13 must-read history books like Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s by Roger Domeneghetti

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Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

By: Roger Domeneghetti

4.26

Format: 462 pages, Kindle Edition

A social history of 1980s Britain, told through the sport of the time.Travel back to the 1980s - to…

If you liked the history plot in Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s by Roger Domeneghetti , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. 'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?': A Confrontation in the Desert

By: Spike Milligan

4.62

Format: None pages,

This is the second volume of Mr Milligan's reminiscences of World War II. read more

Similar categories in Spike Milligan's 'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?': A Confrontation in the Desert book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • history
  • nonfiction
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2. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
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3. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

Similar categories in Cal Newport's Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • nonfiction
"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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4. 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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5. 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

Similar categories in Rory Carroll's There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. 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

Similar categories in Adrian Edmondson's Berserker! book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • nonfiction
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7. 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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  • nonfiction
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8. Head North: A Rallying Cry for a More Equal Britain

By: Andy Burnham

4.37

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

Picked as one of Waterstones' Non-Fiction 'Books You Need to Read in 2024' Gordon 'A path-bre… read more

Similar categories in Andy Burnham's Head North: A Rallying Cry for a More Equal Britain book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • nonfiction
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9. 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

Similar categories in Peter Kay's T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • nonfiction
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10. Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV

By: Rob Burley

4.23

Format: 446 pages, Kindle Edition

A deliciously irreverent and humorous insider account of 25 years working at the very top of Britis… read more

Similar categories in Rob Burley's Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family

By: Daniel Finkelstein

4.63

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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12. What About Men?

By: Caitlin Moran

3.70

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

As any feminist who talks about the problems of girls and women will know, the first question you w… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Moran's What About Men? book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • nonfiction
"Finally I read 12 Rules for Life and there is some good stuff in it. Peterson’s step by step advice on how to properly argue with loved ones and come to an agreement that is satisfying to both is und…"

-Caitlin Moran, What About Men?

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13. Rule, Nostalgia

By: Hannah Rose Woods

3.99

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

Britain is an island ruled by nostalgia, but nostalgia today isn't what it used to be... Longing to… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Rose Woods's Rule, Nostalgia book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • history
  • nonfiction
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14. Lost and Never Found (DI Wilkins Mysteries #3)

By: Simon Mason

4.35

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

'Ryan and Ray go from strength to strength, and this, their third outing, is the best yet. Simon Ma… read more

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15. Get It On: How the ’70s Rocked Football

By: Jon Spurling

4.31

Format: 444 pages, Kindle Edition

A decade after the abolition of the maximum wage, a new generation of footballers and managers beca… read more

Similar categories in Jon Spurling's Get It On: How the ’70s Rocked Football book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • nonfiction
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16. Two Brothers

By: Jonathan Wilson

4.27

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of Jack and Bobby Charlton, and a family that characterised English football for decades … read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Wilson's Two Brothers book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • nonfiction
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17. 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

Similar categories in John Preston's Watford Forever: How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • history
  • nonfiction
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18. Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories

By: Chris Atkins

4.34

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

A funny, touching, challenging and campaigning book about our prisons crisis by the Sunday Times be… read more

Similar categories in Chris Atkins's Time After Time: Repeat Offenders – the Inside Stories book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • nonfiction
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19. Test Match Special: Tall Tales – Our favourite stories from the commentary box (and more)

By: Jonathan Agnew

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Which bowlers did Vaughan lose sleep over? Who played the best pranks on his fellow team-mates? Whi… read more

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20. The Wild Men: The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government

By: David Torrance

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The incredible story of the first Labour administration and the 'wild men' who shook up the British… read more

Similar categories in David Torrance's The Wild Men: The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of 1981: A Year in the Life of Nick Taylor by Jason Ayres

21. 1981: A Year in the Life of Nick Taylor

By: Jason Ayres

4.51

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

Fancy a trip back in time to 1981? Then join Nick Taylor as he gets the opportunity of a lifetime –… read more

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22. In a Place of Darkness

By: Stuart MacBride

4.38

Format: 527 pages, Kindle Edition

THE CLOCK IS TICKING...Detective Constable Angus MacVicar has just landed his dream job – transferr… read more

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23. On Days Like These: The Lost Memoir of a Goalkeeper

By: Tim Rich

4.56

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

'Emotional, insightful, beautifully written. A story of making saves and being saved. The best foot… read more

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24. The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945

By: Sinclair McKay

4.19

Format: 369 pages, Hardcover

A gripping work of narrative nonfiction recounting the history of the Dresden Bombing, one of the m… read more

Similar categories in Sinclair McKay's The Fire and the Darkness: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945 book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s by Roger Domeneghetti

25. Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

By: Roger Domeneghetti

4.26

Format: 462 pages, Kindle Edition

A social history of 1980s Britain, told through the sport of the time.Travel back to the 1980s - to… read more

Similar categories in Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of England Football: The Biography, 1872-2022 by Paul Hayward

26. England Football: The Biography, 1872-2022

By: Paul Hayward

4.19

Format: None pages, Audiobook

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE ‘The greatest story in English sport … read more

Similar categories in Paul Hayward's England Football: The Biography, 1872-2022 book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

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27. No Easy Deeds

By: Keith A. Pearson

4.77

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

No Easy Deeds is neither a time travel novel nor a rom-com, but it cleverly blends elements of both… read more

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28. Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power

By: Sasha Swire

3.47

Format: 591 pages, Kindle Edition

What is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the l… read more

Similar categories in Sasha Swire's Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • history
  • nonfiction
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29. In the Thick of It

By: Alan Duncan

3.61

Format: 594 pages, Kindle Edition

As Minister of State at the Foreign Office, Alan Duncan was once described as Boris Johnson’s ‘poop… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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30. Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister

By: Anthony Seldon

4.36

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Liz Truss's disastrous premiership was the shortest and most chaotic in British history. In the spa… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Seldon's Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister book and Roger Domeneghetti's Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Britain, Sport and the 1980s

  • history
  • nonfiction
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31. More Than a Game: A History of How Sport Made Britain

By: David Horspool

3.24

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

A TIMES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Superb . . . Deserves to become a classic of sporting literatu… read more

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Spike Milligan

4.62

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James O'Brien

4.29

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3.73

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3.85

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4.29

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4.16

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