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Eric Cantona is an enduring enigma. No Frenchman in the past 50 years has so successfully captured the British imagination. In scintillating essays that bring to life Cantona’s wild swings – on what felt like a weekly basis – between hero and villain, this idiosyncratic catalogue of the footballer’s 82 goals for Manchester United, describing the matches in which each goal was scored, is a close-up portrait of an unparalleled artist which takes the reader back to some of footballing’s most cherished moments. Manchester United was dominating English football during this period, a run of success which began with their first league title in 26 years during the 1992-3 season. Inspiring younger players such as Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and David Beckham, Cantona was, and remains, an iconic figure, known for his style and effortless grace, his French flair and his unwavering, unapologetic non-conformity.
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Julien Laurens, the world’s leading French football journalist, paints a vivid portrait of Mbappé’s meteoric rise to global stardom. After a decade covering Kylian’s career, Julien has had unprecedented access to the player, his inner circle, his coaches, teammates and family. Exploring Mbappé’s humble upbringing in the suburbs of Paris and schooling at the famed Clairefontaine academy, his peerless rise with AS Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain, as well as his dream move to Real Madrid where his career has reached new heights, this extensive biography crafts an intimate account of Kylian’s life. Julien takes us into the inner workings of Mbappé’s psyche, as we witness how becoming a world superstar at just 19 affected the young Parisian.
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The first narrative history of Test cricket as it nears its 150th birthday, telling the story of how the game has evolved since 1877, told through the moments and personalities that have shaped the format.
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A major new biography of Rory McIlory from Alan Shipnuck, the New York Times bestselling author.
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For decades in America, car racing meant NASCAR, and to a lesser extent IndyCar, with Formula 1 – the wealthiest racing league in the world – a distant third. Fast forward to 2023, and F1 has emerged at the front of the pack powered by a passionate yet nascent American fanbase. The F1 juggernaut has arrived, but this checkered flag was far from inevitable. In ‘The Formula’, Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg tell the epic story of how F1 saved itself from collapse and finally conquered America through guile, fearlessness and, above all, reinvention.
