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

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John O'Connor
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
Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future
Philip Lymbery
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
Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations
Simon Schama
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
Paradise Lost
John Milton
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
Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World
Paul Cartledge
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
Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. the Author John Milton
John Milton
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
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
Mao: The Unknown Story
Jung Chang
@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
Test Match Special: Tall Tales - The Good the Bad and the Hilarious from the Commentary Box
Jonathan Agnew
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
Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution
Richard Dawkins
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