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Insightful, enlightening and thought-provoking, leading Premier League lawyer Daniel Geey lifts the lid on the inner workings of modern football. Whether it is a manager being sacked, the signing of a new star player, television rights negotiations, player misconduct or multi-million-pound club takeovers, lawyers remain at the heart of all football business dealings. Written by leading Premier League

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Maurice, a streetwise tomcat, has come up with the perfect scam. Inspired by the Pied Piper tale, cat and kid lead a band of rats from town to town to fake invasions of vermin. The rewards to get the rats out of town are plentiful. It works perfectly - until their little con game is sussed.

Raymond Carver called Anton Chekhov \"the greatest short story writer who has ever lived.\" This unequivocal verdict on Chekhov\'s genius has been echoed many times by writers as diverse as Katherine Mansfield, Somerset Maugham, John Cheever and Tobias Wolf. While his popularity as a playwright has sometimes overshadowed his achievements in prose, the importance of Chekhov\'s stories is now recognized

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Factfiles\" are a sub-series of \"Bookworms\" with a non-fiction angle, providing factual information for students on a wide variety of themes. Exercises at the back of each book check students\' understanding of the text and provide ideas for activities and project work.\"

Einzigartige Sammlung deutschsprachiger Lyrik von Frauen inklusive Lebensläufen; erweiterte Neuausgabe mit Ergänzungen bis in die Gegenwart.

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