Science writer and botanist,James Wong, TV's Dr Christian Jessen and Harriett Gilbert discuss their favourite books by Michael Crichton, Louis Begley and Amos Oz. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Publisher: Arrow Books
Wartime Lies by Louis Begley
Publisher: Penghuin
The Same Sea by Amos Oz
Translated Nicholas de Lange
Publisher: Vintage Producer Sally HeavenFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2015.
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Folge vom 01.12.2015Dr Christian Jessen and James Wong
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Folge vom 24.11.2015Shirley Williams and Margaret DrabblePolitician Shirley Williams and novelist Margaret Drabble join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Winifred Holtby, Mary McCarthy and James Joyce. The Group by Mary McCarthy Publisher: ViragoSouth Riding by Winifred Holtby Publisher: ViragoDubliners by James Joyce Publisher: PenguinFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.
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Folge vom 17.11.2015Niall Ferguson & Tracy ChevalierWriter Tracy Chevalier, historian Niall Ferguson and Harriet Gilbert discuss favourite novels by Murial Spark, Robert Louis Stevenson and Irène Némirovsky.Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark Publisher: PenguinSouth Sea Tales by Robert Louis Stevenson Publisher: Oxford University PressSuite Française by Irène Némirovsky Publisher: VintageProducer: Sally HeavenFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.
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Folge vom 10.11.2015Jonathan Coe and Gemma CairneyHarriett Gilbert is joined by comic novelist Jonathan Coe and Radio 1 DJ Gemma Cairney to recommend favourite books.Jonathan's choice is the first part in a tragi-comic epic, 'The Complete Pratt',a semi-autobiographical novel by the late David Nobbs, creator of 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'. It's called 'Second From Last in the Sack Race'.Gemma chooses a novel by Laura Dockrill, a vividly imagined story of mermaids and pirates, 'Lorali'.Harriett dusts off a novel from the 1940s by Nevil Shute, 'Pied Piper'. Its subject matter is sharply topical: an elderly man leads a growing group of refugee children across Europe, attempting to avoid the Nazi invaders.Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery.