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FROM THE NO.1 FOOTBALL SERIES - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD!Introducing the MIDFIELD GENERALS collection. Perfect for reluctant readers and all fans of the beautiful game. Name: Florian WirtzNationality: GermanHero Rating: 92Florian Wirtz is the rising superstar football player who became the youngest scorer in Bundesliga history, earning the player of the season title. In 2025 he transferred to Liverpool following their glorious victory in the Premier League for a club-record fee of approximately L100 million. This transfer made him one of the most expensive footballers of all time. On the international stage, he became Germany's youngest goalscorer in the European Championships at the age of 21. He is now known as one of the best attacking midfielders in the world. Inside you'll experience all his greatest moments and discover what makes him an ultimate football hero. Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to superstar professional player. Written in fast-paced, action-packed style these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share. Collect them all! Also available in the MIDFIELD GENERALS range:Bellingham, Zidane, Rice, Gerrard, Odegaard, Modric, Keane, Bruno Fernandes, Iniesta and Kante.

FROM THE NO.1 FOOTBALL SERIES - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD!Name: Chloe Maggie KellyNationality: EnglishHero Rating: 94'The first time was so nice, we had to do it twice!' Chloe Kelly started kicking footballs as soon as she could walk and at the age of seven convinced her five older brothers to let her tag along to their local concrete court to play. Her dynamic dribbling and short, sharp passing caught the attention of coaches and Kelly found herself with a place at the Arsenal Academy. She rose through the ranks and made moves to Everton and Manchester City before returning to Arsenal. This is the story of the formidable Lioness who surpassed her dreams of debuting for England to become a two-time UEFA Women's EUROs champion. Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to superstar professional player. Written in fast-paced, action-packed style these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share.

<p><b>FROM THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <i>CATHERINE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES: THE BIOGRAPHY</i>, OUT NOW IN PAPERBACK<br></b><br><b>From Elizabeth II to King William, <i>The Windsor Legacy</i> offers a riveting exploration of the British monarchy's resilience and influence over the past century, looking at its key players and conflicts, with a forward-looking examination of its future.<br></b><br>In an age where resilience is essential <i>The Windsor Legacy </i>delivers an enthralling narrative of inspiration and royal intrigue. Penned by Robert Jobson, a <i>Sunday Times</i> and <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author and a front-line royal correspondent for over three decades, this extraordinary work will take readers deep into the heart of royal history as well as through the secrets and secrets that plague it to this day.<br><br>From the abdication crisis, royal family entanglements, Cold War espionage, betrayal, scandalous love affairs, to more recent constitutional crises and the monarchy's most closely guarded secrets and feuds. The historic narrative romp, told through the key characters and clashes at the heart of the family will be packed with exclusive revelations, and be as comprehensive as it is captivating.</p>

<p><b>FROM THE NO.1 FOOTBALL SERIES - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD!</b><br><br>Introducing the SUPER STOPPERS collection. Perfect for reluctant readers and all fans of the beautiful game.<br><br>Name: Paul McGrath<br>Nationality: English / Irish<br>Hero Rating: TBC<br><br>Growing up in the foster care system, Paul McGrath found an outlet in sports and began his footballing career in his early twenties, playing for St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland Cup. In 1982, McGrath moved to Manchester United and then Aston Villa, earning himself legendary status. It was on the global stage of the 1990 World Cup, playing for Ireland, that McGrath's masterful defending and skilful performance truly impressed the world, securing him a permanent place in the hearts of Irish football fans.<br><br><i>Ultimate Football Heroes</i> is a series of biographies telling the life-stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to super-star professional player. Written in fast-paced, action-packed style these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share.<br><br>Collect them all! Also available in the SUPER STOPPERS range: <i>Van Dijk</i>, <i>Earps</i>, <i>Alisson</i>, <i>Alexander-Arnold</i>, <i>Pickford,</i> <i>Williamson</i>, <i>Ramos,</i> <i>Robertson</i>, <i>Neuer </i>and <i>Maguire</i><i>.</i></p>

FROM THE NO.1 FOOTBALL SERIES - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD! Name: Masour Ousmane Dembélé Nationality: French Masour Ousmane Dembélé proved himself as a superstar player from a young age when he was named Player of the Year in his first professional signing with French team Rennes. He transferred to Dortmund where a goal in the final helped them win the DFB-Pokal. Dembélé transferred to Barcelona for a fee of €105 million where the team won seven titles. In 2023 he returned to France and signed with Paris Saint-Germain. In the 2024-25 season he scored 33 goals and was named Ligue 1 Player of the Year, UEFA Champions Player of the Season and finished as the Ligue 1 top scorer. Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to superstar professional player. Written in fast-paced, action-packed style these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share.

LOOK BACK AT AN INCREDIBLE YEAR OF SPORTS ACTION WITH ULTIMATE FOOTBALL HEROES! THE PERFECT GIFT FOR RELUCTANT READERS AND FOOTBALL FANATICS EVERYWHERE. Experience the greatest moments in the 2024-25 season, featuring intense Premier League face-offs for the top-five finish, shocking moments as the Lionesses rise to glory in the Euros, and all the action from the biggest and best players from around the globe. Peek inside for Liverpool's dash for the Premier League title, Salah's unstoppable run of goals, the earth shattering 'El Clasico' match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, Saka's push to bring his team to the next Champion's League, Hannah Hampton's world-shattering penalty saves, and many, many more. This collection features the top players from the latest season, including Bukayo Saka, Ousmane Dembélé, Alessia Russo, Lamine Yamal, Désiré Doué and Mohammed Salah. This BUMPER SPECIAL EDITION is stacked with the biggest football hero stories from across the world, plus stats and quizzes to test your knowledge - it's the ultimate yearbook for fans of the beautiful game!

A brand-new collector's edition featuring an exclusive jacket design, a collector's card, a free audio download and a free eBook worth GBP 7.99 - all in one premium package for the ultimate football superfans! FROM THE NO.1 FOOTBALL SERIES - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD! Introducing the TOP BALLERS collection. Perfect for reluctant readers and all fans of the beautiful game. Name: Lionel Messi Nationality: Argentina Hero Rating: 95 Lionel Messi is a legend. He started his football career at the age of 5 at Grandioli Football Club, with his supergoals catching the attention of fans who compared him to the great Maradonna. But when he was young he was so small that his friends called him 'Little Leo' and coaches worried he wasn't big enough to compete. Discover how the tiny boy from South America used his bravery, talent and hard work to prove them wrong, winning the FIFA World Cup 2022 and becoming the first footballer in history to win eight Ballon d'Or trophies, fulfilling his lifelong dream of becoming the greatest of all time. Updated edition with brand new content featuring Argentina's 2022 FIFA World Cup win. With an eye-catching cover, this special, elite edition contains a collector's card and a code to redeem a free audio edition of the book. Collect them all! Also available in the TOP BALLERS range: Péle, Neymar, Maradonna, De Bruyne, Griezemann, Foden, Firmino, Coutinho and Pogba.

A brand-new collector's edition featuring an exclusive jacket design, a collector's card, a free audio download and a free eBook worth GBP 7.99 - all in one premium package for the ultimate football superfans! FROM THE NO.1 FOOTBALL SERIES - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD! Introducing the WING WIZARDS collection. Perfect for reluctant readers and all fans of the beautiful game. Name: Cristiano Ronaldo Nationality: Portugal Hero Rating: 97 Escaping the hot streets of Madeira, Cristiano Ronaldo first proved himself as a wonder-kid at Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson's guidance, before joining Real Madrid for a record-fee and becoming a legend there and for Portugal. Discover how he won the Euros with Portugal, and returned to Manchester to try to cement his status as the greatest player of all time. This is the story of how the gifted boy became a man, a team-player and a legend. With an eye-catching cover, this special, elite edition contains a collector's card and a code to redeem a free audio edition of the book. Collect them all! Also available in the WING WIZARDS range: Saka, Salah, Vinicius Júnior, Beckham, Grealish, Rashford, Son Heung-Min, Mead, Sancho.

<p><i>The Defector </i>is the untold account of how, in 1971, the defection of a KGB saboteur in London led to the expulsion of more than a hundred Soviet 'diplomats' from the UK.<br><br>Drawing on newly declassified intelligence documents and dozens of interviews with spymasters,<i> The Defector</i> tells a startling story of a Soviet mission to plant fake Kremlin agents within British and American intelligence services, the paranoia that ensued, and how the actions of a genuine turncoat, the former KGB officer Oleg Lyalin, and the secrets he revealed resulted to one of the most dramatic and pivotal moments in the Cold War. <br><br>Lyalin led MI5 to rethink its relationship with the CIA. And his defection discredited a previous KGB defector, Anatoly Golitsyn, the darling of the CIA, and ultimately destroyed the reputation of the US agency's head of counterintelligence, James Jesus Angleton. <br><br><br>As Richard Kerbaj writes: 'There was a poetic irony in Golitsyn's loss of credibility. It came, as he had previously feared, at the hands of a KGB defector. Except Oleg Lyalin had not been sent by the KGB - he was running away from it.'<br><br>At the heart of Lyalin's story is a narrative entwined with lies, disinformation, Kremlin deception campaigns, intelligence failures by the CIA and MI5, and a tangled love life. Told in full here, for the first time, by one of this country's leading commentators on national security, it reveals how during the darkest moments of the Cold War one of the West's greatest achievements transpired as a result of MI5's break with the CIA.<br><br>The disclosure of the inside story of this historic event also comes at a time when there is a renewed interest in the relationship between transatlantic spy services - from the intelligence they share or hold back, to the way they respond to their political masters and stand up to threats from Russia.</p>

<p>The autumn must read: <i>Something Wicked </i>this way comes...<br><b><br>Accused. Condemned. Redefined.</b><br><br>On 20 August 1612, ten people from Pendle were executed before a vast crowd at Lancaster's Gallows Hill. The condemned and their associates had endured six months of accusations, imprisonment and torture; their treatment was such that one of the group died in Lancaster Castle's dungeons, while awaiting trial.<br><br> Today, a thriving tourism industry exists in and around Pendle, the former home of the so-called witches, yet virtually everything we know about the case originates from a single source: Thomas Potts' <i>Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches</i>, hurriedly published in 1613 and distinctly skewed in favour of the prosecution. Until now...<br><br><i>Sunday Times </i>bestselling author Carol Ann Lee brings an entirely fresh perspective to the story by approaching it as true crime. Having worked in the genre for more than a decade, her research leads to revelatory discoveries, transforming our knowledge of those shadowy figures behind ill-famed names, and the terrible events that befell them.<br><br> After four centuries of superstition and surmise, the two central, warring families - each headed by a fiercely independent widow working as 'cunning women' - emerge fully formed, as the book uncovers the reality of their lives and their alleged crimes before exploring the trial and executions.<br><br> Along the way, we uncover the truth behind some of the story's most enduring mysteries: the legend of Malkin Tower and the final resting place of the Pendle witches. <br><br>This is a ground-breaking book that will take the reader on a spellbinding journey into the dark heart of England's largest and most notorious witch trial.</p>

<p><b>You know who the Peaky Blinders are ... It's time to see where they began.</b><br><br>At the turn of the twentieth century, Birmingham was seemingly transforming into a wealthy, bustling metropolis, celebrated for its manufacturing and local government. Yet behind this optimistic facade, the poorest and most vulnerable in society were abandoned. This longstanding inequality aroused unrest, sparking violence and terror from backstreet gangsters who'd become known as peaky blinders.<br><br>In this fourth instalment of the bestselling series, historian Carl Chinn draws upon his decades of expertise and his own family history to reveal even more about these notorious gangs, going back to where it all began. Chinn exposes the real people whose bloody feuds, murders and maiming, baiting of police officers, bullying of the decent poor, gendered violence, blackmailing, and disturbing roles in political riots and racist attacks made Birmingham infamous as the city of the Peaky Blinders.<br><br><i>Peaky Blinders: The Real Gangs and Gangsters </i>is a vivid and shocking portrait of Birmingham through the Victorian and Edwardian eras, unpicking the storied history of its vicious gangs to reveal how they forced themselves into notoriety.</p>

<p>Alison Marsh was living an ordinary life. She loved walks with her dog, drinks with her mates and nights in with her family. But one night, after falling victim to a shocking crime, Ali made a decision that would change everything: she became a private investigator.<br><br>Armed with her intelligence, intuition and a strong sense of justice, Ali formed Miss A.M. Investigations. Her new life brought with it a roster of colourful clients and countless mysteries to solve. Sharpening her investigative skills, soon Ali found herself conducting remote surveillance, assuming new identities and infiltrating gangs (or in this instance, a book club). Whether she's catching love-cheats red-handed, foiling fraudsters or finding missing persons, no two days are the same. Yet with each case comes the same desire to help people in need, however she can.<br><br>In <i>Private Lies, </i>Ali takes the reader behind the scenes of these real cases and shows how she uses her skills and experience to follow the clues, solve the mysteries and find the answers for those who need them most.</p>

<p><b>THE CHILLING NEW BOOK FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR, HOWARD SOUNES THAT SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON THE FRED & ROSE WEST MURDER INVESTIGATIONS</b><br><br><br>Thirty years since the death of Fred West and the conviction of his wife Rose, in 1995, the West murder case exerts a magnetic fascination for true crime readers. The Wests claimed twelve victims, young women and girls including members of their own family. Nine mutilated bodies were found buried under their home at 25 Cromwell St, Gloucester, the so-called House of Horrors.<br><br>Author Howard Sounes wrote the first major book about this extraordinary case, <i>Fred & Rose</i>, having broken stories about the investigation as a journalist. As well as being the first to use this title, which has been much copied since, he was the first to use the phrase House of Horrors, and has become the leading expert in the West case. He is the presenter of a hit podcast series about the murders; and Senior Producer on the new series for Netflix, <i>Fred & Rose West: A British Horror Story</i>, which he also features in. While his first book, <i>Fred & Rose</i> stands as a true crime classic, Sounes's new book - <i>The Fred West Tapes </i>- sheds wholly new light on the investigation, bringing readers into the interview room as detectives quizzed Fred West. <i>The Fred West Tapes</i> will draw a new generation and a global audience to the case.<br><br><i>The Fred West Tapes</i> incorporates remarkable new evidence and primary source testimony, including the experiences of the West children and victim families. With never-before-seen and heard testimony and evidence, this is a fascinating journey into the twisted mind of serial killer Fred West and his marriage to Rose, his partner in crime.</p>

Create your own Ultimate Football Hero with the No.1 football series - over 3 million copies sold! This innovative game book allows readers to create their own superstar striker, taking them from trials through to the Cup Final, playing for their favourite team in this choose-your-own-adventure book. Play out tests and matches, customise your skills and make game-changing decisions on and off the pitch. If you train hard, and luck is on your side, you'll reach the Cup Final! With multiple paths and endings, every choice matters. Put yourself in the game with Career Mode: Goal Machine. Part of the Ultimate Football Heroes series.

<p><b>Create and colour your way through the ultimate football journey!</b><br><br>This colouring book allows readers to dress their favourite footballing heroes in the kits of their choice. From England's heroes like Saka and Palmer, to the global sensations that are Messi and Yamal, each player comes to life as readers colour and create.<br><br>With added pages to personalise their own football journey, activities include designing a referee's kit, personalising a golden boot and colouring in a trophy cabinet. Includes the chance to create their own starting eleven.</p>

<p><b>** AN EXPLOSIVE READ. GET READY FOR TRUTHS AND BOMBSHELLS. **<br><br>'<i>Staggeringly honest... Katie is one of showbusiness's great survivors</i>,' Bryony Gordon</b><br> <b><br><i>'Katie is the best storyteller</i>,' Jamie Laing<br></b><br><b>'<i>Katie is a survivor</i>,' Elizabeth Day</b><br><br>Celebrating twenty years since her bestselling debut autobiography, <i>Being Jordan</i>, and a stellar thirty-year career, <i>This Is Me</i> is Katie Price as you've never heard her before - raw and reflective. Katie explores the incredible highs and devastating lows of her life and turbulent career, as well as the journey she's been<br>on to get to where she is today.<br><br>From her first forays into glamour modelling when she was just 17 years old, through a wild ride of Playboy mansions, Eurovision Song Contests, reality TV and everything in between, <i>This Is Me</i> is the true story of Katie's life behind the headlines. But it's not all glitz, glam and cosmetic surgery. For the first time, Katie will reflect on her journey through therapy, PTSD, trauma and the trials of living her life in the media spotlight. It's a true tale of survival during a career that has seen her become a household name - sometimes for all the wrong reasons. But though this is Katie in her most reflective book to date, it's also punctuated with the very real drama she's been dealing with in her life at the moment.<br><br>Full of life lessons she's learned along the way as well as the pain and heartache of the ones she's still learning, this is the real, explosive and unapologetically honest Katie Price.</p>