Michael Warburton Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Michael Warburton on XActor (The Strays, All About Eve, Coronation Street). Posting stuff I like, no pandering.

A Christmas Carol: A Faithful Reproduction of the Original First Edition
Charles DickensA little Christmassy treat for you should you wish. The great Lionel Barrymore as ‘Scrooge’ and Orson Welles narrating his own wonderful 1938 Radio production of Charles Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL🎄 It’s FREE to enjoy in full here: https://t.co/zbirZVVAXx https://t.co/iipzy42a82
Hardcover, 2021
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1984: 75th Anniversary
George Orwell73 years ago, having recently read 1984, Brave New World author Aldous Huxley wrote to George Orwell to compare dystopian hellscapes. https://t.co/kVrCCorlvu
Paperback, Mass Market, 1950
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Around the World in 80 Days
Jules VernePassepartout & his Penny Farthing work their way around a very Hollywood version of 19thC London in Mike Todd’s lavish take on Jules Vernes’ AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (1956) #Cantinflas https://t.co/InjVE2iAAu
Paperback, 2013
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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley73years ago and having recently read ‘1984’, ‘Brave New World’ author Aldous Huxley wrote to George Orwell to compare dystopian hellscapes. https://t.co/ixuKX3vx8K
Paperback, 2006
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Gene RoddenberryPATRICK STEWART wears a wig for his Star Trek audition. Creator Gene Roddenberry at first said “When we bring him in I want him to wear a wig, I don't want this guy going in bald." Having impressed said Creator Roddenberry then said “Go with the English guy, but lose the wig." https://t.co/IVjaAF88Ho
Paperback, 2019
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The Gambler
Fyodor DostoevskyJAMES CAAN’s English professor inspires his college students with his interpretations of Fyodor Dostoevsky's work - but - he has a gambling problem. A big one. THE GAMBLER (1974) https://t.co/xJh0DlB239
Paperback, 2022
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The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell HammettJohn Huston wastes no time getting MARY ASTOR and HUMPHREY BOGART straight into the laying out of Dashiell Hammett’s labyrinthine plot lines in the stone cold classic film noir THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) https://t.co/IUpNFwfYdR
Paperback, 1989
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Alice: The Classic Victorian Play for Children: Adapted from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll
Lewis CarrollTaken in 1865 - the year Abraham Lincoln was assassinated & Lewis Carroll's Alice made her first trip to Wonderland - this extraordinary photo of Dickensian London never ceases to take my breath away. https://t.co/ecITLldaHo
Paperback, 2015
$8.95Member price:$4.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper LeeA fantastic full-length original Trailer for the triple Oscar-winning adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prizewinning novel TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962) #GregoryPeck #MaryBadham #PhillipAlford #BrockPeters #JamesAnderson #RobertDuvall https://t.co/sTXxowV1pK
Paperback, 2002
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Gone with the Wind
Margaret MitchellWhen Margaret Mitchell’s husband eventually saw this shot in the film he is reported to have said “Why if we’d had that many soldiers we’d have won the war!”. Behind the scenes on the making one of the film’s most iconic shots. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)https://t.co/rEvIyGvXiq
Paperback, 2011
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