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Matthew Stadlen Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Presenter | Political commentator | On stage host | 20 Questions With podcast🎙️ | Author of How To See Birds | ex @lbc @bbc presenter & @telegraph interviewer

24 books
Book Cover for: Love, John O'Connor

Love

John O'Connor
Matthew StadlenMatthew Stadlen

Some thoughts… Macy Gray, I try Your Song, Elton John @elliegoulding How Long Will I Love You (AMAZING song) Gabrielle, Out Of Reach Otis Redding singing My Girl Aerosmith, I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing Pretenders, I’ll Stand By You Sinead O’Connor, Nothing Compares 2 U

Paperback, 2018

$7.00$3.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future, Philip Lymbery

Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future

Philip Lymbery
Matthew StadlenMatthew Stadlen

My friend @philip_ciwf has written another timely and hugely important book, Sixty Harvests Left, How To Reach A Nature-friendly Future. Vital reading for all those who care about our beautiful planet and our ability to live on it. https://t.co/W3dFVnkbHf

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations, Simon Schama

Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations

Simon Schama
Matthew StadlenMatthew Stadlen

Congratulations to the tirelessly productive @simon_schama on the publication of his new book, Foreign Bodies - Pandemics, Vaccines And The Health Of Nations https://t.co/9PSa12ntLx

Hardcover, 2023

$32.99$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Paradise Lost

John Milton
Matthew StadlenMatthew Stadlen

The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. John Milton, Paradise Lost An Old Pauline, like me. Stumbled again upon these words while reading a book about gardening. Wise words.

Paperback, 2008

$10.95$5.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World, Paul Cartledge

Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World

Paul Cartledge
Matthew StadlenMatthew Stadlen

Want to know more about ancient Greek democracy? The trial of Socrates? Plato? Pericles? Homer? The great playwrights? Sparta? The Battle of Thermopylae? I interviewed my old Professor at Cambridge, the brilliant Paul Cartledge - and learned a lot! https://t.co/kmXxGPPPAb

Paperback, 2007

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. the Author John Milton

John Milton
Matthew StadlenMatthew Stadlen

The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. John Milton, Paradise Lost An Old Pauline, like me. Stumbled again upon these words while reading a book about gardening. Wise words.

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Paradise Lost

John Milton
Matthew StadlenMatthew Stadlen

The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. John Milton, Paradise Lost An Old Pauline, like me. Stumbled again upon these words while reading a book about gardening. Wise words.

Paperback, 2003

$12.00$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Mao: The Unknown Story, Jung Chang

Mao: The Unknown Story

Jung Chang
Matthew StadlenMatthew Stadlen

@OldReadingRoom @omid9 @Herring1967 @flintoff11 @simonmontefiore @JohnCleese @NatGeo @JohnSimpsonNews @LordJohnBrowne Jung Chang wrote the Mao book, but I noticed the gender imbalance too. Although there aren’t many surviving female writers from antiquity. Of course I read women writers - Dickinson, Howarth, Emily Bronte, Austen, @Elif_Safak, @VicHislop, Morrison, @SophieEB, @jessphillips…

Paperback, 2006

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Test Match Special: Tall Tales - The Good the Bad and the Hilarious from the Commentary Box, Jonathan Agnew

Test Match Special: Tall Tales - The Good the Bad and the Hilarious from the Commentary Box

Jonathan Agnew
Matthew StadlenMatthew Stadlen

If you love cricket and care about the future of Test matches, listen to Test Match Special’s lead commentator, Jonathan Agnew, put in a robust defence of the finest form of the game. https://t.co/kXt1Vji8UR

Paperback, 2023

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution, Richard Dawkins

Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution

Richard Dawkins
Matthew StadlenMatthew Stadlen

Fascinating hour at @oxfordlitfest with @RichardDawkins (holding my book, How To See Birds) talking about his entertaining book on flight, Flights of Fancy, illustrated by Jana Lenzova. https://t.co/XkT1giRUNA

Hardcover, 2022

$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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