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Written in a lively, buzzing style and filled with fun features, fantastic photographs, and enlightening quotes, this book celebrates the Portuguese maestro's early life--he was named in honor of former President Ronald Reagan--and his career on and off the pitch. 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Filled with facts, stats, and 80 stunning photographs, it explores his childhood, years with Sporting Lisbon and Manchester United, glorious spell with Real Madrid, and move to Italy's biggest club Juventus in summer 2018. Ronaldo has all it takes in soccer, from devastating pace to incredible power shooting with either foot, and few contemporaries can match his talents. 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This is the story of rugby, as it has never been told before: a jinking, weaving compilation of surreal match reports, spoof correspondence and quirky cartoons. From the playing fields of Edwardian England's public schools to the canopied splendour of Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, the game's towering achievements, hilarious happenings and ludicrous coincidences are entertainingly recalled. 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