Lord Woolamaloo 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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Rob Roy
Walter ScottLord WoolamalooThe manuscript for Sir Walter Scott's Rob Roy to go on sho at @natlibscot in #Edinburgh https://t.co/du7TvHe1Jr NLS has good record on displaying some of our remarkable literary history to the people of #Scotland #books
Paperback, 2008
$10.95$5.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Weather: A Very Short Introduction
Storm DunlopLord Woolamaloo2023 Weather Almanac, by Storm Dunlop. I am amused #books https://t.co/TcWGxwSfxz
Paperback, 2017
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Titus Groan
Mervyn PeakeLord Woolamaloo"Over their irregular roofs would fall throughout the seasons, the shadows of time-eaten buttresses..." #LunchtimeReading : Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake, choice for the #Edinburgh SF Book Group for July. Haven't revisited this since my teens... #books #livres #AmReading https://t.co/y2xzaQQOaV
Paperback, 2007
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The October Country: Stories
Ray BradburyLord WoolamalooLunchtime reading: "Mushrooms vomited out blind suns at Hiroshima and Nagasaki" A revisit to a lifelong favourite writer, the great Ray Bradbury, with The October Country, appropriately this month's choice for my #Edinburgh SF Book Group #books #AmReading https://t.co/cyV6hWWeXj
Paperback, 2001
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Incarnation: Breathtaking Courage, Wisdom and Love
Tom BakerLord WoolamalooOn this day in 1974, the first episode of "Robot" introduced the magnificent Tom Baker as the fourth incarnation of our favourite Time Lord. He'd go on to become the longest-serving in the role & make it his own. #TomBaker #DoctorWho https://t.co/NDb0fxDz77
Paperback, 2018
$11.50$5.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cyrano de Bergerac
RostandLord WoolamalooVery thoughtful present from my French chum, to encourage my French language practice: Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac in French, from @ifecosse. She knows Rappeneau's movie version of Cyrano is mon film preferee. #books #Livres #Cyrano #Ftench #Francais https://t.co/8yFbUx2s8U
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1984: 75th Anniversary
George OrwellLord WoolamalooInteresting: Sandra Newman writing "Julia", retelling 1984 from Julia's POV rather than Winston's (with approval of Orwell's estate) https://boingboing.net/2021/12/08/george-orwells-1984-to-be-rewritten-from-a-female-perspective.html #books
Paperback, Mass Market, 1950
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Station Eleven: A Novel (National Book Award Finalist)
Emily St John MandelLord WoolamalooThe Guardian has a good interview with @EmilyMandel just ahead of her Sea of Tranquility being published in UK https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/apr/09/emily-st-john-mandel-readers-have-tattoos-from-station-eleven-it-blows-my-mind Highly recommended book, my review is here https://www.woolamaloo.org.uk/reviews-sea-of-tranquility/ #books
Paperback, 2015
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le GuinLord WoolamalooNew literary earrings from Cavatica Boutique on @Etsy , Ursula Le Guin, a Left Hand of Darkness & The Dispossessed book cover. Arrived beautifully wrapped & with wee badge of Left Hand too, lovely touch. #jewelry #books #livres #ScienceFiction https://t.co/dIGYZWA5nB
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Faith, Hope and Carnage
Nick CaveLord Woolamaloo@JulietEMcKenna @runalongwomble Morning, Womble. I'm on Sean O'Hagan's excellent Faith, Hope and Carnage, basically a book length interview with Nick Cave.
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book