61 Minutes in Munich

61 Minutes in Munich
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Publisher : deCoubertin Books
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 9781909245396
ISBN-13 : 1909245399
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis 61 Minutes in Munich by : Howard Gayle

In April 1981, Howard Gayle was summoned from the substitutes’ bench and sent on to play for Liverpool in the second leg of a European Cup semi-final at German champions Bayern Munich. The previous October, by filling the same role at Manchester City, he became the first black footballer in Liverpool’s 89-year history to play at first team level. Gayle’s Liverpool career proved to be short. He would pull on the red shirt only five times in total, scoring once. Yet he is remembered as a trailblazer. In 61 Minutes in Munich, Gayle takes you inside his life: bringing the shutters down on a childhood spent between Toxteth and Norris Green, two contrasting areas of Liverpool. He details life on the streets, the racism, the other forms of abuse, of which he has only told a handful of people before, and his ascent from teenage football hooligan to a player with Europe’s leading club. Gayle explains what it was like to be a black man with a profound sense of insecurity inside a Liverpool dressing room at the most successful point in the club’s history, a place where only the strongest survived. In Munich, Gayle ran Bayern’s defenders ragged and is credited by many as the catalyst for Liverpool’s progression to the final. And yet, by being substituted after 61 minutes on the pitch, he reveals his dismay at never being trusted to keep his cool in the most tense of environments. Gayle takes you to Newcastle, to Birmingham City, to Sunderland and Blackburn Rovers. He takes you back his modest home in the south end of Liverpool where it all began. Part social-history, part-autobiography, 61 Minutes in Munich is an exposition of life in the city of Liverpool during one of the most turbulent periods in its history. Above all it examines how a pioneer like Gayle has been up against it from the moment he was born.

Klopp

Klopp
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Publisher : Faber & Faber
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-10 : 9780571364985
ISBN-13 : 0571364985
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Klopp by : Anthony Quinn

'A love letter to the great man himself.' The Times 'Immensely readable.' Observer 'Delightful.' Mail on Sunday 'Highly enjoyable.' Guardian 'Informative and emotive.' This Is Anfield In the first book by a British writer about this extraordinary football manager, lifelong Liverpool fan Anthony Quinn has crafted a memorable love letter to Jürgen Klopp. Taking in all the drama of LFC's disrupted, but ultimately triumphant, 2019-20 season, it offers unique insight into one of football's most charismatic figures. 'Klopp isn't just for Liverpool, Quinn writes in his final pages. He is for all of us. I reckon this book can be too.' Hannah Jane Parkinson, Observer 'Klopp has worked his way into Liverpool's big sentimental heart like a German love bomb. And Quinn couldn't resist writing an ode, an unabashed fan's note: to Klopp and his boyhood city and the ghost of Shankly.' Irish Times

Striking Back

Striking Back
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 281
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ISBN-10 : 9781588365866
ISBN-13 : 1588365867
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Striking Back by : Aaron J. Klein

The first full account, based on access to key players who have never before spoken, of the Munich Massacre and the Israeli response–a lethal, top secret, thirty-year-long antiterrorism campaign to track down the killers. 1972. The Munich Olympics. Palestinian members of the Black September group murder eleven Israeli athletes. Nine hundred million people watch the crisis unfold on television, witnessing a tragedy that inaugurates the modern age of terror and remains a scar on the collective conscience of the world. Back in Israel, Prime Minister Golda Meir vows to track down those responsible and, in Menachem Begin’s words, “run these criminals and murderers off the face of the earth.” A secret Mossad unit, code named Caesarea, is mobilized, a list of targets drawn up. Thus begins the Israeli response–a mission that unfolds not over months but over decades. The Mossad has never spoken about this operation. No one has known the real story. Until now. Award-winning journalist Aaron Klein’s incisive and riveting account tells for the first time the full story of Munich and the Israeli counterterrorism operation it spawned. With unprecedented access to Mossad agents and an unparalleled knowledge of Israeli intelligence, Klein peels back the layers of myth and misinformation that have permeated previous books, films, and magazine articles about the “shadow war” against Black September and other terrorist groups. Spycraft, secret diplomacy, and fierce detective work abound in a story with more drama than any fictional thriller. Burning questions are at last answered, including who was killed and who was not, how it was done, which targets were hit and which were missed. Truths are revealed: the degree to which the Mossad targeted nonaffiliated Black September terrorists for assassination, the length and full scope of the operation (far greater than previously suspected), retributive acts against Israel, and much more. Finally, Klein shows that the Israeli response to Munich was not simply about revenge, as is popularly believed. By illuminating the tactical and strategic purposes of the Israeli operation, Striking Back allows us to draw profoundly relevant lessons from one of the most important counterterrorism campaigns in history.

What Was Football Like in the 1980s?

What Was Football Like in the 1980s?
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Publisher : eBook Partnership
Total Pages : 266
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781785317132
ISBN-13 : 178531713X
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis What Was Football Like in the 1980s? by : Richard Crooks

What Was Football Like in the 1980s? provides a fascinating and insightful perspective on the game in a decade when football faced major challenges on and off the field. The author's own memories and experiences are augmented by a wealth of research to bring you the definitive account of the clubs, players, managers, referees, grounds, crowds and competitions that defined '80s football. The book examines the Hillsborough, Heysel and Bradford fire tragedies, along with the increasingly commercialised aspects of the game and the evolution of televised football. The scourge of hooliganism - which reached its height in the 1980s - is also given due consideration. What Was Football Like in the 1980s? is an enthralling and illuminating account of a truly remarkable decade for the beautiful game, penned by a respected football author and journalist. How different was the sport 30 to 40 years ago? Richard Crooks gives you the answer, leaving no stone unturned.

Holocaust

Holocaust
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 660
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780199600731
ISBN-13 : 0199600732
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Holocaust by : Peter Longerich

A comprehensive history of the Nazi persecution and murder of European Jews, demonstrating just how central anti-semitism was to Nazi ideology and what a driving force it was in the development of Nazi decision-making, from their earliest days in power through to the invasion of the Soviet Union and the implementation of the Final Solution.

Vengeance

Vengeance
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 418
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ISBN-10 : 9780743291644
ISBN-13 : 0743291646
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Vengeance by : George Jonas

Discloses the Israeli plan to assassinate the known terrorist leaders responsible for the Munich massacre of Israeli athletes and chronicles the story of the hit-squad's leader, a man morally destroyed by his mission.

Western Europe

Western Europe
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Publisher : Lonely Planet
Total Pages : 1224
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1864501634
ISBN-13 : 9781864501636
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Western Europe by : Janet Austin

Profiling the best places to eat and stay on any budget, this handbook includes a language guide with useful words and phrases in seven languages. Travelers will find all the transportation options from the Channel Tunnel to Rhine cruises. of color photos. 192 maps.

Proceedings of the International Research Conference on Proteinase Inhibitors, Munich, November 4–6, 1970

Proceedings of the International Research Conference on Proteinase Inhibitors, Munich, November 4–6, 1970
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 320
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9783111508146
ISBN-13 : 3111508145
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Proceedings of the International Research Conference on Proteinase Inhibitors, Munich, November 4–6, 1970 by : Hans Fritz

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Classical Listening

Classical Listening
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 229
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ISBN-10 : 9781442249363
ISBN-13 : 1442249366
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Classical Listening by : Rob Haskins

The classical record business gained a new lease on life in the 1980s when period instrument performances of baroque and classical music began to assume a place on the stage. This return to the past found its complement in the musical ascension of the American minimalists, in particular the music of Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and John Adams, and smaller specialty labels that focused on experimental composers like John Cage. During this period of change—of classical music’s transition of looking both forward and back—Rob Haskins served as a reviewer for The American Record Guide, tracing these evolutions while also attending to works emerging from within the mainstream of classical music performance and composition. Classical Listening: Two Decades of Reviews of Reviews from The American Record Guide collects the several hundred reviews produced since Rob Haskins’s start in the mid-1990s. A performer and musicologist, Haskins writes delightful, cogent reviews that unapologetically reflect his personal experience, musical interests, and professional background, emphasizing the value of subjectivity in music criticism. Witty, provocative, and eloquent, Haskins’s book reads like a diary of personal experience even as it addresses important topics as diverse as historical performance practice and the aesthetics of contemporary music. It is also a perfect guide to buying or listening for the classical music devotee seeking an informed opinion on the breadth of remarkable recordings available. Record collectors, students and scholars of early and contemporary music, and performers, professionals, and general music lovers will find this collection an invaluable resource as they trace the reception of recordings in the last twenty years of classical music performance.

Central Europe

Central Europe
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 756
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ISBN-10 : IND:39000004689761
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Central Europe by : Anthony Haywood

A comprehensive guide to travelling around Central Europe, designed for all budgets. It covers best places to stay and eat, information on visas, border crossings and converting tolars to euros, and how to get around - from motoring on the German autobahns to ferry rides across Lake Constance.