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Bryan Appleyard CBE Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Sunday Times writer, author. Interviewer of the Year, BPA, 2014. Three times Feature Writer of the Year. CBE 2019.

13 books
Book Cover for: Liberalism, John Gray

Liberalism

John Gray
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It will only take an hour of your time but it's bloody good. I'd like to know what others think. 'Is Liberalism Obsolete? With Francis Fukuyama and John Gray' https://t.co/B84hji5c53

Paperback, 1995

$24.50$12.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, David Graeber

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

David Graeber
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'Is it not more likely that all humans are stuck in the condition of being too self-aware to find peace?' My review of Graeber and Wengrow's The Dawn of Everything in @ST_Culture https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-dawn-of-everything-a-new-history-of-humanity-by-david-graever-and-david-wengrow-review-how-sapiens-got-it-wrong-mncclwr0g

Paperback, 2023

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Viscount Who Loved Me [Tv Tie-In]: Bridgerton, Julia Quinn

The Viscount Who Loved Me [Tv Tie-In]: Bridgerton

Julia Quinn
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Amiable interview with Julia Quinn the writer of #Bridgerton in the Home section of @TheSTHome suddenly turns shocking with the last question.Quite incredible disaster.

Paperback, Mass Market, 2022

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment, Daniel Kahneman

Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment

Daniel Kahneman
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‘The authors uncover vast amounts of noise in our lives; so much of it, in fact, that you will find yourself wondering how we manage to function at all.’ My review of Noise by Kahneman, Sibony and Sunstein in @ST_Culture https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/noise-by-daniel-kahneman-olivier-sibony-and-cass-sunstein-review-c220c8kbv

Paperback, 2022

$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse, Dave Goulson

Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse

Dave Goulson
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'Insects are the most vivid expressions of the astounding fact of life in what may be a dead universe.' My review of Dave Goulson's Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse in @ST_Culture https://t.co/g7I4Z8VIBh

Paperback, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth, James Lovelock

Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth

James Lovelock
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‘He will not be forgotten. If humanity — and Gaia — survive the flames of the future, he will be remembered ever more gratefully.’ My review of James Lovelock’s letters in @ST_Culture https://t.co/oFCBKpBFTD

Paperback, 2016

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: How to Prevent the Next Pandemic, Bill Gates

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic

Bill Gates
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'The problem, though, is that humanity’s woes are largely of humanity’s making...' My review of Bill Gates's How to Prevent the Next Pandemic in @ST_Culture https://t.co/eqykASZwGY

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Car: The Rise and Fall of the Machine That Made the Modern World, Bryan Appleyard

The Car: The Rise and Fall of the Machine That Made the Modern World

Bryan Appleyard
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@mindset_168 The Car: The Rise and Fall of the Machine that Made the Modern World https://t.co/NEDizV3FaR

Hardcover, 2022

$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Magician, Colm Toibin

The Magician

Colm Toibin
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in @ST_Culture I interview and photograph Colm Toibin on surviving cancer, being called 'openly gay' on Wikipedia and his new novel The Magician about Thomas Mann. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/colm-toibin-on-overcoming-cancer-being-openly-gay-and-new-book-the-magician-s72lzpkfz

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Magician, Colm Toibin

The Magician

Colm Toibin
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in @ST_Culture I interview and photograph Colm Toibin on surviving cancer, being called 'openly gay' on Wikipedia and his new novel The Magician about Thomas Mann. https://t.co/YZFUvUxTpe

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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