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Roads to Ruin
The Shocking History of Social Reform
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
'It is a salutary thing to look back at some of the reforms which have long been an accepted part of our life, and to examine the opposition, usually bitter and often bizarre, sometimes dishonest but all too often honest, which had to be countered by the restless advocates of 'grandmotherly' legislation...'Contemporary...
The Power of Yes
A Dramatist Seeks to Understand the Financial Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2010
On 15 September 2008, capitalism came to a grinding halt. As sub-prime mortgages and toxic securities continued to dominate the headlines well into 2009, this spring the National Theatre asked David Hare to write an urgent and immediate work to be staged this autumn that sought to find out what had...
The Consolations of Economics
How We Will All Benefit from the New World Order
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
In the next twenty years the world economy will enjoy one of its strongest periods of growth. Greater innovation and technical change will increase opportunities. Life expectancy, income and educational standards will rise. The West's share in the global economic cake may get smaller, but there will...
by Would I Lie To You?, Peter Holmes, Ben Caudell
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
The cheque's in the post. I'm still at the office. That looks great on you. Lies make the world go round. And in this book the Would I Lie To You? team celebrates the fine art of the everyday fib.
Like the deliriously funny contributions of Rob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell in the hugely...
by Harry Hill
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Another treat for Harry Hill fans! Britain's favourite comedian, Harry Hill, loves it when people make silly mistakes. So much that he has put together a rib-tickling book of howlers, wacky stories and bloopers for all the family. The Bumper Book of Bloopers contains Harry's favourite goofs picked...
The Not Terribly Good Book of Heroic Failures
An intrepid selection from the original volumes
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Last year Stephen Pile attempted to deliver a daring blow to the success ethic that so pervades Western culture. To his dismay, The Ultimate Book of Heroic Failures sold many copies and even became the Sunday Times 'Humour Book of the Year.'
Nothing daunted, Stephen returns with a new selection...
by Andrew Martin
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2009
It is the summer of 1911 and as Britain is gripped by paranoia about German spies and secret preparations for war, railway detective Jim Stringer decides to set out for a much-needed holiday.
But before he can leave he finds himself escorting a young aristocrat, Hugh Lambert, who is on his...
by Ali Eskandarian
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
We were once again going on a cross-country tour. In November 2013, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Ali Eskandarian was murdered alongside two members of the Iranian band, The Yellow Dogs. In the months leading up to this terrible event, Ali had been in correspondence with a friend and Dutch publisher,...
Good Night and Good Riddance
How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Goodnight and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Britain is a social history, a diary of a nation's changing culture, and an in-depth appraisal of one of our greatest broadcasters, a man who can legitimately be called the most influential figure in post-war British...
How Soon is Now?: The Madmen and Mavericks who made Independent Music 1975-2005
The Madmen and Mavericks who made Independent Music 1975-2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
One of the most tangible aftershocks of Punk was its urgency to prompt individuals into action. Document your reality: do it yourself. From this, a generation of young men were inspired and, with often zero financial planning or business sense, in a bedroom, garage or shed, labels such as Factory,...
Singing from the Floor
A History of British Folk Clubs
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
In smoky rooms above pubs, bare rooms with battered stools and beer-stained tables, where the stage was little more than a scrap of carpet and sound systems were unheard of, an acoustic revolution took place in Britain in the 1950s and '60s. This was the folk revival, where a generation of musicians,...
Tim Book Two
Vinyl Adventures from Istanbul to San Francisco
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
Tim Book Two is the follow-up to Telling Stories, the hugely successful memoir of Tim Burgess, singer of the Charlatans.
In 2012, Tim published his hugely successful and critically acclaimed memoir, Telling Stories. Tim really enjoyed his new role as an author, and so here it is: Tim Book Two - a...
by Adrian Bell
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2009
Corduroy was first published in 1930. It was followed by Silver Ley in 1931 and The Cherry Tree in 1932. Together they form a trilogy that has been described as 'the classic account of a twentieth-century Englishman's conversion to rural life'. In Corduroy the author's experiences as a farm apprentice...
What the Butler Saw
Two Hundred and Fifty Years of the Servant Problem
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
'A book which goes on a special shelf in my library.' P.G. WodehouseWhat the Butler Saw (1962) is one of E.S. Turner's most pertinent and illuminating 'social histories', an exploration of the 'upstairs/downstairs' relationship across three centuries of English life. Drawing on literature,...