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 Free Download Raiford Guins, "Feeling Leeds: Notes on Loving a Football Club from Afar" English | ISBN: 180150184X | 2023 | 192 pages | EPUB | 6 MB Feeling Leeds gazes into the curious world of the dislocated supporter, the football fan not born and bred in the shadow of their club's ground. Raiford Guins is one such fan. His book recounts the highs and lows of supporting a team from afar - from paying $20 to watch Leeds United matches in Florida via dodgy satellite feeds in the early 1990s, to ringing Elland Road when it was the only way to get midweek results before the internet, to working out league tables with out-of-date copies of Shoot!, to celebrating madly while fuelling his car and watching Leeds clinch a late winner against Villa in December 2018 on his iPhone. Trivial to the supporter who can easily walk to their ground, such moments form the backbone of belonging for those with an ocean between themselves and the turnstiles. Feeling Leeds is the story of one supporter's commitment to cultivating an emotional connection to Leeds United for nearly 40 years. It is written by and for supporters worldwide for whom every day is an away day.  Free Download Gary Edwards, "Every Cloud: The Story of How Leeds City Became Leeds United" English | ISBN: 1785315080 | 2019 | 320 pages | EPUB | 5 MB A true story of football intrigue, mystery, blackmail and skulduggery. In 1919, Leeds City player Charlie Copeland was refused a request for a pay rise. Disgruntled, he reported the club for illegally paying guest players during WW1, ultimately causing City's expulsion from the League - and the emergence of a brand new club, Leeds United.  Free Download Andrew Turton, "Horse-Drawn Transport in Leeds: William Turton, Corn Merchant and Tramway Entrepreneur" English | ISBN: 0750961767 | 2015 | 320 pages | EPUB | 15 MB William Turton (1825-1900) became the most experienced and respected developer of urban transport in northern England. Turton began a hay dealership at age 19, becoming a large-scale corn, fodder, and coal merchant. He invested in livery stables, cabs, and horse omnibuses. He was a founding director of Leeds Tramways Company, and chairman for most of its existence to 1896. As a borough councilor for many years, he was close to decision-making, and ran risks of insider dealing and conflicts of interest. With Daniel Busby he pioneered tramways for most northern cities (including Bradford, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Nottingham, and Newcastle). He adopted steam engines alongside horses, the real heroes of the story. His great-great-grandson reveals his fascinating life story.  Gavin Butt, "No Machos or Pop Stars: When the Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk" English | ISBN: 1478018631 | 2022 | 312 pages | PDF | 20 MB After punk's arrival in 1976, many art students in the northern English city of Leeds traded their paintbrushes for guitars and synthesizers. In bands ranging from Gang of Four, Soft Cell, and Delta 5 to the Mekons, Scritti Politti, and Fad Gadget, these artists-turned-musicians challenged the limits of what was deemed possible in rock and pop music. Taking avant-garde ideas to the record-buying public, they created Situationist antirock and art punk, penned deconstructed pop ditties about Jacques Derrida, and took the aesthetics of collage and shock to dark, brooding electro-dance music. In |
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