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The Accidental Footballer

By: Pat Nevin

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*** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A heroic outsider - a pleasure to read.' - The Guardian 'A fulsome evocation of football before the Premier League.' - The i 'Such a good storyteller...joyous.' - Financial Times 'Honest, raw, revealing and very funny. How to live a life and career to the full. Insightful book about the most successful outsider inside football ever...' - Henry Winter, Chief Football Writer, The Times 'Pat is a wonderful one-off...and this is the story of why that is.' - John Murray, Chief Sports Correspondent, BBC Radio 5 Live 'Unusually vibrant and elegant with heroic doses of humour, insight and self-effacement, this is an absolute must-read for the football connoisseur.' - Omid Djalili 'The biggest influence of my professional career both on and off the pitch.' - Graeme Le Saux 'I grew up captivated by Pat Nevin the player. As a man he taught me even more about the beauty of the game. One of football's great mavericks, and Chelsea's greatest players. And he can spin a mean tune too.' - Sam Matterface 'I used to walk miles to see Pat Nevin play football and I'd do the same now to read his thoughts. Always challenging, always entertaining.' - Lord Sebastian Coe 'A refreshingly honest and thought-provoking autobiography. As deftly delivered as some of Pat's ball skills in his 1980's heyday.' - ToffeeWeb Pat Nevin never wanted to be a professional footballer. His future was clear, he'd become a teacher like his brothers. There was only one problem with this - Pat was far too good to avoid attention. Raised in Glasgow's East End, Pat loved the game, playing for hours and obsessively following Celtic. But as he grew up, he also loved Joy Division, wearing his Indie 'gloom boom' coat and going on marches - hardly typical footballer behaviour! Placed firmly in the 80s and 90s, before the advent of the Premier League, and often with racism and violence present, Pat Nevin writes with honesty, insight and wry humour. We are transported vividly to Chelsea and Everton, and colourfully diverted by John Peel, Morrissey and nights out at the Hacienda. The Accidental Footballer is a different kind of football memoir. Capturing all the joys of professional football as well as its contradictions and conflicts, it's about being defined by your actions, not your job, and is the perfect reminder of how life can throw you the most extraordinary surprises, when you least expect it.

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1913183394

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Catherine and Friends

Inside the Investigation Into Ireland's Most Notorious Murder

By: Pat Flynn

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Catherine and Friends

Inside the Investigation Into Ireland's Most Notorious Murder

By: Pat Flynn

The trial and conviction of Catherine Nevin for her role in the murder of her husband Tom monopolized the attention of the country for weeks. It was the main topic of conversation in pubs, homes and workplaces as newspapers daily carried new and salacious details of the "Black Widow's" scheming, as well as images of her glamorous and expansive wardrobe, on their front pages. In the days before murders became a daily occurrence in Ireland, the allegations of contract killers, extra-marital affairs, fraud and involvement with Republican organisations seemed better suited to the big screen than a small town pub. Pat Flynn led the investigation against Catherine, a woman whom he had encountered several times before these events unfolded. He had witnessed her fabricate accusations of sexual abuse against his Garda colleagues while she continued to enthral his superior officers and Judge O'Buachalla. He describes how holes in her version of the events on the night of the murder were found, along with evidence of how she had been plotting for years to have her husband murdered.

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Liberties Press

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1909718661

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The Accidental Footballer

By: Pat Nevin

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Football And How To Survive It

By: Pat Nevin

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Football And How To Survive It

By: Pat Nevin

The good news for those who loved THE ACCIDENTAL FOOTBALLER: this new book is even better. There were times as I read Pat Nevin's account of his years running - or, trying to run - Motherwell, I had to remind myself to breathe. It's a thrilling read - funny, nerve-wracking, precise and very, very human' - Roddy Doyle So, you fell into football by accident. You've played for Chelsea, Everton and your country at an international level. But what happens when you discover you're in so deep that football has taken over your whole life? In his brilliant new memoir, Pat Nevin takes us on a journey to the less glamorous side of football. From Tranmere to Kilmarnock, he plays some of the best football he's ever played. Then, in an unprecedented twist of fate, finds himself both player and Chief Executive of Scottish First Division club Motherwell. What follows is an entertaining and revealing tale of the side of football that you rarely see as Pat tries to keep the lid on simmering tensions between owner and the manager; travels in Lear jets one moment, but has to sell off half the team, the next. So much is madness, like being the manager's boss, and his player at the same time; or discovering that the ground's goalposts are higher on one side than on the other! And with impossible challenges at every corner, such as learning that their son is autistic, and the club hurtling towards administration, Pat strives to walk the impossible line between player, parent and boss. FOOTBALL AND HOW TO SURVIVE IT is a real one-off, uncovering the sport in all its complex, confusing and calamitous glory. Once you've read it, you may never look at the game in the same way again.

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1800961154

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Football And How To Survive It

By: Pat Nevin

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The Clearing Process Workbook

By: Rev. Pat M. Palmer

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The Clearing Process Workbook

By: Rev. Pat M. Palmer

This Workbook is meant to accompany the original guidebook, "The Clearing Process...for Conscious Living"; however it also may be used alone. It leads the reader step by step through the essentials of authentic emotional healing and well-being that anyone can easily understand and apply to their personal issues. Blending her own considerable life experience with proven psychological principles, Pat Palmer presents a superb and unique approach to the dilemma confronting us all in the modern world.

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Crack of the Bat

A History of Baseball on the Radio

By: James R. Walker,Pat Hughes

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Crack of the Bat

A History of Baseball on the Radio

By: James R. Walker,Pat Hughes

The crack of the bat on the radio is ingrained in the American mind as baseball takes center stage each summer. Radio has brought the sounds of baseball into homes for almost one hundred years, helping baseball emerge from the 1919 Black Sox scandal into the glorious World Series of the 1920s. The medium gave fans around the country aural access to the first All-Star Game, Lou Gehrig’s farewell speech, and Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ’Round the World.” Red Barber, Vin Scully, Harry Caray, Ernie Harwell, Bob Uecker, and dozens of other beloved announcers helped cement the love affair between radio and the national pastime. Crack of the Bat takes readers from the 1920s to the present, examining the role of baseball in the development of the radio industry and the complex coevolution of their relationship. James R. Walker provides a balanced, nuanced, and carefully documented look at radio and baseball over the past century, focusing on the interaction between team owners, local and national media, and government and business interests, with extensive coverage of the television and Internet ages, when baseball on the radio had to make critical adjustments to stay viable. Despite cable television’s ubiquity, live video streaming, and social media, radio remains an important medium through which fans engage with their teams. The evolving relationship between baseball and radio intersects with topics as varied as the twenty-year battle among owners to control radio, the development of sports as a valuable media product, and the impact of competing technologies on the broadcast medium. Amid these changes, the familiar sounds of the ball hitting the glove and the satisfying crack of the bat stay the same. Purchase the audio edition.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803245009

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BBC Sports Report: A Celebration of the World's Longest-Running Sports Radio Programme

Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023

By: Pat Murphy

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BBC Sports Report: A Celebration of the World's Longest-Running Sports Radio Programme

Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023

By: Pat Murphy

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR THE OFFICIAL DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF BBC SPORTS REPORT 'Opens the doors to one of the great radio institutions.' – Dan Walker 'An absolute joy to read.' – John Inverdale 'That opening tune always quickens the pulse.' – Henry Winter Sports Report is as much a 75-year history of sport as a BBC radio institution and Pat Murphy pays handsome tribute to a programme that is still followed affectionately by millions. For nearly 75 years, one BBC programme has been a constant factor in chronicling the way sport is covered, in all its many facets. It has been a window on the sporting world all over the globe – packed tightly into every Saturday evening for the bulk of the year. First broadcast in 1948, Sports Report is the longest-running radio sporting programme in the world and one of the BBC's hardy perennials. Pat Murphy has been a reporter on the programme since 1981 and here he sifts comprehensively through the experiences of his contemporaries and those who made their mark on Sports Report in earlier decades. He hears from commentators, reporters, producers, presenters and the production teams who regularly achieved the broadcasting miracle of getting a live programme on air, without a script, adapting as the hour of news, reaction and comment unfolded. Drawing on unique access from the BBC Archives Unit, he highlights memorable moments from Sports Report, details the challenges faced in getting live interviews on air from draughty, noisy dressing-room areas and celebrates the feat of just a small production team in the studio who, somehow, get the show up and running every Saturday, with the clock ticking implacably on. --- Waterstones Best Books of 2022 – Sport

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472994205

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Agents of Influence

By: Pat Choate

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Agents of Influence

By: Pat Choate

In this highly controversial book, political economist Pat CHoate reveals in startling detail how Japanese lobbyists in the U.S. have influenced out politics and our economy. Included is the now-famous Appendix A, the list of 200 former high-ranking government officials who represented foreign governments and corporations.

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Simon and Schuster

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0671743392

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9780671743390

Of Irish Blood

By: Mary Pat Kelly

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Of Irish Blood

By: Mary Pat Kelly

Fleeing a crushing affair, Nora Kelly enters the Left Bank society of early twentieth-century Paris, where she joins the struggle to free Ireland.

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Macmillan

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0765329131

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Pat Van Den Hauwe - My Autobiography

By: Pat Van Den Hauwe

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Pat Van Den Hauwe - My Autobiography

By: Pat Van Den Hauwe

Psycho' is a word rarely bandied about in football today. There is no place on the pitch for player contact, let alone the sort of hard, robust tackling that could earn a player such a nickname. But 25 years ago, things were different. Only when players really overstepped the mark were their names added to the referee's little black book. And Pat Van Den Hauwe had a reputation as one of the hardest players in the game. In a career encompassing some 401 Football League appearances for Birmingham City, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur and Millwall, he notched up two league titles and a European Cup Winners' Cup medal - but he also made his mark as one of the toughest and most feared defenders in the game. But Pat wasn't just a tough player on the pitch. The way he lived his life meant that he needed to be tough off the pitch as well. A 'hard nut' reputation invites people into your life who want to see how far they can push you - and Pat Van Den Hauwe attracted such people by the bus-load. This autobiography is not the usual collection of career memories from an ex-pro. It is probably the most explicit book ever written by a former footballer. Throughout his career, and long after he left the game, Pat Van Den Hauwe courted danger. In fact, he nearly paid the ultimate price for living life to the extreme. 'Psycho Pat': legend or madman? Read on and find out -

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Kings Road Publishing

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178418327X

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9781784183271

Ted Sullivan, Barnacle of Baseball

The Life of the Prolific League Founder, Scout, Manager and Unrivaled Huckster

By: Pat O’Neill,Tom Coffman

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Ted Sullivan, Barnacle of Baseball

The Life of the Prolific League Founder, Scout, Manager and Unrivaled Huckster

By: Pat O’Neill,Tom Coffman

In his day, perhaps no one in baseball was better known than Irish-born Timothy Paul "Ted" Sullivan. For 50 years, America's sportswriters sang his praises, genuflected to his genius and bought his blarney by the barrel. Damon Runyon dubbed him "The Celebrated Carpetbagger of Baseball." Cunning, fast-talking, witty and sober, Sullivan was the game's first player agent, a groundbreaking scout who pulled future Hall of Famers from the bushes, an author, a playwright and a baseball evangelist who promoted the game across five continents. He coined the term "fan" and was among the first to suggest the designated hitter--because pitchers were "a lot of whippoorwill swingers." But he was also a convert to the Jim Crow attitudes of his day--black ballplayers were unimaginable to him. Unearthing thousands of contemporaneous newspaper accounts, this first exhaustive biography of "Hustlin'" Ted Sullivan recounts the life and career of one of the greatest hucksters in the history of the game.

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McFarland

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1476642605

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9781476642604

Line of Attachment

By: Pat Anvil

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Line of Attachment

By: Pat Anvil

Sixteen-year-old Danny Jones has magical powers not seen since the middle ages. And now a mysterious group, known only as recruiters, wants him captured and turned into one of their ruthless enforcers, and failing that, killed. His friend and protector is murdered trying to defend him. Danny, with the help of his new friend Helen, a young and powerful sorceress in her own right, are trying to stay alive, avenge their friend, and free the people the recruiters have enslaved, including Helen's older brother.

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Pat Anvil

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1481876120

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Cubs by the Numbers

A Complete Team History of the Cubbies by Uniform Number

By: Al Yellon,Kasey Ignarski,Matthew Silverman,Pat Hughes

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Cubs by the Numbers

A Complete Team History of the Cubbies by Uniform Number

By: Al Yellon,Kasey Ignarski,Matthew Silverman,Pat Hughes

What do Dizzy Dean, Catfish Metkovich, John Boccabella, Bill Buckner, Mark Prior, and Kevin Hart all have in common? They all wore number 22 for the Chicago Cubs, even though seven decades have passed between the last time Dizzy Dean buttoned up a Cubs uniform with that number and the first time reliever Kevin Hart performed the same routine. Since the Chicago Cubs first adopted uniform numbers in 1932, the team has handed out only 71 numbers to more than 1,100 players. That's a lot of overlap. It also makes for a lot of good stories. Cubs by the Numbers tells those stories for every Cub since '32, from 1930s outfielder Ethan Allen to current ace Carlos Zambrano. This book lists the players alphabetically and by number, but the biographies help trace the history of baseball's most beloved team in a new way. For Cubs fans, anyone who ever wore the uniform is like family. Cubs by the Numbers reintroduces readers to some of their long-lost ancestors, even ones they think they already know.

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Simon and Schuster

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1626367612

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9781626367616

Disillusioned Decades – Ireland 1966–87

From Seán Lemass to Mass Unemployment

By: Tim Pat Coogan

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Disillusioned Decades – Ireland 1966–87

From Seán Lemass to Mass Unemployment

By: Tim Pat Coogan

From Seán Lemass to mass unemployment: Ireland changed between 1966 and 1987 and, Tim Pat Coogan argues in Disillusioned Decades, not for the betterThe year 1966 was one in which to take stock: fifty years since the Rising, what had the Republic achieved? In Disillusioned Decades, Ireland's most celebrated and controversial historian Tim Pat Coogan looks at a country in bloom – Seán Lemass was at the end of a successful term as Taoiseach, the economy appeared stable and the newly founded Raidío Telifís Éireann was providing homes around Ireland with art and culture through their television screens.Over the next 21 years, every aspect of Irish life was changed dramatically and profoundly. By 1987, Ireland was a country characterised by high levels of urbanisation, chronic unemployment, mass emigration and a heroin problem comparable in percentage terms to New York. What happened in those pivotal 20 years? Tim Pat Coogan, famous for his perceptiveness and sharp observations, was editor of national newspaper The Irish Press for most of this period, reporting on the people and events that Disillusioned Decades analyses. Using his in-depth knowledge of the political, cultural and social changes of the 1960s, 70s and 80s rounded out with his personal reminiscences, in Disillusioned Decades Coogan steps back to view the events in a wider context.Throughout Disillusioned Decades, Coogan paints a grim and no-punches-pulled picture of Ireland's trajectory from 1966 to 1987. Sharply perceptive and enlivened by frequent flashes of personal reminiscence, this book presents a wealth of information and opinion in Coogan's distinctive and authoritative style.

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Gill & Macmillan Ltd

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071716599X

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9780717165995

The Struggle for Control

A Study of Law, Disputes, and Deviance

By: Pat Lauderdale,Michael Cruit

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The Struggle for Control

A Study of Law, Disputes, and Deviance

By: Pat Lauderdale,Michael Cruit

This book offers a study of deviance and dispute management in a comparative perspective. Conventional wisdom and professional knowledge assume a clear line between the study of disputes and deviance. The authors provide the basic steps for integrating the study of disputes with research on the sociology of law and deviance. They examine the conditions crucial to dispute analysis: the nature of social and political relationships, informal and formal social control, cost, time, and access to dispute forums.

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SUNY Press

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0791413128

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9780791413128

The Clearing Process...for Conscious Living

By: Rev. Pat M. Palmer

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The Clearing Process...for Conscious Living

By: Rev. Pat M. Palmer

In this wonderful concise book Pat Palmer beautifully describes the essentials of authentic emotional healing and well-being that anyone can easily understand and apply to their personal issues. Blending her own considerable life experience with proven psychological principles, she presents a superb and unique approach to the dilemma confronting us all in the modern world. The Clearing Process is a unique six step approach to dissolving the unconscious accumulation of past negative energies which continue to replicate in current life. The many examples and detailed exercises lead one into a personal transformation which shows up as increased lightness of being and spontaneous joyfulness.

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Lulu.com

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1300217960

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9781300217961

Ireland

By: Tom Smallman,Pat Yale

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Ireland

By: Tom Smallman,Pat Yale

This comprehensive guide to travel in the Republic and Northern Ireland will introduce you to the delights of Dublin and Belfast and the villages of the Emerald Isle.

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Lonely Planet

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0864425309

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9780864425300

Catherine and Friends

Inside the Investigation Into Ireland's Most Notorious Murder

By: Pat Flynn

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Catherine and Friends

Inside the Investigation Into Ireland's Most Notorious Murder

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Liberties Press

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1909718661

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Pat Boone's America--50 Years

A Pop Culture Journey Through the Last Five Decades

By: Pat Boone

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Pat Boone's America--50 Years

A Pop Culture Journey Through the Last Five Decades

By: Pat Boone

The legendary Pat Boone takes a golden look back at fifty years in the entertainment business with this in-dept coffee table book of photos, pop culture memories, and spiritual insights.

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B&H Books

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0805443754

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9780805443752

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