners WINNER FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR, SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2018

By: James Montague

A compelling examination of football club ownership in the era of the super-rich Once upon a time football was run by modest local businessmen. Today it is the plaything of billionaire oligarchs, staggeringly wealthy from oil and gas, from royalty, or from murkier sources. But who are these new masters of the universe? Where did all their money come from? And what do they want with our beautiful game? While almost cloaked in secrecy, the billionaire owner has to raise his head above the bunker when it comes to football ownership – a rare Achilles heel that allows access to worlds normally off limits journalists and outsiders. In the Billionaires Club James Montague delves deeper than anyone ever dared, to tell this story for the first time. He criss-crosses the world – from Dhaka to Doha, from China to Crewe, from St Louis to London, from Bangkok to Belgium – to profile this new elite, their network of money and their influence that defies geographic boundaries. The Billionaires Club is part history of club ownership, part in-depth investigation into the money and influence that connects the super-rich around the globe, and part travel book as he follows the ever-shifting trail around the globe in an attempt to reveal the real force behind modern-day football. At its heart The Billionaires Club is a football book, about some of the biggest clubs in the world. But it is also about something bigger: the world around us, the global economy, where the world is headed and how football has become an essential cog in this machine. The book discusses the dawn European Super League, and the repercussions for the future of the game.

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337

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472923138

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9781472923134

The Short Stories of M.R. James

By: Montague Rhodes James

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The Short Stories of M.R. James

By: Montague Rhodes James

The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. In this series we look at short stories from many of our most accomplished writers. Miniature masterpieces with a lot to say. In this volume we examine some of the short stories of M R James.

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1780005873

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9781780005874

Old Testament Legends (illustrated Edition)

By: Montague Rhodes James

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Old Testament Legends (illustrated Edition)

By: Montague Rhodes James

Old Testament Legends" from James. English author (1862-1936)

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120

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Independently Published

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ISBN 13

9798461279004

Story of an Appearance and Disappearance

Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection

By: Montague Rhodes James,Varla Ventura

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Story of an Appearance and Disappearance

Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection

By: Montague Rhodes James,Varla Ventura

Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post’s Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla’s affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic. Master horror writer Montague Rhodes James sets a gruesome scene when a beloved uncle goes missing and a prophetic dream and the seemingly innocent puppets of a Punch and Judy show reveal a sinister and bloody truth behind his disappearance.

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Weiser Books

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1619400316

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9781619400313

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

By: Montague James

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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

By: Montague James

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1931) is the title of M. R. James' first collection of ghost stories. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. By contrast to the gothic tales of his predecessors, James's stories often use rural settings, with a quiet, scholarly protagonist getting caught up in the activities of supernatural forces. The details of horror are almost never explicit, the stories relying on a gentle, bucolic background to emphasize the awfulness of the otherworldly intrusions.

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171

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5041331286

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9785041331283

A Class Apart

The Private Pictures of Montague Glover

By: James Gardiner

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A Class Apart

The Private Pictures of Montague Glover

By: James Gardiner

A Class Apart is a selection of photographs and letters culled from the archive of Montague Glover (1898-1983), documenting the intimate, rarely recorded lives of gay men in Britain from the First World War to the 1950s. The book features Glover's three obsessions: the Armed Forces, working class men, and his lifelong lover Ralph Hall. A seamless blend of the personal and the historical make A Class Apart a unique portrait of a secret relationship and of an undiscovered period in British gay history.

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1852427280

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9781852427283

Scenic James River

A Snapshot in Time

By: Mary Montague Sikes

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Scenic James River

A Snapshot in Time

By: Mary Montague Sikes

Virginia artist and author Mary Montague Sikes shows the historic and atmospheric sites along the scenic James River in pastels, photographs and descriptive text. Sikes details the Indian settlements in the deep timber as well as the plantations along the banks of the James. The author¿s depiction of the lifestyles and lore of the area¿s residents date back to colonial times, through its witness of the Civil War to the modern-day celebrations which delight locals and visitors alike. Scenic James River is a selection from the Snapshot in Time series, an updated re-purposing of the installments in Sikes' classic HOTELS TO REMEMBER.

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Oak Tree Press

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1610098099

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9781610098090

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Thirty-One Nil

Thirty-One Nil

M. R. James

M. R. James

1312: Among the Ultras

1312: Among the Ultras

Engulfed

Engulfed

The Billionaires Club

The Billionaires Club

The Short Stories of M.R. James

The Short Stories of M.R. James

Old Testament Legends (illustrated Edition)

Old Testament Legends (illustrated Edition)

Story of an Appearance and Disappearance

Story of an Appearance and Disappearance

More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

A Class Apart

A Class Apart

Scenic James River

Scenic James River

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