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NON-FICTION

These books are grouped together for ease of discussion, and cover the usual range of subjects encountered on this site: pop, politics, comedy, religion, sex and the '70s.



LIES, DAMNED LIES & ADVERTISING
new! improved! the whole truth!
(four books)


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BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON
the flip-side of life in TV land, Westminster and Nashville - we're going to babble on
(four books)


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THE BAY CITY ROLLERS
tartan teen terrorism then and now
(three books)


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ANGIE BOWIE
a story so good she told it twice
(two books)


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COMIC LIVES
the autobiographies of the great comedians
(eight books)


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TRUE CRIME
in no way a salacious subject
(four books)


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ANGELA DAVIS
a revolutionary icon
(three books)


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DISCO INFERNI
burn, baby, burn
(four books)


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D.J. CULTURE
1970s Radio 1 DJs speak out
(two books)


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DRUGS
a veritable pharmacopia
(two books)


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THE LEGACY OF FRANKENSTEIN
the monster lives on
(two books)


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RUDOLF HESS
Hitler's henchman ... or was he?
(two books)


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HOMOSEXUALITY
post-Wolfenden, pre-legalislation gay studies
(three books)


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JOYCE McKINNEY & THE MANACLED MORMON
the tabloid sensation of 1977-78
(one book)


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MODERN STYLE
the furniture and graphics that should be shaping your home
(two books)


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RICHARD MILHOUSE NIXON
the fall and fall of a President
(six books)


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OCCULT CONSPIRACY THEORIES
the things those secret societies get up to, you wouldn't believe
(three books)


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POLITICS FOR KIDS
Keith Best as a role model? With his reputation?
(three books)


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THE PROFUMO AFFAIR
when scandals were scandals
(three books)


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RED SCARES IN THE SUNSET
The commies are coming! The commies are coming!
(six books)


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RHODESIA: THE NEXT GENERATION
children of former Rhodesian prime ministers tell their own stories
(two books)


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THE S.D.P.
radical party of the centre or scumbag splitters?
(two books)


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SEXISM IN THE MEDIA
The Guardian vs Private Eye
(two books)


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STARS OF THE SEX INDUSTRY
they tell it like it is (or at least how you'd like it to be)
(four books)


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STALINIST BIOGRAPHIES
the family and followers of Uncle Joe
(two books)


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THE FALL OF JEREMY THORPE
sex and dogs (no rock & roll)
(two books)


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GEORGE TREMLETT
bottom-of-the-range pop biogs
(six books)


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BRITISH TROTSKISM
a minority pastime
(two books)


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MODERN WITCHCRAFT
tch, witches today - they don't know they're re-born
(five books)


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WHAT'S MY LINE?
career opportunities for prostitutes, tattooists and coppers
(three books)


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WRESTLING
grunts 'n' groans from the grapple game
(five books)


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RICHARD WURMBRAND
an anti-commie Christian speaks out
(three books)


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THE YOUTH OF TODAY...
young people from the 1960s tell it like it was
(two books)


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FROM CIVIL RIGHTS TO BLACK POWER
a gallery of books from the world of black American politics in the Sixties
(ten book covers)


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ROCK BIOGRAPHIES
the over-populated world of pop hagiography
(thirty-two book covers)


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POP ANNUALS FROM THE 1970s
an exhibition of tack 'n' tat...
(twelve book covers)


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BRIEF SHELF LIVES
1990s magazines: they came and then they went away again
(four magazines)


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BUCKETFULL OF BRAINS
The early days of a great fanzine
(ten magazine covers)


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