Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup
By: Duncan Hamilton
4.54
Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition
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4.21
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
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2. You Are Here
By: David Nicholls
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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"It’s true I do have time and freedom and I love it, sometimes. But the notion that I should be “making the most of it"-David Nicholls, You Are Here
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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. Rambling Man: My Life on the Road
By: Billy Connolly
4.16
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Being a Rambling Man was what I always wanted to be, to live the way I damn well pleased. I've met … read more
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7. 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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8. 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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9. Football and How to Survive It
By: Pat Nevin
4.37
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
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10. 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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4.38
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4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning writer Kevin Barry’s first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romant… read more
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13. Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup
By: Duncan Hamilton
4.54
Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition
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14. Expected Goals: The Story of How Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever
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Football has always measured success by what you win, but only in the last twenty years have clubs … read more
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15. The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club
By: Simon Kuper
4.24
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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16. Unbreakable
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3.90
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4.32
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3.84
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3.72
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
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4.23
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21. The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People
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4.08
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Three years before George Orwell made his expedition to the far and frozen North JB Priestley – who… read more
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4.27
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
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4.42
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4.41
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4.33
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4.39
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4.23
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4.31
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4.01
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31. Blood on the Tracks: England in Australia: The 1974-75 Ashes
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4.50
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