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Free Download Mervyn Busteed, "The Irish in Manchester c.1750-1921: Resistance, adaptation and identity"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 0719087198, 1526134357 | EPUB | pages: 286 | 3.7 mb
This book examines the development of the Irish community in Manchester, one of the most dynamic cities of nineteenth-century Britain. Based on research into a wide variety of local sources, it examines the process by which the Irish came to be blamed for all the ills of the Industrial Revolution and the ways in which they attempted to cope with a sometimes actively hostile environment. It discusses the nature and degree of residential segregation in one notable Irish district and the role of the Catholic Church as a source of spiritual comfort and the base for a dense network of mutual aid and social and cultural organisations. It also examines how the Irish community allied itself with local campaign groups and political parties and organised celebrations and processions that simultaneously expressed its evolving sense of Irishness but fitted in with local traditions and customs.

Free Download Matt Dickinson, "1999: Manchester United, the Treble and All That"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1398503770, 1398503800 | EPUB | pages: 432 | 101.5 mb
WINNER OF FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDSLONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDIn 1999, Manchester United completed a unique Treble, winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League – but more remarkable than that was how they did it, and the stories behind the historic achievement. Matt Dickinson covered the whole story at the time, and now in 99 compelling chapters brings it all vividly to life.When the season began, Manchester United were up for sale, the club’s iconic talisman Eric Cantona had gone, rivals Arsenal were the reigning Double winners, David Beckham was a national hate figure after being sent off during the World Cup, and even manager Alex Ferguson ‘s position was being questioned. Early signs weren’t promising, despite record spending to bring in new stars, among them Jaap Stam and Dwight Yorke, but soon things began to change.Driven by the indomitable will of skipper Roy Keane , supported by a nucleus from the Class of 92 – Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, the Nevilles and Paul Scholes – who had grown up at the club, they went on a long unbeaten and unbeatable run, featuring some of the most dramatic games in English football history.Acclaimed football writer Matt Dickinson goes behind the scenes of the legendary Manchester United treble of 1999: a tale full of comebacks, drama and record-breaking feats. So much more than a book for United fans; it is an insight into team building, the will to succeed, a tale of local pride and of history-makers.

Free Download Little Book of Manchester United By Ian Welch
2010 | 128 Pages | ISBN: 1907803068 | EPUB | 4 MB
This book is a must for any Manchester United fan, with features on all the key players, managers, and events that have shaped the club to date. Little Book of Manchester United is a unique and fascinating A to Z of arguably the most successful football club in the world.

Free Download Made in Manchester: A People’s History of the City That Shaped the Modern World (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CVSJ3VLK | 2024 | 8 hours and 23 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 231 MB
Author: Brian Groom
Narrator: David Judge
A rich and vivid history of Britain’s second city through the people who made it. ‘What Manchester thinks today, England thinks tomorrow.’ Long before Manchester gave the world titans of industry, comedy, music and sport, it was the cosmopolitan Roman fort of Mamucium. But it was as the ‘shock city’ of the Industrial Revolution that Manchester really made its mark on the world stage. A place built on hard work and innovation, it is no coincidence that the digital age began here too, with the world’s first stored-program computer, Baby. A city as radical as it is revolutionary, Manchester has always been a political hotbed.

Free Download The World’s Biggest Cash Machine: Manchester United, the Glazers, and the Struggle for Football’s Soul by Chris Blackhurst
English | October 26th, 2023 | ISBN: 1035011174, 1035011182 | 320 pages | True EPUB | 8.53 MB
From Chris Blackhurst, the former Editor of the Independent, comes a gripping and tightly reported account of how the Glazers, owners of Manchester United, became the most maligned figures in the Premier League, and how they changed the beautiful game forever.

Free Download Colin Trodd, "Ford Madox Brown: The Manchester murals and the matter of history"
English | ISBN: 1526142430 | 2022 | 264 pages | PDF | 14 MB
This book argues that Ford Madox Brown’s murals in the Great Hall of Manchester Town Hall (1878-93) were the most important public art works of their day. Brown’s twelve designs on the history of Manchester, remarkable exercises in the making of historical vision, were semi-forgotten by academics until the 1980s, partly because of Brown’s unusually muscular conception of what history painting should set out to achieve. This ground-breaking book explains the thinking behind the programme and indicates how each mural contributes to a radical vision of social and cultural life. It shows the important link between Brown and Thomas Carlyle, the most iconoclastic of Victorian intellectuals, and reveals how Brown set about questioning the verities of British liberalism.

Free Download The World’s Biggest Cash Machine: Manchester United, the Glazers, and the Struggle for Football’s Soul (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C24NW615 | 2023 | 10 hours and 9 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 289 MB
Author: Chris Blackhurst
Narrator: Chris Blackhurst
From Chris Blackhurst, the former Editor of the Independent, comes The World’s Biggest Cash Machine, a gripping and tightly reported account of how the Glazers, owners of Manchester United, became the most maligned figures in the Premier League, and how they changed the beautiful game forever. Manchester United’s supporters span the globe and cross generations. But, with few exceptions, they are united in their anger with the American family who bought their club in 2005, plunging it into record levels of debt. The Glazers’ reign has become synonymous with the financialization of football, and has coincided with fan protests and a decline of Manchester United’s fortunes on the pitch . . . if not on the balance sheet. But what defines this secretive family, and do these astute businessmen deserve the opprobrium they receive? In this captivating account, informed by interviews with key figures behind the scenes, journalist and commentator Chris Blackhurst charts the gripping story of the world’s biggest football club – as well as exploring the wider transformation of the Premier League into a playground for billionaire owners.