"e;Sheer joy!"e; - Patrick Barclay"e;Fascinating, funny and poignant."e; - Henry Winter"e;Brilliant, non-judgemental, superbly researched and anecdote-laden."e; - Guillem Balague"e;Wonderfully evocative."e; - Michael Cox, The Athletic"e;Cracking tales from the terraces amid betrayal in the boardrooms."e; - Tim Marshall, author of "e;Dirty Northern B*st*rds!"e; and Other Tales from the Terraces: The Story of Britain's Football Chants"e;If 1970s football is due a reappraisal, Get It On is an exhilarating place to start."e; - Tom Lines, When Saturday Comes***Four years after the crowning glory of 1966 and a decade after the abolition of the maximum wage, a brash new era dawned in English football. As the 1970s took hold, a new generation of larger-than-life footballers and managers came to dominate the sport, appearing on television sets in vivid technicolour for the first time.Set against a backdrop of three-day weeks, strikes, political unrest, freezing winters and glam rock, Get It On tells the intriguing inside story of how commercialism, innovation, racism and hooliganism rocked the national game in the 1970s. Charting the emergence of Brian Clough, Bob Paisley and Kevin Keegan, and the fall of George Best, Alf Ramsey and Don Revie, this fascinating footballing fiesta traces the highs and lows of an evolutionary and revolutionary era for the beautiful game.Jon Spurling has been interviewing footballers for twenty-five years, including legends George Best and Jack Charlton, European Cup-winning captains Emlyn Hughes and John McGovern and pioneering black footballers Cyrille Regis and Brendon Batson. Get It On presents these heroes of the era in their unvarnished and uncompromising glory and explores how the 1970s was the most groundbreaking decade in English football history.
A lively, passionate and vital account of American conservatism and the obstacles that it faces under the Presidency of Donald R Trump.
A deep and powerful meditation on the nature of boxing that asks why people do it, what it does for them - and ultimately to them. This may be the most important book on the sport for decades.
This unique book details the wild ride of a fledgling political party as it heads from triumph in the Euro elections to disaster in the general election six months later. This inside story of how it happened may serve as a manual of how to - and occasionally how not to - do it.
In thirty years on the front line of British policing, there is very little that Iain Donnelly didn't do: from being a uniformed constable on the beat in London to running counter-terrorism and surveillance operations, combatting child sexual exploitation and overseeing the investigation of the most serious crimes. During that time, he saw the job change irrevocably, to the point where the public no longer knows what to expect from the police and the police service no longer knows what to expect of itself.Tango Juliet Foxtrot - police code for 'the job's fucked' - reveals how constant political meddling and a hostile media narrative have had a devastating impact on the morale of police officers and their ability to protect the public. With the organisation cut by 20,000 officers and 23,000 police staff, only 7 per cent of reported crime now results in a charge - compared with around 20 per cent ten years ago.By turns fascinating and funny, poignant and uplifting, this compelling account paints a vivid picture of what life is really like for those tasked with keeping us safe - and, crucially, explores what needs to change to secure the future of British policing.
Desperate Times is the unmissable new collection of sketches of contemporary political life by The Times's master of satire, Peter Brookes.
In this extraordinary book, historian Tony Insall reveals how some of the most striking achievements of the Norwegian resistance were the detailed reports produced by intelligence agents living in the dangerous conditions of the country's desolate wilderness.
A provocative and timely examination of the royal family's role in contemporary Britain, covering their finances and constitutional role.
A sharp polemic highlighting perceived lapses and shortcomings in the BBC's doctrine of impartiality. A timely book examining the role of the nation's broadcaster in the age of fake truth.
Biteback Publishing is delighted to announce a major new project, a two volume series of biographies of every female MP ever to be elected to the House of Commons.
The ultimate insider, Bernard Ingham was Margaret Thatcher's press secretary during her tenure at No. 10. These diaries will come to be viewed as arguably amongst the most important primary source material about her unexpected fall from power.
A riveting and entertaining memoir of life behind the scenes as Britain's ambassador to the US and South Africa, with revealing portraits of some of the giants of international politics over the last forty years.
The fightback starts here: this timely book offers a glimmer of hope in the darkness of the age, and a contribution to the anti-Trump resistance. The author was President Obama's communications director and senior adviser.
An extraordinary and compelling account of the life of football coach Bela Guttman.
A compelling and comprehensive history of the world's most successive secret service.
The essential guide to the Russian way of war, aimed not onlyat students of military and international affairs but at all those who want tounderstand how conflict in our world is evolving.
In this pacy and colourful new book, seasoned political journalists Tim Ross and Rachel Wearmouth use new interviews and candid private accounts from key players to take the reader behind the scenes of one of the strangest but most consequential elections in recent history.
The Madness of Courage describes how, shot down behind French lines, Group Captain Gilbert Insall ignored intensive German shelling in order to repair his aircraft overnight and return to base.
Drawing on extensive polling and analysis this is a pitiless account of how the Conservative Party came to be seen by those who elected it to office.
Updated new edition of the classic, bestselling bookon the suspicious death of the former government weapons expert.
With a background as a special forces soldier, Holger Berg is framed as a deniable pawn in a murky plan to rescue the hostage.
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