Michael Owen: 25 books

First published in 2004 and updated in 2006 to include his first full season with Real Madrid. Michael Owen reveals the highlights and pitfalls of being a professional footballer in his first official autobiography, which contains his personal reflections on eight years in the game, including two...

Michael Owen is a rugby legend who captained the Welsh team to their first Grand Slam victory in 27 years, led the British Lions, and was the 1000th player to be capped by Wales. Here he tells his own life story—the story of a true sportsman. Michael's talent became apparent early on and, having...

IS THE 27 CLUB JUST A MYTH? (No). Is it a “curse?” (No). But The 27 Club is not what you think. It’s more than the deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and others.Using the teachings of the Moon Cycles and C. G. Jung’s notion of the puer (the...

It has been said that the records of singer and actress Julie London were purchased for their provocative, full-color cover photographs as frequently as they were for the music contained in their grooves. During the 1950s and '60s, her piercing blue eyes, strawberry blonde hair, and shapely figure...

Since the ancient times of the Sumerians, two rival vampire factions have been slowly fighting each other, while remaining hidden from the rest of the world. After the dawn of the new millennium, humanity has finally started to gain a prime understanding of science and technology. Trevor Gestal was...

Dianji Cervantes was a man who grew up in dire poverty. His parents came from straight across the Mexican border while America was facing a bad economic situation. He grew up in a hard way. He became a philanthropist as a young adult. One fateful evening, Dianji attempted to rob a diamond store so...

Dameon Writhe was one of the most brutal raiders in northwestern New Mexico. His peers knew little about who he was before the great catastrophe. However, they quickly learned that he was not to be trifled with in the anarchistic new world. After years of raiding and pillaging outposts full of innocent...

Christopher Jones could have had it all. He was a fast rising heavyweight boxing prospect in 1960's Detroit. He was undefeated and he knocked out every man who dared face him. Unfortunately, Jones got too greedy and thought he could make more money by throwing a fight against a huge underdog....

Analyzing the way organizations work through the study of the symbols connected to them, this book will be of interest to anyone involved in organization studies. The author discusses the most obvious symbolic aspects of organizations - corporate logos, office sizes, use of titles - as well...

A comprehensive, integrated, and accessible textbook presenting core neuroscientific topics from a computational perspective, tracing a path from cells and circuits to behavior and cognition. This textbook presents a wide range of subjects in neuroscience from a computational perspective. It...

Larry Sabato, one of the leading experts in American politics, has brought together respected journalists and academics from across the political spectrum to examine every facet of the 2012 election, and what its development and outcome will mean for the nation moving forward. In frank, accessible...

How social media and DIY communities have enabled new forms of political participation that emphasize doing and making rather than passive consumption. Today, DIY—do-it-yourself—describes more than self-taught carpentry. Social media enables DIY citizens to organize and protest in new ways...

Leading scholars offer perspectives from the philosophy of science on the crisis in psychiatric research that exploded after the publication of DSM-5. Psychiatry and mental health research is in crisis, with tensions between psychiatry's clinical and research aims and controversies over diagnosis,...

In this volume ten expert historians and legal scholars examine the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the first federal civil rights statute in American history. The act declared that all persons born in the United States were citizens without regard to race, color, or previous condition of slavery. Designed...