Over the past four years, Alex Ferguson has been reflecting on and jotting down the highlights of his extraordinary career, and here he reveals his amazing story as it unfolded, from his very early days in the tough shipyard areas of Govan. Sir Alex announced his retirement as manager of Manchester United after 27 years in the role. He has gone out in a blaze of glory, with United winning the Premier League for the 13th time, and he is widely considered to be the greatest manager in the history of British soccer. Over the last quarter of a century there have been seismic changes at Manchester United, with the only constant element the quality of the manager’s league-winning squad and United’s run of success, which included winning the Champions League for a second time in 2008. Sir Alex created a purposeful, but welcoming, and much envied culture at the club which has lasted the test of time. He discusses managing these seismic changes, and the growth of Man U as a global sports power. He shares the farewells to Roy Keane and David Beckham, describes the process of building a new Champions League side around Ronaldo and Rooney, and ruminates upon the great rivalries with Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, and City. He also shares his thoughts on the psychology of management, and his passions and interests outside the game.

My little library of bedtime stories:

Share the magic of storytime with 10 bedtime tales. Read about little polar bear’s magic moon. find out what happens when you wish upon a star and read all about love, friendship, and family in these charming picture books.

Get easy and snuggle up. It’s time for a story!

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Johan Cruyff is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in football history. Throughout his playing career, he was synonymous with Total Football,

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This masterpiece of modern comics storytelling brings to vivid life a dark world and an even darker man. Together with inker Klaus Janson and colorist Lynn Varley, writer/artist Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in his saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, ten years after the Dark Knight’s retirement.

شكّلت رواية “قرية ستيبّانتشيكوفو وسكّانها” عودة دوستويفسكي إلى الحياة الأدبية الروسية بعد قضاء عشر سنوات في سجن الأشغال الشاقة والمنفى. يصف هذا العمل، الذي تتخلله دراما نفسية، ومؤامرات واحتيالات دنيئة، حياة هؤلاء  الأرستقراطيين الريفيين الذين يرثون قرية بكاملها ومن ثم يمتلكون “النفوس” التي تتألف منها. نجد هناك  الأشخاص العابرين، الطفيليين، خدم المنزل، الأسرة، الأم المستبدة، والمدعي الثقافة والزائف الحماس الديني، الذي يسيطر شيئاً فشيئاً على هؤلاء الأشخاص ويكشف لنا أنانية وظلم ووصولية مجتمع  اللامساواة  والمظاهر الكاذبة التي كان عليها المجتمع الروسي إبان القرن التاسع عشر. إنه نص حكائي ذكيّ، مُتقَن، ذو حبكة مدهشة، يتّسم بوصف دقيق ولمّاح للطبيعة البشرية؛ هذا الوصف الذي ميّز وخلّد أعمال هذا الكاتب العظيم التي ما زالت تُقرأ وتُقرأ إلى يومنا هذا.

Tess and Gus are meant to be. They just haven’t met properly yet. And perhaps they never will . . .

Today is the first day of the rest of your life is the motto on a plate in the kitchen at home, and Tess can’t get it out of her head, even though she’s in Florence for a final, idyllic holiday before university.

Gus and his parents are also on holiday in Florence – and, for one day, the paths of these two eighteen-year-olds will criss-cross before they each return to England.

Over the course of the next sixteen years, life and love will offer them very different challenges. Separated by distance and chance, there’s no way the two of them are ever going to meet each other properly . . . or is there?

Pearl the Flying Unicorn is the second in Sally Odgers’ three-book chapter book series where the magical unicorn Pearl and her friends take on some of life’s tough lessons with humor and heart…

Pearl and her friends Olive (an ogre) and Tweet (a bird) are on the hunt for glitter feathers! But they’ve blown all the way over to Gull Island. They use Olive’s ogre-boat to reach the island, but rowing quickly behind them are three mean and stinky pirate gobble-uns!

Can Pearl use her magic to save her friends in time?

Book 2 of the series focuses on Pearl’s determination to help her friends.

Pearl the Flying Unicorn

Pearl the Flying Unicorn is the second in Sally Odgers’ three-book chapter book series where the magical unicorn Pearl and her friends take on some of life’s tough lessons with humor and heart…

Pearl and her friends Olive (an ogre) and Tweet (a bird) are on the hunt for glitter feathers! But they’ve blown all the way over to Gull Island. They use Olive’s ogre-boat to reach the island, but rowing quickly behind them are three mean and stinky pirate gobble-uns!

Can Pearl use her magic to save her friends in time?

Book 2 of the series focuses on Pearl’s determination to help her friends.