Andrew Curry Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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A UK futurist. Will argue the toss on Twitter, but personal attacks get you blocked. I also block promoted tweets. He/him. @nextwavef@mastodonapp.uk.
Atonement
Ian McEwanAndrew CurryAtonement (2007) I realised recently that I hadn’t seen Joe Wright’s 2007 film Atonement, adapted from an Ian McEwan novel. I thought I had—but had confused it with another period Ian McEwan novel, On Chesil Beach. Atonement comes with a... https://t.co/23tb9gwCqW
Paperback, 2003
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Farthing
Jo WaltonAndrew CurryDeath at Farthing Castle Death at Farthing Castle I read Jo Walton’s 2006 novel Farthing on the strength of a glowing reference in Cory Doctorow’s daily email. It is the first of a trilogy set in alternative history of England, and Europe, in... https://tmblr.co/ZrAv-xb03-HOuu00
Paperback, 2013
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The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
Jonathan FreedlandAndrew Curry@five_books Just finished Dougald Hine’s At Work in the Ruins, alongside Jonathan Freedland’s The Escape Artist. Just starting Vaclav Smil’s Invention and Innovation. Have reviewed At Work in the Ruins on my blog. https://t.co/A7PZm160Ce
Paperback, 2023
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Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime
Bruno LaTourAndrew Curry@five_books Wodehouse’s Carry On Jeeves, and Bruno Latour’s Down To Earth. There are more jokes in the Wodehouse.
Paperback, 2018
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann ShafferAndrew CurryThe Guernsey Literary etc: better than I expected The Guernsey Literary etc: a rom with a bit of com wrapped around a mystery. I enjoyed the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society more than I expected to. I’d recorded it against one of... https://t.co/sARb5cTaVb
Paperback, 2009
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A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube
Patrick Leigh FermorAndrew CurryA Time of Gifts—Patrick Leigh Fermor’s classic travel book takes you to a lost world, and a lost time. New post on Around The Edges. https://t.co/jQ4i8eCYky
Paperback, 2005
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Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure
Vaclav SmilAndrew Curry@five_books Just finished Dougald Hine’s At Work in the Ruins, alongside Jonathan Freedland’s The Escape Artist. Just starting Vaclav Smil’s Invention and Innovation. Have reviewed At Work in the Ruins on my blog. https://t.co/A7PZm160Ce
Paperback, 2024
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Cinema: The Archaeology of Film and the Memory of a Century
Jean-Luc GodardAndrew CurryICYMI Friday’s #JustTwoThings. Jean-Luc Godard was to cinema what the Beatles were to popular music. And how long can Visa and MasterCard keep on making their vast profits? https://t.co/suCOz4Mzfx
Hardcover, 2000
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Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--And How to Think Deeply Again
Johann HariAndrew CurryQuite the thread by @DrMatthewSweet on Johann Hari’s new book ‘Stolen Focus’. Let’s just say he’s not impressed. https://t.co/cLObsK68Tn
Paperback, 2023
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On Chesil Beach
Ian McEwanAndrew CurryAtonement (2007) I realised recently that I hadn’t seen Joe Wright’s 2007 film Atonement, adapted from an Ian McEwan novel. I thought I had—but had confused it with another period Ian McEwan novel, On Chesil Beach. Atonement comes with a... https://t.co/23tb9gwCqW
Paperback, 2008
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