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The real story that inspired the BBC drama, The Gold On Saturday,
26 November 1983, an armed gang stole gold bullion worth almost
GBP26 million from the Brink's-Mat security depot near London's
Heathrow Airport. It was the largest robbery in world history, and
only the start of an extraordinary story. For forty years, myths
and legends have grown around the Brink's-Mat heist and the events
that followed. The heist led to a wave of international money
laundering, provided dirty money that helped fuel the London
Docklands property boom, caused seismic changes in both British
crime and policing, and has been linked to a series of deaths that
continued until 2015. The Gold is the conclusion of extensive
research and includes exclusive testimony from one of the original
robbers who gives his version of events for the first time. The
result is the astonishing true story of the robbery of the century.
"Meticulously researched and beautifully produced." Times Literary
Supplement "A big and beautiful book." Journal of British Studies
"A definitive history of the sports shoe." Amber Butchart, fashion
historian "A necessary book [and] a great read." Samuel Smallidge,
Archivist, Converse "Both educational and entertaining." Scene
Point Blank The story of the sneaker's rise from the first
Victorian tennis shoes to the Nike Air Max and beyond. Moving from
the athletic field to the shopping mall, Thomas Turner tells a
fresh story of the evolution of the sports shoe against the
changing landscape of society, sport, fashion, industry, and
technology. The Sports Shoe takes us on a journey from the first
Victorian tennis shoes to the sneaker of today, to the adidas
Superstar and the innovative technologies of Nike Air Max.
Featuring newly uncovered archival material and historic images
showcasing key personalities, vintage marketing and common
perceptions of this hugely desirable product, this book is a
must-have for any sneaker collector, historian of popular culture,
or anyone interested in the place of athletic footwear in our lives
today.
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