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“peter silverton”

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  • Filthy English: The How, Why, When And What Of Everyday Swearing

    The How, Why, When And What Of Everyday Swearing

    by Peter Silverton ...
    When the Sex Pistols swore live on tea-time telly in 1976, there was outrage across Britain. Headlines screamed. Christians marched. TVs were kicked in. Thirty years on, all those words are media-mainstream - bandied about with impunity on TV and in the papers. This is the story of our bad language and its three-decade journey from the fringes of decency to the working centre of a more ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • London Calling New York New York

    by Peter Silverton ...
    Frank Sinatra cut his version of "New York, New York" within weeks of the Clash recording "London Calling" in 1979. That nearly simultaneous expression of optimistic striving and dystopic modernity is the jumping-off point for London Calling New York New York, a tale of two cities and two songs that came to exemplify them.Peter Silverton, the veteran English author and journalist who died in 2023, ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • Three Day Road

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  • Better Than Before

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    From the author of the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers The Happiness Project and Happier at Home comes a book that tackles the question: How do we make good habits that are easy, effortless, and automatic?Habits are the invisible architecture of our lives. Rubin provides an analytical and scientific framework from which to understand these habits--as well as change them for good. Infused ... Read more

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  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Man Booker Prize Winner)

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    Frank Zappa's reputation as one of rock's maverick geniuses has continued to grow since his death in 1993. This successful biography has now been revised and reprinted and is still the most comprehensive chronicle of his extraordinary life and career. Neil Slaven has brilliantly brought together the complex strands of Zappa's life and work in a book that will please not just Zappa fans but anyone ... Read more

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