Watford Forever: How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other
By: John Preston
4.42
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The unforgettable story, decades before Ted Lasso, of the real-life Watford Football Team, transfor…
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1. The Bottom Corner: A Season with the Dreamers of Non-League Football
By: Nige Tassell
3.44
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Everyone loves an FA Cup upset: a smug Premier League team being knocked out by plucky underdogs. I… read more
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2. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more
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"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
3. How They Broke Britain
By: James O'Brien
4.29
Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition
The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more
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- audiobook
4. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't
By: Ian Dunt
4.45
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
THE NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhy do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others… read more
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5. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire
By: Michael Palin
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more
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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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"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
9. 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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10. Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup
By: Duncan Hamilton
4.54
Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition
'Magnificent, moving, often funny and deeply researched account . . . Is this just a book for those… read more
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11. 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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12. Broadly Speaking
By: Stuart Broad
3.84
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
Stuart Broad is the ultimate competitor - someone addicted to the pressures of Test cricket, the bi… read more
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13. T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen
By: Peter Kay
4.23
Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition
*The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure*Blockbusters, Baywatch … Mastermind, Moonl… read more
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14. All You Need Is Love: An Oral History of The Beatles
By: Peter Brown
3.53
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
The Beatles in their own words: unpublished, unvarnished, and told by The Beatles and their inner c… read more
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- audiobook
15. My Life in Dire Straits: The Inside Story of One of the Biggest Bands in Rock History
By: John Illsley
4.07
Format: None pages, ebook
With a foreword by MARK KNOPFLER 'An uplifting journey through the sheer hard work, pitfalls and t… read more
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16. My Wrexham Story: The Inspirational Autobiography From The Beloved Football Hero
By: Paul Mullin
4.09
Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition
The memoir from Wrexham super striker, Paul Mullin - as seen in Welcome to Wrexham, a Disney+ docum… read more
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17. The Accidental Footballer
By: Pat Nevin
4.10
Format: 423 pages, Kindle Edition
Pat Nevin never wanted to be a professional footballer. His future was clear, he'd become a teac… read more
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18. Watford Forever: How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other
By: John Preston
4.42
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The unforgettable story, decades before Ted Lasso, of the real-life Watford Football Team, transfor… read more
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- soccer
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19. Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC's Most Shocking Interviews
By: Sam McAlister
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The secrets of a former Newsnight producer who found her way to Buckingham Palace 'A cracking re… read more
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20. Nowhere to Run: The Ridiculous Life of a Semi-Professional Football Club Chairman
By: Jonathan Sayer
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
On the second oldest football pitch in the world, Jonathan Sayer stands atop a beer crate to addres… read more
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21. The World's Biggest Cash Machine: Manchester United, the Glazers, and the Struggle for Football's Soul
By: Chris Blackhurst
4.19
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
From Chris Blackhurst, the former Editor of the Independent , comes a gripping and tightly reported… read more
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