BBC Radio 4 Today 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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The Passenger
Cormac McCarthyBBC Radio 4 TodayWe also heard last minute Christmas gift recommendations from Jenny Doherty at the Little Acorns bookshop in Derry: The Christmas Postcards by Karen Swan The Passenger and Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy https://t.co/a3hwG29cZ5
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In the Heights: Finding Home
Lin-Manuel MirandaBBC Radio 4 Today"I'm still waiting for life to get back to normal" @Lin_Manuel Miranda tells @MishalHusain he's still processing the success of his award-winning musicals, In the Heights and Hamilton Full interview: https://t.co/84jODLD5TE #R4Today https://t.co/GhTxBndt82
Hardcover, 2021
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas: The Two Dylans
K. G. MilesBBC Radio 4 TodayA few more Christmas gift recommendations from bookshops around the UK which we've had on #R4Today. Tim Batcup from Cover to Cover bookshop in Swansea chose these biographies: Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas: The Two Dylans by Jeff Towns and K G Miles Re-Sisters by Cosey Fanni Tutti https://t.co/sSaPMZatHR
Paperback, 2023
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Form: Artistic Independence
Jamie EnglandBBC Radio 4 Today"We know in every way, shape and form that kids that have a lunch and a breakfast that's decent learn better, they do better" Chef & campaigner Jamie Oliver tells @bbcnickrobinson why more children should get free school meals in England. Full interview: https://t.co/G8dpEqaFI0 https://t.co/UwErSQHCxB
Paperback, 2011
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic
Bill GatesBBC Radio 4 Today"We don't yet have tools where you take the vaccine once and you're protected for life" Bill Gates, whose book 'How to Prevent the Next Pandemic' has just been published, tells @MishalHusain that this would help to put the pandemic behind us https://t.co/PX7bAC1P59 | #R4Today https://t.co/EvupBIXnqR
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor--The Truth and the Turmoil
Tina BrownBBC Radio 4 Today"They're global superstars and that's hard for the Royal Family to compete with" Tina Brown, author of The Palace Papers, says the Royal Family have been damaged globally but there's also 'enough self-sabotage' from Prince Harry's new book to 'dent' him. https://t.co/yY3mH9pDrK https://t.co/S8zaBOGEHA
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Beatles
Hunter DaviesBBC Radio 4 Today"You could walk with your eyes closed and detect how near to Seaview you are" Author Hunter Davies, best known for the only authorised biography of the Beatles, describes his favourite walk along Ryde Sands on the Isle of Wight Hear his full reflections: https://t.co/azWMEP8mre https://t.co/Qt55eSNtjG
Paperback, 2006
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955)
Robert LaceyBBC Radio 4 Today"A lot of this fuss is based on things that people haven't seen" Robert Lacey, historical consultant on The Crown, tells @MishalHusain dramatic license is used in the Netflix series to 'convey a larger truth', as other media about the royals has done. https://t.co/oIa7e9GpEI https://t.co/CsQH7oxTge
Hardcover, 2017
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
If . . .: 25th Anniversary Edition
Sarah PerryBBC Radio 4 TodayWhen someone says 'Essex', you'll be forgiven if the first things you think of are spray tans and 'vajazzles'. But all is not what it seems with the county - @timburrows & Sarah Perry join @amolrajan to talk about everything Essex has to offer. #R4Today https://t.co/33ehvb4gTe
Hardcover, 2020
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie MackesyBBC Radio 4 Today"The journey has connected me with a lot of people and I have been brought into a lovely community. So that has changed me" Charlie Mackesy, author of The Boy The Mole The Fox and The Horse, on his Oscar success Hear the full interview: https://t.co/48ZEYB6Qlj Photo: EPA https://t.co/zguL8pLHD0
Hardcover, 2019
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book