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Max Best was a call center drone living in a rough area of Manchester, England, when he defused a potentially dangerous situation in order to help out an old man. The old man 'rewarded' Max by giving him the ability to see football like a top manager, just like in the computer game Soccer Supremo. This curse-as Max calls it-was perplexing. What was he supposed to do with these abilities? Max became a scout, an agent, an advisor, and after much trial and error, earned a job as a real-life football manager.

Ivo wusste immer schon, dass er besonders ist. Besonders cool, besonders talentiert, besonders attraktiv. Doch als seine Jugendliebe Mirna ins Spiel kommt, gerät das sichere Gerüst ins Wanken. Der rotzig-witzige Ton, Wiener Milieusprache und treffende Fußballmetaphern machen die Geschichte ebenso unterhaltsam wie scharfsinnig.

Ein rätselhafter Todesfall erschüttert Sylt: Im OceanView, dem Insel-Aquarium, bricht unter den Besuchern ein Schrei des Entsetzens aus. In einem Schaubecken treibt die Leiche einer jungen Frau. Die Polizei hält den Fall schnell für gelöst: Überwachungskameras zeigen, wie Tim, der vorbestrafte Ex-Freund der Toten, ihr zur Tatzeit auflauert. Noch am selben Abend wird er festgenommen. Die Journalistin Anke Fischer, nach dem Verlust ihres Partners frisch nach Sylt gezogen, glaubt nicht an die Aufklärung des Falls.

Temptation comes in many forms. No sooner has MMA fighter Aedan Kearney proved his integrity in the ring, then he's challenged all over again by a far more deadly challenger than any fighter he's ever met. His new glamorous assistant has made no secret of the fact that she'll do what it takes to make him her own. With a baby at home taking all his beautiful wife's spare time, Aedan asks himself what's the harm in a little flirtation—only to find out just how much damage a spiteful woman can do. At the same time, Rosa is finding motherhood isn't all it's cracked up to be.

When Robbie Bishop, star midfielder for the Bradfield Vics, is poisoned by a rare and deadly toxin, profiler Dr Tony Hill and trusted colleague DCI Carol Jordan have their work cut out for them. Then a bomb explodes in the football stadium, causing massive casualties – and another man dies...

When Lexi's boyfriend, Will, skips her friend's wedding to watch football, it might just be the final whistle for their relationship. But rather than getting mad, Lexi decides to even the score. When ‘lost’ tickets and an 'accidentally' broken television lead to them spending time together...

Ante la ola de violencia, presión y competitividad insana que se está imponiendo a los valores tradicionales del tenis, Sergio, el director de un club, lleva a cabo una iniciativa, denominada "Valora", para poner fin a esta espiral negativa. El reto de reeducar a la población del tenis es complicado, por lo que Sergio deberá recabar los recursos y apoyos necesarios e ir superando todo tipo de obstáculos y problemas que vayan surgiendo para lograr su propósito de reconducir la situación.

AP er 21 år og en del af superligatruppen i AGF. Talentet er stort, og han nærmer sig startopstillingen, da han under en kamp bliver korsbåndsskadet for anden gang. Pludselig vil klubben ikke længere satse på ham. Karrieren hænger i en tynd tråd, og fortvivlelsen sætter ind. Hvem er han...

One perfect day in Barcelona. One kiss that changed everything. One goodbye that broke my heart. I've always been the overlooked sister, the forgotten friend, the girl in the background of everyone else's love story. But when a handsome stranger rescued my purse-and then my entire day-I dared to believe my story might finally be starting. Then he vanished. No explanation. No phone number. Not even a last name. Classic. Fast forward to six months later, when I discover my mystery man is Brody "Candy" Kane-NHL golden boy, my sister's fiancé's teammate-and he needs a favor.

Die Einsamkeit des Langstreckenläufers – ›Laufen ist bei uns zu Hause immer großgeschrieben worden, besonders das Weglaufen vor der Polizei‹ – ist die Einsamkeit des jungen Colin Smith, der für einen Diebstahl in eine Jugendstrafanstalt geschickt worden ist. Der Direktor der Anstalt, der Colins Lauftalent entdeckt, will, dass er das Rennen um die Landesmeisterschaft gewinnt. Doch für Colin heißt gewinnen etwas anderes.

I had everything a girl could ever want. A handsome prince who adored me, and together, we were in the beginning stages of trying for a baby. My life was a literal fairy tale. Until suddenly, it wasn't. In the span of a single breath, my world came crashing down. Dreams of a future family turn...

Sam Cloud-Carson knows great loss. He lost his family and then his freedom when he was blackmailed into working as a tracker for a private military company in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan. Conniving CEO Drake Dixon didn't make it easy, but standout pitcher Sam finally has a fresh start on the ballfields of Nicaragua, where his quest for baseball stardom is just beginning. Sam’s natural talent and innate kindness bring attention from scouts — and from a troubled woman who faces her own demons.

A story collection for golfers that enjoy fiction. From "Check-In at the Clubhouse" to "Cart Return," these nine stories offer a listening experience similar to a regular tee time with a familiar foursome. Like any golf round, the stories twist and turn, seeking answers to questions like, what if Jesus Christ showed up for a round at twilight? What if there was a gnome that lived underneath greens and caused putts to rim out? And what will the last match on Earth be like?

He saw the play. He knew the throw. He didn't act. In Bellmere, football isn't just a game—it's certainty. And Jake Halvorsen is the one person everyone trusts to deliver it. Calm. Precise. Unshakable. Until something changes. It starts as a delay no one else can see. A fraction of a second between knowing and doing.

From the author of the USA TODAY bestseller and Reese’s Book Club Pick The Three Lives of Cate Kay comes an enthralling new novel about a young movie director who bets her career on making a film about an overlooked trailblazer in women’s basketball and in the process finds her own voice...

Elsie Stone hat einen Plan: Ihr Studium am Sacramento College unbeschadet beenden, um die Minneapolis Warriors zu übernehmen. In einer Welt voller Männer darf sie sich keine Schwäche erlauben. Doch dann gerät sie ins Visier von Kingston Ford. Der charismatische Tight End der Sacramento Sharks braucht eine Begleitung für eine Familienhochzeit – und ausgerechnet Elsie soll ihm aushelfen. Was sie nicht ahnt: Hinter Kingstons lauter, feierwütiger Fassade verbirgt sich ein Sturm, den er mühsam zu bändigen versucht.

At Mugello, grip is geometry. And geometry doesn’t care about fear. Elias Thorne drives without ABS. Without traction control. Without forgiveness. Inside the Optimizer Suite, the Governor protects. The Coach disciplines. The Engineer audits. And the Dreamer builds a lap no human should survive. When a stitched-best 1: 39.842 appears—constructed from fragments of perfection—Elias must decide whether the limit is mechanical… or mental. In the rain, at Arrabbiata, inside the violence of yaw and brake bias, safety becomes a constraint. And the fastest line may not belong to the living.

Achilles lässt seinen laufenden Ermittler Peer Pedes im 3. Berlin-Krimi unfreiwillig am Ultra-Marathon entlang der Route der Berliner Mauer teilnehmen. Während des längsten Rennens der Hauptstadt werden grausame Funde gemacht: einzelne Körperteile, methodisch entlang der historischen Mauer verteilt. Kommissar Peer Pedes und seine queere Kollegin Stephanie stehen vor einem Rätsel, das sie tief in die Geschichte der Stadt und in menschliche Abgründe führen wird.

En el segundo capítulo de "Valora" los protagonistas se encuentran en una encrucijada, debatiéndose entre hacer lo correcto o renunciar a la ética con tal de alimentar a su ego a cualquier precio. ¿Lograrán entre todos reconducir la situación y hacer que el tenis vuelva a ser un deporte noble y libre de presión?

Meet Marcelo Dominguez: a completely blind, half-Black, half-Puerto Rican young man in a small, segregated Texas town. Abandoned by his mother and later his father, Marcelo's greatest dream is to play football like the men in his family's past. Everyone says it's impossible. Everyone says he belongs on the sidelines. But with the unwavering love of his older sister, Juniper, the dream becomes a reality. Juniper engineers KK (Kinetic Impact Avoidance & Real-time Alert), a cutting-edge artificial intelligence housed in Marcelo's helmet and glasses, which acts as his eyes on the field.