ISBN: 1901746 933 - 9781901746938
£10.95 - softback - 352 pp
Published: 11th June 2012

This is the INCREDIBLE inside story of Manchester City’s first title in 44 years and perhaps the most remarkable football season of all-time, written from the point of view of the man in the eye of the storm - City manager Roberto Mancini.

A season that ended so dramtically, with two injury-time goals at the Etihad to secure the club’s first Premier League title, had begun serenely for the Sky Blues as they romped to the top of the league scoring goals almost at will, culminating in a 6-1 romp at Old Trafford. Holding the lead at the top from September until March, their title juggernaut was halted by Manchester United’s incredible run of performances and the loss of form of key players. It took a remarkable collapse from United to hand back the initiative, a second chance Mancini’s men gratefully accepted with a run of six wins to secure the title - yet there was so much more to this incredible season.

Legendary journalist Harry Harris has followed every twist and turn in City's bid to become league champions - here he reveals the secrets that turned Mancini into a champion.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Harry has written one of the most influential football columns in the country for three decades and is regarded as one of the best investigative journalists and perhaps the best news gather of his generation. He has worked for the Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Star and Sunday Express and has nearly 30 years experience as the country’s number one football writer. Harry is now Football Correspondent for ESPN Soccernet.

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“Roger was probably my biggest musical mentor ”
MICK HUCKNALL

“In his own way, he was more influential than John Peel. ”
MARTIN DEMPSEY

£18.95 - hardback - 448 pp - over 50 images - Published: 17th July 2012

“Without Roger Eagle there would be no Manchester music scene”
JOHN ROBB

“The godfather of British soul”
C.P. LEE PHD

Roger Eagle was a towering figure in British popular music. Uniquely, his influence straddled the cultural divide separating Manchester and Liverpool. The task of unifying the musical talents of these two cultural hubs has proved beyond almost everyone. The sole exception is the subject of this book – a man whose influence can still be felt today, 13 years after his death.

In any scene there needs to be a personality capable of leading a generation towards a new sound and consequently new tastes and fashions. What is unusual about Roger is his formative role in the development of at least three and arguably four such music scenes that altered the course of music in Britain between the mid sixties and early nineties.

From the Blues explosion of the mid sixties, via the birth of Northern Soul to the pioneering Beatles defying spirit of Merseyside's New Wave and the re-birth of the Manchester music, close friend and former neighbour Bill Sykes charts Roger’s continued influence on the music scenes in both cities and talks to some of the main figures who were inspired by him.

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This is my story. The story of the Young Guvnors. The Young Guvnors fought not only on the streets of Manchester against their fellow hooligans but with other firms up and down the country.We sought out rival fans to fight - to say it is not a pleasant story is an understatement.

From our formation in the mid 1980s when organized football hooliganism was at an all time high, it’s a vicious account of how we operated – our bloody battles with opposing mobs and ultimately our demise.

This is the new and updated version of the book privately published in 2008.

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SHAUN WAS ALWAYS a child who demanded more than life could give.

His mother’s stuggle began when she became a single parent, leaving her abusive husband behind.

Unable to cope without the family unit, Shaun turns to a life of crime and drugs and eventually ends up in the care system.

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With the evil Gordon locked up in Strangeways, the characters from Karen Woods debut novel 'Broken Youth' come to terms with life without him.

As the clock ticks down on his sentence, Gordon broods on the injustice of his situation and plots sweet revenge on those on the outside.

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When rebellious teenager Misty Sullivan falls pregnant to local wannabe gangster Gordon she soon becomes a prisoner in her own home.

Betrayed by her best friend, she suffers horrific domestic abuse and loses her baby. Recovering her self-belief Misty plans her revenge on her abusive boyfriend with spectacular consequences.

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Paul Foster is a social worker trying to make a difference. But what links him to an aristocratic Nazi sympathiser accused of harbouring a war criminal? And what has happened to his soldier boyfriend Jake over in Afghanistan?

In this, the first DCI Sara Hoyland mystery, the intrepid detective with a murky past enters a
long-forgotten world of political intrigue. Long-held grudges and several families' secrets re-surface further muddy the waters.

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Canon Brendan O’ Farrell of Holy Saints Catholic Church, Salford, is nearing retirement when a series of gruesome murders takes place among his congregation.

In this the second of David Menon's DCI Sara Hoyland mysteries, the detective finds that the trail of clues leads to questions that may be a little too close to home

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Genesis Within A Dream

BY DARREN HUMBY

“A once-in-a-lifetime literary find that sets the standard for an entire generation."
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With the Archangel, Michael and the Enlightened on the brink of complete destruction, a titanic struggle between the kingdom of Angels for the belief of a boy and the survival of Mankind ensues in this the long anticipated completed chronicle of Darren Humby’s acclaimed novel

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Following the success of his book Morrissey's Manchester dedicated to locations associated with The Smiths, author Phill Gatenby has put together several tours featuring other world famous Manchester bands from Buzzcocks via Joy Division to Oasis and Doves as well as the various scenes from Beat to Acid House and even Lo-Fi.

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