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Eight-year-old Leo dreams of playing Premier League football.As TIGERS' star striker, he's got the skills - but not the luck.When their season opener against the EAGLES goes wrong, everythingfalls apart. A devastating ankle injury sidelines Leo just whenhis team needs him most. His rival Olli steps up as substitute,leveling the score but leaving TIGERS dangling in the relegationzone. With only three matches left to save their season and a knockoutcup within reach, time is running out.Can Leo recover before it's too late? Will TIGERS avoid the drop?And is that a talent scout watching from the stands...?Accessible, highly illustrated text to grab young readersin time for the FIFA World Cup 2026Gentle messages around teamwork and confidence-buildingWritten by football fanatic, Scott Allen, first in a seriesfor boy readers and young super-fans

Mo's luck has just run out. What will he do now?When a talent scout spots Mo's dribbling skills, the left-wingerearns a trial at Westwood Football Academy. Thank goodness forhis lucky supermarket bag! Mo counts on it to play his best. Butthe morning of his first trial, his bag falls apart - and Mo mustfind new lucky charms. He tries lucky socks, a lucky ritual andeven brings his cat - called Lucky - to the final, crucial game.But thanks to his friends from Tigers football team, plus a newteammate at Westwood, Mo's about to discover that he already haseverything he needs ... in his feet and his brain.Can Mo prove himself and win an academy place?Accessible, highly illustrated text to grab young readersin time for the FIFA World Cup 2026Gentle messages around teamwork and confidence-buildingWritten by football fanatic, Scott Allen, and crammed with movesand strategy for young super-fans

People of Power is designed to teach us to use the supernatural power God has placed within the heart of every believer. Encouraging us to recognize opportunities to use God''s power in our lives and how using God''s power can change your life. People of Power brings to the forefront of our mind the sources of our power and equips us to put them into action in everyday situations in our lives.

It's time to get behind the football team with an impossible dream!What happens when eleven llamas unknowingly eat the ashes of one of the greatest footballers of all time? They become brilliant at football, of course! Managed by eleven-year-old Tim, his unusual friend Cairo and Scottish World Cup-winner McCloud (yes that 'happened' apparently), Llama United goes on an amazing cup run. But who wants to lose to a team of stupid llamas? Nobody, that's who!Rival teams will do anything in their power to stop Llama United in its tracks. When the best cup in the world is at stake, football can be a nasty old business . . .Scott Allen's Llama United is full of football funnies and laugh-a-minute llamas, illustrated by Sarah Horne.Support the team in the second hilarious Llama United book when they go to the World Cup in Llamas Go Large.

Llama United are the football team with a World Cup dream!Llama United has gone from strength to strength after their first Cup win, gaining fame and fortune along the way. Sadly the England football team is not having the same success and, with the World Cup looming, their manager is desperate to find a magic ingredient to beat their bitter rivals. Friends (and llama managers) Tim and Cairo have just that ingredient and agree to loan some of Llama United's top players. But not everything is plain sailing and, with Cairo strangely distracted by the rival team, and the llamas having trouble settling in, Tim has his work cut out for him. It seems not everybody wants to support the team with an impossible dream . . . Llamas Go Large: A World Cup Story is the second hilarious Llama United book from Scott Allen, full of football funnies and laugh-a-minute llamas, illustrated by Sarah Horne.

No matter what programs you develop, there always exists a bottom line: you must know how to access and manipulate data. This book teaches you all the essential data manipulation skills that you will need when you code in C#.Data can be stored in many places, but large quantities of data that need to be frequently accessed are usually stored in relational databases such as SQL Server. Knowing how this data is structured, and how to access and update it, are therefore the most important programming tasks the professional programmer needs to learn.As well as teaching you database basics, such as using SQL to communicate with databases, this book provides you with detailed and code-practical techniques to access data in C# across a wide range of specific coding situations. Code-heavy and full of practical detail, this book has been fully revised and upgraded for .NET 1.1 and offers you the best contemporary practice in this core programming area that you'll find yourself using in nearly all of your .NET projects.

Beginning Visual Basic 2005 Databases teaches you everything you need to know about relational databases, SQL, and ADO.NET 2.0, giving you a sound start in developing console and Windows database applications. The book also includes chapters on the new SQL Server XML data type and the forthcoming LINQ enhancements to the next version of Visual Basic.In addition to teaching you database basics like using SQL to communicate with databases, this book provides you with detailed, code-practical techniques to access data in VB 2005 across a range of coding situations. Code-heavy and full of practical detail, this book has been fully revised and upgraded for .NET 2.0 and offers you the best contemporary practice in this core programming area, so that youll find yourself using it in nearly all your .NET projects.

An exciting, laugh-a-minute guide to every Olympic and Paralympic sportFrom boxing to boccia, find out just what it takes to become an Olympic and Paralympic star in this hilariously informative guide to the games. For each sport you'll discover why it's great, why it's not so great, what skills and equipment you'll need to start practising and even how to sound like a pro! You'll learn about some of the greatest Olympians in history, events that might appear in the future and there's a helpful guide to your chances of becoming a champion. With bold, energetic illustrations and a text packed with weird, wonderful and wildly hilarious facts written by former sports journalist Scott Allen, this hardback gift book is the funniest guide you'll find to the next Olympics!

An exciting, laugh-a-minute guide to every Olympic and Paralympic sport - updated for the 2024 Paris Olympics!From boxing to boccia, find out just what it takes to become an Olympic and Paralympic star in this hilariously informative guide to the games. For each sport you'll discover why it's great, why it's not so great, what skills and equipment you'll need to start practising and even how to sound like a pro! You'll learn about some of the greatest Olympians in history, events that might appear in the future and there's a helpful guide to your chances of becoming a champion. With bold, energetic illustrations and an up-to-date text packed with weird, wonderful and wildly hilarious facts written by sports journalist Scott Allen, this paperback gift book is the funniest guide you'll find to the next Olympics!