The Newham Bookshop in Barking Road tells us these are the top sellers this month:

Tim Crane: They They Played with Bobby Moore – The West Ham Years

Geoff Hurst: Eighty at Eighty : An A to Z of Masters from Ali to Zidane

David Buckman: From Bow to Biennale (New revised edition)

Michael Rosen: Sticky McStickstick

Sita Brahmachari: When Shadows Fall

David Olusoga: Black and British: A short, essential history

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