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Rory Cellan-Jones 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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Rory Cellan-Jones is a journalist. Ex BBC tech correspondent. My memoir Ruskin Park coming September 7. https://t.co/Voo7uXA2IM Movers and Shakers podcast https://t.co/yS8Be3zXBw

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Book Cover for: The Gift of a Radio: My Childhood and Other Train Wrecks, Justin Webb

The Gift of a Radio: My Childhood and Other Train Wrecks

Justin Webb
Rory Cellan-JonesRory Cellan-Jones

He’s not allowed to mention it but The Gift of a Radio by @JustinOnWeb is a brilliant witty and very sad memoir

Paperback, 2024

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Life Time: Your Body Clock and Its Essential Roles in Good Health and Sleep, Russell Foster

Life Time: Your Body Clock and Its Essential Roles in Good Health and Sleep

Russell Foster
Rory Cellan-JonesRory Cellan-Jones

Out for a pre breakfast walk, just one lesson I’ve taken from Russell Foster’s excellent book on circadian rhythms and sleep

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Artisan Sourdough Made Simple: A Beginner's Guide to Delicious Handcrafted Bread with Minimal Kneading, Emilie Raffa

Artisan Sourdough Made Simple: A Beginner's Guide to Delicious Handcrafted Bread with Minimal Kneading

Emilie Raffa
Rory Cellan-JonesRory Cellan-Jones

@gwithiansunset Yes! Artisan Sourdough Made Simple: A Beginner's Guide to Delicious Handcrafted Bread with Minimal Kneading https://t.co/Cp07A8eX8v

Paperback, 2017

$23.99$11.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants, James Vincent

Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants

James Vincent
Rory Cellan-JonesRory Cellan-Jones

A brilliant thread- if you read one thing about the imperial measurements row it should be this. And what wonderful timing for his book - the PM must be on his PR team!

Hardcover, 2022

$32.50$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters, Henry Gee

A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters

Henry Gee
Rory Cellan-JonesRory Cellan-Jones

The winner of the @royalsociety Science Book of the Year award is Henry Gee for the wonderful A Very Short History of Life on Earth https://t.co/eoMnIk7fZA

Paperback, 2023

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Gdp: A Brief But Affectionate History - Revised and Expanded Edition, Diane Coyle

Gdp: A Brief But Affectionate History - Revised and Expanded Edition

Diane Coyle
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@Samfr You need this by @DianeCoyle1859 GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History: A Brief but Affectionate History - Revised and expanded Edition https://t.co/QchusBNPmU

Paperback, 2015

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Last Days in Old Europe, Richard Bassett

Last Days in Old Europe

Richard Bassett
Rory Cellan-JonesRory Cellan-Jones

Ok Twitter need book recommendations - just finished Tom Holland's Rubicon, before that the new Ann Tyler and Last Days in Old Europe by Richard Bassett - a great journalist's memoir from the late 80s. So quite catholic tastes..

Paperback, 2020

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Back in the Day: Melvyn Bragg's Deeply Affecting, First Ever Memoir, Melvyn Bragg

Back in the Day: Melvyn Bragg's Deeply Affecting, First Ever Memoir

Melvyn Bragg
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@susannareid100 I am loving Melvyn Bragg’s Back in The Day - not a novel but sometimes feels like one https://t.co/fa1YR2ZlWS

Paperback, 2023

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Always on: Hope and Fear in the Social Smartphone Era, Rory Cellan-Jones

Always on: Hope and Fear in the Social Smartphone Era

Rory Cellan-Jones
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Fifty years since the first mobile phone call, 16 years since the smartphone era began. Here’s your essential guide! Always On: Hope and Fear in the Social Smartphone Era https://t.co/Cxewqwk39c #Amazon

Hardcover, 2021

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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