Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids? An Indie Odyssey
By: Nige Tassell
4.11
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
In 1986, the NME released a cassette that would shape music for years to come. A collection of twen…
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1. Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division
By: Deborah Curtis , Jon Savage
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is an account of the mesmerising life and tragic death of Ian Curtis, lead singer of Joy Divis… read more
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2. Bedsit Disco Queen: How I Grew Up and Tried to Be a Pop Star
By: Tracey Thorn
3.73
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A frank and funny pop culture memoir in the vein of Caitlin Moran's How to be a Woman,this is "how … read more
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3. Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
By: Peter Hook
2.56
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
Joy Division changed the face of music. Godfathers of alternative rock, they reinvented music in th… read more
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4. One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time
By: Craig Brown
4.26
Format: 642 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret comes a fascinatin… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- british literature
5. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
By: Kathleen Hanna
4.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more
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"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
6. Bournville
By: Jonathan Coe
3.81
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling, award-winning author of Middle England comes a profoundly moving, brutally fu… read more
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- british literature
7. Spaceships Over Glasgow
By: Stuart Braithwaite
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Born the son of Scotland's last telescope-maker, Stuart Braithwaite was perhaps always destined for… read more
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8. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
By: Alan Partridge
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more
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9. Football and How to Survive It
By: Pat Nevin
4.37
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
'The good news for those who loved THE ACCIDENTAL this new book is even better. There were times a… read more
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- nonfiction
10. Sonic Life: A Memoir
By: Thurston Moore
3.81
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from… read more
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11. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
12. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
By: Rory Carroll
4.38
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more
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- nonfiction
13. Berserker!
By: Adrian Edmondson
4.32
Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition
From brutal schooldays to '80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of… read more
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14. Paper Cuts
By: Ted Kessler
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
'A great writer' Paul Weller 'A music journalist of integrity' Billy Childish ' There's only one … read more
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- nonfiction
15. Good Pop, Bad Pop
By: Jarvis Cocker
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display? We all have a … read more
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- nonfiction
- british literature
16. Verse, Chorus, Monster!
By: Graham Coxon
3.70
Format: None pages, ebook
Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era, Blur co-founder Graham Coxon managed to carve out a… read more
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- nonfiction
17. Bunnyman: A Memoir
By: Will Sergeant
4.23
Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition
The Sunday Times bestsellerGrowing up in Liverpool in the 1960s and '70s, when skinheads, football … read more
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- nonfiction
18. Echoes: A memoir continued . . .
By: Will Sergeant
4.27
Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERScenic Wye Valley isn't the typical place for a rock story to begin, but… read more
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- nonfiction
19. The Rodfather: Inside the Beautiful (Ugly, Ridiculous, Hilarious) Game
By: Roddy Collins
4.28
Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition
The hilarious memoir from the funniest man in football!Roddy Collins is a football man - now in the… read more
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20. The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People
By: Stuart Maconie
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Three years before George Orwell made his expedition to the far and frozen North JB Priestley – who… read more
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- nonfiction
- british literature
21. Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZZT
By: Trevor Horn
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
As a renowned recording-studio maven, Trevor Horn has been dubbed 'the man who invented the '80s'. … read more
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22. No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy: Memoirs of a Working-Class Reader
By: Mark Hodkinson
3.77
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Mark Hodkinson grew up among dark satanic mills in a house with just one book: Folklore, Myths and … read more
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- nonfiction
23. Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids? An Indie Odyssey
By: Nige Tassell
4.11
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
In 1986, the NME released a cassette that would shape music for years to come. A collection of twen… read more
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24. Afternoons with the Blinds Drawn
By: Brett Anderson
4.03
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
The trajectory of Suede - hailed in infancy as both 'The Best New Band in Britain' and 'effete sout… read more
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- nonfiction
- british literature
25. Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success
By: Miki Berenyi
4.46
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary and searingly honest personal story of musician Miki Berenyi, revealing the highs… read more
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- nonfiction
- british literature
26. Tenement Kid
By: Bobby Gillespie
4.02
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
Fizzing with an infectious passion for the magic of rock music, Gillespie’s vivid and evocative mem… read more
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"I kind of became a feminist from an early age, even though I wasn’t aware of the feminist movement in any way. I admired my mum a lot. In her own quiet way she was a fighter."-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
"When I was a teenager I started to think about how dedicated Dad was to the struggle for working-class rights. He had devoted his life to the Labour cause fighting inequality and that’s fucking great…"-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
"Those painful childhood memories we bury, that some of us try and drown out with sex, drugs, alcohol, gambling, all the usual crutches and distractions. These childhood experiences are going to be re…"-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
"I began to question the world and other people from a young age. I suppose that gave me a sense of emotional distance, a lack of trust in future friendships and relationships; I would assume a friend…"-Bobby Gillespie, Tenement Kid
27. Fast Forward: Confessions of a Post-Punk Percussionist: Volume II
By: Stephen Morris
4.40
Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition
Iconic drummer Stephen Morris presses play once more to the tune of the long-awaited second volume … read more
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28. Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars
By: Nick Duerden
3.77
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
For fans of music books from David Hepworth, Pete Paphides, Bob Stanley and Craig Brown, as well as… read more
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29. The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives
By: Jude Rogers
4.13
Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition
'Too often we treat popular music as wallpaper surrounding us as we live our lives. Jude Rogers sho… read more
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30. Love and Let Die: James Bond, The Beatles, and the British Psyche
By: John Higgs
4.15
Format: 518 pages, Kindle Edition
A deep-dive into the unique connections between the two titans of the British cultural psyche—the B… read more
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"His voice was proof that no matter how lost you may be you are never alone because there are people like John Lennon who could reach you."-John Higgs, Love and Let Die: James Bond, The Beatles, and the British Psyche
"In the midst of communal screaming there is only the present moment. The past and the future dissolve the way, nothing more than illusions. When the past disappears it takes with it the possibility o…"-John Higgs, Love and Let Die: James Bond, The Beatles, and the British Psyche
"When Bond was born he personified an aspect of male identity that was prevalent after the war that of the protector. Man saw their role as being the one to protect their families from external threat…"-John Higgs, Love and Let Die: James Bond, The Beatles, and the British Psyche
"An important factor here is that Bond does not see himself as a victim. This feels like it should be an increasingly important aspect of the character given the extent which society consistently urge…"-John Higgs, Love and Let Die: James Bond, The Beatles, and the British Psyche
31. Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Famous Recording Studio
By: David Hepworth
4.06
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
With a foreword by Paul McCartney'It's semi-devotional -- a really special place' Florence Welch'Th… read more
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