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s Britain: (Shire Living Histories) Paperback – Ap by Janet Shepherd (Author), John Shepherd (Author) out of 5 stars 8 ratings/5(8). s Britain book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers.

The s is remembered as a decade of punk rock, the 1970s Britain book of Discontent, 3/5. Verified Purchase. Alywn Turner's excellent book on Britain in the s reads like a thriller. The narrative is pacey, informed, and skilfully combines political machinations, social malaise and popular culture of the time into a hugely entertaining and informative by: Turner's overview of the s is by definition a 1970s Britain book affair - covering an entire decade of British social and political history in a few hundred pages means it's always going to be something of a whistle-stop tour.

That said, it is a great overview with all of the key areas being hit on the way through.4/5. Book Overview The s is remembered as a decade of punk rock, the Winter of Discontent, Bloody Sunday and The Female Eunuch. The iconic images of the 70s, from the break.

From the foreseeable future to the end of the universe, here’s a look at eleven incredible British science fiction novels of the s DG Compton –.

When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies by Andy Beckett is a wonderful book that tells you all you need to know about the s. Anyone who has grown up in this decade will remember and relive many of the moments again by reading s:   One part of the book is on the specific question of Britain and Europe, and it is then followed by a set of salami slices, that lay bare various aspects of s British life as they were conceived by the contestants in the referendum debate: employers, workers, women, the churches, the various nations of the UK and so on/5(6).

different “personalities” of the s, emphasising television programmes, music and ephemera. Dave Haslam’s book Not Abba: The Real Story of the s () comments on the blandness and repetitiveness of history remembered through television, as a result of the limited range of material.

18 June – The general election is held, the first in which eighteen-year-olds were entitled to vote. Opinion polls point towards a third consecutive victory for the Labour Government led by Harold Wilson. Back then, books seemed almost magic, opening doors to strange, wonderful and frightening realities.

Without ever leaving the safety of our bedrooms, we were able to explore all kinds of new terrain. If you were a child growing up in the s, chances are these are some of the books you remember.

Warfare State: Britain, By David Edgerton. This impressively researched and controversial book presents an alternative account of the development of one of. Alywn Turner's excellent book on Britain in the s reads like a thriller.

The narrative is pacey, informed, and skilfully combines political machinations, social malaise and popular culture of the time into a hugely entertaining and informative volume.

The atmosphere of the decade is palpable in the range of material Turner explores, from Reviews: Ian Jack’s book Before the Oil Ran Out is also about life in Britain in the seventies and eighties, which for many was a very tough time.

Jack is a brilliant writer. This is a collection of essays written over a roughly 10 year period for The Sunday Times. s – An English Gangster and drug lord who has also held Irish nationality. He has allegedly been one of Britain's leading drug dealers for many years and is said to be worth at least £75 Million.

Implicated in the Gangland murders of London crime figures Gilbert Wynter and Solly Nahome. [citation needed] Billy Hill: –   Top 10 books about the s Jimmy Carter’s energy policy, stadium rock, the death of Mao, fall of the Shah, The Sweeney and Roy of the Rovers feature as hot topics among Ian Plenderleith’s.

The s provide a rich panorama of paranoia, and Wheen explores it gleefully, writing about its “pungent mélange of apocalyptic dread and conspiratorial fever” and pointing out how, no matter how surreal the decade seems in retrospect, there are startling moments of familiarity and déja vu (when you think about it, our world today is not so different).Reviews: The best books on The s recommended by Andy Beckett.

Andy Beckett’s choices point to a welcome reassessment of the s, that much-maligned 'gothic' decade, and sweep from London to Los Angeles by way of Malcolm Bradbury and John le Carré.

Atkins' Diet Revolution started the bestseller health craze inwith multiple diet and exercise books throughout the decade, ending with The Complete Book of Running by James Fixx inand The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet in Literature by year.

in literature - Deliverance - James Dickey; Fifth Business - Robertson Davies. 1 In popular recollection, the s have gone down as the dark ages, Britain’s gloomiest period since the Second World War.

It may be that the aftermath of the Brexit vote in will herald a period of even greater crisis, but for the moment the sombre seventies, set between Harold Wilson’s ‘swinging sixties’ and Margaret Thatcher’s divisive eighties, stand : Kenneth O.

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