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Book Synopsis The Book of Leeds by : Tony Harrison
Download or read book The Book of Leeds written by Tony Harrison and published by Comma Press. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millgarth Police Station reverberates with the early adrenalin-rush of a case they won't close for years. A teenage boy trails the city centre bars of the eighties in thrall to his hero - a Leeds United football hooligan. A single woman finds her frustrations with men confirmed speed-dating in a city re-invented as a party capital. Bringing together fiction from some of the city's most celebrated writers, The Book of Leeds traces the unique contours that fifty years of social and economic change can impress on a city. These are stories that take place at oblique angles to the larger events in the city's history, or against wider currents that have shaped the social and cultural landscape of today's Leeds: a modern city with both problems and promise.
Book Synopsis The Story of Leeds by : David Thornton
Download or read book The Story of Leeds written by David Thornton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly illustrated history that explores every aspect of life in Leeds. This new history of Leeds covers all the main political, social and economic developments of the city: The Harrying of the North devastated the surrounding area in 1069; the Civil War saw a battle fought in the town itself; cholera and typhus epidemics raged in the nineteenth century; the building of the Middleton Railway in 1758 established the oldest railway in the world; and Richard Oastler, the Factory King, launched the campaign for the Ten Hour Bill in the Leeds Mercury. Due emphasis is given to the place of the wool textile industry, the principal industry until the twentieth century. The story is brought right up to date, as are recent changes in the townscape. An intriguing look at this great city's remarkable history.
Book Synopsis 100 Years of Leeds United by : Daniel Chapman
Download or read book 100 Years of Leeds United written by Daniel Chapman and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UPDATED TO INCLUDE ALL THE ACTION FROM THE CLUB'S TITLE-WINNING CENTENARY YEAR. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH LEEDS UNITED 'Every up and down at Leeds United. Essential reading.' Phil Hay The definitive history of Leeds United's first century. 100 Years of Leeds United tells the story of a one-club city and its unique relationship with its football team. Since its foundation in 1919, Leeds United Football Club has seen more ups and downs than most, rising to global fame through an inimitable and uncompromising style in the 70s, clinching the last Division One title prior to the Premier League's inauguration in 1992, before a spectacular fall from grace at the start of the 21st century. United finally restored their top flight status after a sixteen-year wait with an unstoppable promotion campaign in the club's 100th year; the transformation under manager Marcelo Bielsa fittingly reminiscent of those instigated by Howard Wilkinson and Don Revie decades earlier. In 100 Years of Leeds United, Chapman delves deep into the archives to discover the lesser-known episodes, providing fresh context to the folkloric tales that have shaped the club we know today, painting the definitive picture of the West Yorkshire giants.
Book Synopsis We Are the Damned United by : Phil Rostron
Download or read book We Are the Damned United written by Phil Rostron and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian Clough's forty-four-day tenure as manager of Leeds United in 1974 is one of the most infamous episodes in British football history. While the bestselling The Damned United was a fictional account of Clough's short-lived but controversial reign at the club, We Are the Damned United reveals the true story, as told by the players he managed at the time. It includes candid contributions from legendary names such as Peter Lorimer, Eddie Gray and Terry Yorath, who reveal what it was like to make the transition from the relatively smooth management style of Don Revie to a constant crossing of swords with the outspoken Clough, who left the club flailing at the foot of the league upon his premature departure. We Are the Damned United tells it how it really was rather than how it might have been.
Download or read book Leeds written by Corey Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Service Crew written by Caroline Gall and published by Milo Books Ltd. This book was released on 2009-02-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paris, 1975; Chelsea, 1984; Birmingham, 1985; Bradford, 1986; Bournemouth, 1990. Many of the most shocking incidents in British football history have involved the hooligan followers of one club: Leeds United. For 40 years they have run riot across the country, punching their way to international notoriety, yet they have remained the most secretive of all mobs. Journalist Caroline Gall spent two years interviewing participants from several generations to piece together the first ever history of the gangs, from the Shipley Skins to the youths of the present day. The apex of this hooligan army was the Service Crew, who adopted their name from the service trains they used instead of the heavily policed 'specials'. They emerged as the casual era dawned and, against the violent backdrop of the Miners' Strike, quickly became feared by their terrace foes. The police eventually launched Operation Wild Boar to take down the ringleaders, only to convict a small number of relative fringe players. Service Crew examines racism at Leeds, chronicles some of the worst incidents of football-related disorder in modern times, and charts the effects of drugs and the rave scene on the hooligans. It is the definitive story of football's most vilified fans.
Book Synopsis A History of Leeds by : William Reginald Mitchell
Download or read book A History of Leeds written by William Reginald Mitchell and published by Darwen County History. This book was released on 2000 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the fastest growing cities in Europe, Leeds has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a hamlet of thatched buildings at a crossing point of the River Aire. The Cistercians of Kirkstall helped its growth; then the market town of Tudor times became, in succession, the world capital of the woollen cloth industry, the home of Victorian 'high-tech' industry and, more recently, a major financial centre. This book tells the story of the people of Leeds and its transformations over the past millennium, in an entertaining and enthusiastic style.
Download or read book Leeds written by David Thornton and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leeds House written by T/James Reagan and published by T/James Reagan. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leeds House is a post-Empire horror novel about the millennial generation. The question this novel answers is, "How do you scare a group of kids who have already seen everything on the internet?" T/James Reagan, after satirizing celebrities and the fashion industry, moves on to the horror genre for his most twisted novel yet. In Leeds House, members of the metalcore band "Lies As Language" end up in New Jersey's Pine Barrens, where they're confronted with every millennial's ultimate fear... being held accountable for their own actions. With no one else to blame, each character is forced to pay the debts they've accrued through their selfish, narcissistic decisions. Drawing inspiration from sources like Eastbound & Down and The Evil Dead, the novel aggressively explores such topics as Christianity, homosexuality, and the crumbling music business. Filled with offensive humor, VHS horror movie nostalgia, and a story that demands you become part of the journey, Reagan's novel offers a unique experience for those readers willing to step inside Leeds House.
Book Synopsis The Leeds United Collection by : Robert Endeacott
Download or read book The Leeds United Collection written by Robert Endeacott and published by Pitch Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Leeds United Collection takes you on a fascinating multi-coloured journey through the club's history from 1919 to the present day. With stunning photos of unique match-worn Leeds shirts and other paraphernalia, the book tells the Whites' story alongside anecdotes, interviews and quotes from many big names. See home and away shirts worn by Leeds legends from various eras including Billy Bremner and Albert Johanneson, David Batty, Gary Speed, Peter Lorimer, Paul Madeley, Paul Reaney, Norman Hunter, Mick Jones, Allan Clarke, Frank and Eddie Gray, Terry Yorath, John Sheridan, Ian Baird, Fabian Delph, Kalvin Phillips, Pablo Hernandez and many more. These superb images are brought to life with commentary on title- and trophy-winning seasons, plus promotion-winning campaigns. There are also interviews with Eddie Gray, Howard Wilkinson, Pablo Hernandez, Allan Clarke, Tony Currie, Jermaine Beckford, Aidan Butterworth, Simon Grayson, Brian Deane, Rod Wallace, Dominic Matteo and many more. This is a book no true Whites fan should be without.
Download or read book And it was Beautiful written by Phil Hay and published by Seven Dials. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 2021/22 SEASON THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER The behind-the-scenes story of the Marcelo Bielsa revolution at Leeds United and their first season back in the Premier League after sixteen years of hurt. FEATURING FRESH PERSONAL INSIGHT FROM MARCELO BIELSA On 27th February 2022, after 170 matches in charge, promotion to the Premier League and some of the most exhilarating football the English game has ever seen, Leeds United parted company with their most beloved and successful manager in a generation: Marcelo Bielsa. His parting gift was to embrace the crowds of adoring fans who turned up to say thank you as he left the club's training ground for the final time. In And it was Beautiful, The Athletic's Phil Hay chronicles Leeds United's glorious first season back in the top flight - which saw them finish ninth - after a chaotic sixteen-year absence. Phil pulls back the curtain on the hallmarks that now define the Marcelo Bielsa era, from his gruelling training schedule - including his infamous 'murderball' sessions - to innovative tactical methods that elevated Championship regulars into Premier League stars. Bielsa performed miracles, turning football into high art and making an extraordinary cultural impact on the city of Leeds. The result is a unique and fitting tribute to a Leeds United icon.
Download or read book The Only Place for Us written by Jon Howe and published by Pitch Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leeds United's Elland Road home is full of intrigue, character and formidable acoustics, yet it started life as a barren and featureless patch of land surrounded by coalfields. The Only Place For Us is the fascinating history of the stadium and its changing local environment, revealing the background stories behind Elland Road's most famous features and characters, and the astonishing events it has witnessed. Along the way there have been fires and gypsy curses mixed with cherished memories including the diamond floodlights, the West Stand façade and escapee pantomime horses. Using forensic research, insiders' insights, archive photographs and fans' memories, Jon Howe retraces a historical journey full of tragedy, nostalgia and improbable innovation, to show how Leeds United's home ground became one of Europe's most feared football grounds. Through triumph and adversity, neglect and redevelopment, Elland Road has emerged as a prominent, modern stadium that's still alive with history. This is its unique story.
Book Synopsis Legion: Skin Deep by : Brandon Sanderson
Download or read book Legion: Skin Deep written by Brandon Sanderson and published by Dragonsteel, LLC. This book was released on 2014-11-24 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now also available in the complete collection Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Stephen Leeds is back in a new, double-length novella that Library Journal says has "the pulse of a thriller and the hook of a fascinating hero balancing on the edge of psychosis." It's not his own genius that Stephen Leeds gets hired for. Clients want to tap into the imaginary experts that populate his mind—and it's getting a bit crowded in there. Now Stephen and his internal team of "aspects" have been hired to track down a stolen corpse—but it's not the corpse that's important, it's what the corpse knows. The biotechnology company he worked for believes he encoded top-secret information in his DNA before he died, and if it falls into the wrong hands, that will mean disaster. Meanwhile, Stephen's uneasy peace with his own hallucinations is beginning to fray at the edges, as he strives to understand how one of them could possibly have used Stephen's hand to shoot a real gun during the previous case. And some of those hallucinations think they know better than Stephen just how many aspects his mind should make room for. How long will he be able to hold himself together?
Book Synopsis Leeds United on Trial by : David O'Leary
Download or read book Leeds United on Trial written by David O'Leary and published by Little Brown GBR. This book was released on 2002 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David O'Leary is the most charismatic football manager in Britain today. But nothing could have prepared this soft-spoken Irishman for the astonishing events that were about to engulf him and his young Leeds side at the start of the 2000-01 season.Leeds United on Trial is the explosive inside account of the season that transformed a youthful, inexperienced side into one of the most feared in Europe against the background of a high-profile court case that was never out of the headlines. O'Leary talks frankly about how he had to juggle the task of conquering Europe with handling the stress and subsequent collapse of a major court trial; the 18 million pound signing of Rio Ferdinand that broke the British transfer record; and the incredible run of injuries that saw Leeds slump to fourteenth place in the table.Never before has a manager faced such a traumatic season on and off the field. David O'Leary's gripping and controversial account is the football book of the year.
Book Synopsis Bad Girl of Hollywood - The Lila Leeds Story (a Memoir) by : Lila Leeds
Download or read book Bad Girl of Hollywood - The Lila Leeds Story (a Memoir) written by Lila Leeds and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-26 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lila Leeds was born on January 28, 1928 in Dodge City, Kansas, USA as Lila Lee Wilkinson. She was an actress, known for "Wild Weed" (1949), "Moonrise" (1948), "Lady In The Lake" (1947) and bit roles in other films. While contracted to MGM she was arrested with Robert Mitchum, and others, for Marijuana. Eventually, after other incidents a judge exiled her from California for 5 years. Though she had a successful nightclub singing career, she had numerous arrests and legal problems as a result of her ongoing drug addiction. She was married and divorced four times, and eventually lost custody of her three children. Ordained a minister in 1974 she opened the S.M.I.L.E. halfway house in Hollywood, accepting residents, many of which were addicts, from both County and State. She died on September 15, 1999 in Canoga Park, California. The first 12 chapters of this book were written around 1958 in Chicago after Lila was discharged from the Levinson Rehabilitation Center, having finally kicked her latest drug addiction. A columnist urged her to write a book while events and people were still fresh. The book had anecdotes about Robert Mitchum, Howard Hughes, Orson Welles and others during her Hollywood days. However, publishers were not interested in a firsthand account of drug addiction from an ex-starlet. Lila shelved the script. We revisited the original script around 1979 and decided to add about twenty more years (1958 - 1978), which included her continuous dealing with her own and others drug addiction. As happens, daily life intervened and the next draft wasn't ready for another ten years. While last visiting me in Texas Lila reminded me of how important she felt the book was, and had me promise I would one day try to get it published. I am sorry it took so long mom. Today, with Opioid (and other drug) use an epidemic in this country, many people are now addicts deluding themselves otherwise. Besides the proliferation of illegal drugs, new or renewed drug prescriptions are handed out before the ink on the previous ones have dried. However, this book is not a Hollywood expose' or a sermon against drug use. Rather, this is my mother sharing her life experiences giving you a rare in-depth, brutally honest look at the mental, physical, and emotional aspects of her drug addiction where, as high as the highs were, the lows were always lower. Thus, this story might allow you to at least know what to expect before you begin, or as you travel down the path of your own possible drug use. Having a syringe in my arm on more than one occasion, I know the brutal honesty of this story. More importantly, this story brings to light the harsh reality of all addictions: the addicted are never in control of their lives. Their belief they are in control is merely an insidious delusion crafted by their addiction. The absolute truth is, addicts are not, nor ever will be in control of their lives as long as they are still addicted.
Book Synopsis Leeds Then and Now by : Eric Musgrave
Download or read book Leeds Then and Now written by Eric Musgrave and published by Pavilion. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The centre of Leeds is the wide thoroughfare of Briggate and it has been since at least 1207 when the path northwards from the crossing over the River Aire – literally the bridge gate – was established. As with most settlements, Leeds started out as dwellings next to the water. The first mention of Leeds was made by the scholarly monk The Venerable Bede in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People of 731 AD when he referred to the region of Loidis, but he was scant on details. The modern Leeds is a product of the Industrial Revolution, a great Victorian northern industrial city shaped by the manufacturing boom that began in the late 18th century and employed thousands of people for almost 200 years in industries like textiles, clothing manufacturing, metalworking and engineering. Using historic images, some dating back to the 19th century, paired with their modern-day viewpoint, Eric Musgrave charts the evolution of the city from its industrial heyday through the disruptions of two world wars, to its position as one of the most prominent of the northern powerhouses. Sites include: City Square, Park Place, Leeds University, Leeds Town Hall, Odeon Cinema, Kirkgate Market, Briggate, Headrow, Boar Lane, Vicar Lane, Duncan Street, Quarry Hill Flats, Queens Arcade, Cross Arcade, Leeds Cathedral.
Download or read book LEEDS POSTCARDS. written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
