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List Of Books Featured On Book Of The Week In 2013
This is a list of books which have been featured on BBC Radio 4's ''Book of the Week'' during 2013. January * 07-11 – ''The Examined Life'' by Stephen Grosz, read by Peter Marinker. * 14–18 – '' The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things'' by Paula Byrne, read by Emma Fielding. * 21–25 – '' The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War'' by Lucy Hughes-Hallett, read by Haydn Gwynne. * 28-01 – '' Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan'' by William Dalrymple, read by Tim Pigott-Smith. February * 04-08 – '' Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century'' by Paul Kildea, read by Alex Jennings. * 11–15 – ''Mad Girl's Love Song'' by Andrew Wilson, read by Hayley Atwell. * 25-01 – '' Far From the Tree'' by Andrew Solomon, read by Kerry Shale. March * 04-08 – ''Bedsit Disco Queen'' by Tracey Thorn, read by author. * 11–15 – '' The Last Days of Detroit'' by Mark Binelli, read by John Schwab. * 18–22 – ''The World until Yeste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. The station controller is Mohit Bakaya. Broadcasting throughout the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands on FM, LW and DAB, and on BBC Sounds, it can be received in the eastern counties of Ireland, northern France and Northern Europe. It is available on Freeview, Sky, and Virgin Media. Radio 4 currently reaches over 10 million listeners, making it the UK's second most-popular radio station after Radio 2. BBC Radio 4 broadcasts news programmes such as ''Today'' and ''The World at One'', heralded on air by the Greenwich Time Signal pips or the chimes of Big Ben. The pips are only accurate on FM, LW, and MW; there is a delay on digital radio of three to five seconds and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love And Wars Of Lina Prokofiev
''Lina and Serge: The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev'' was a biography of Lina Prokofiev, wife of composer Sergei Prokofiev, written by Simon Morrison and first published in the US during March 2013. The book was published in the UK the same month under the title ''The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev: the Story of Lina and Sergei Prokofiev''. Reception Stephen Walsh, writing in ''The Guardian'', commented that "Morrison tells a good story, without excess or indulgence, and with touching empathy for his heroine." The book was featured as BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...'s Book of the Week during March 2013. References {{reflist 2013 non-fiction books Biographical books Houghton Mifflin books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Klaff
Jack Klaff is a South African-born actor, writer and academic. He has held professorships at Princeton University and Starlab. Amongst his early screen roles were in Star Wars (film), Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) as Red Four and For Your Eyes Only (film), For Your Eyes Only (1981) as Apostis. He also appeared in the 1984-87 BBC radio comedy series ''Delve Special'' alongside Stephen Fry. Filmography References External links * 20th-century South African male actors 21st-century South African male actors Living people South African male film actors South African male television actors Place of birth missing (living people) 1951 births {{SouthAfrica-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory Carroll
Rory Carroll (born 1972) is an Irish journalist working for ''The Guardian'' who has reported from the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq, Latin America and Los Angeles. He is the Ireland correspondent for ''The Guardian''. His book on Hugo Chávez, ''Comandante (book), Comandante'', was published in March 2013. Early life and career Born in Dublin, Carroll is a graduate of Blackrock College, Trinity College, Dublin, Trinity College and Dublin City University. He began his career at ''The Irish News'' in Belfast, working as a reporter and diarist from 1995 to 1997, when he was named young journalist of the year in Northern Ireland's media awards. From 1999, he was deployed by ''The Guardian'' as a foreign correspondent in Yemen. and Serbia for the aftermath of the Kosovo war. His report from Qalaye Niazi, where a wedding party was bombed by US planes, fuelled criticism of the Pentagon's air campaign. He reported on the UK's first overseas combat deployment since the first Gulf War. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comandante (book)
''Comandante'' is a book about Hugo Chávez by the Irish journalist Rory Carroll first published in March 2013. The book was published on 7 March 2013 — two days after the announcement of Chávez's death—by Penguin Press in the US and by Canongate in the UK. Translations are underway for editions in Brazil, China, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Estonia and Poland. It was named by ''Foreign Policy'' magazine as one of the 25 books to read in 2013. John Sweeney in ''The Literary Review'' called the book "a well-considered and painfully fair epitaph" but said it was encumbered with respect for chavistas' aspirations. Oliver Balch in ''The Independent'', considered that it "excels in showing what happens when a self-believing ideologue grasps the reins of government and determines not to let go." The book was featured as BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crawford Logan
Crawford Logan is a British actor best known for his work in radio. In 2006 he became the latest actor to play the eponymous hero Paul Temple in a revival of the long-running mystery series on BBC radio. In 2009 he narrated the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, ''Newton and the Counterfeiter'' by Thomas Levenson. On television, he has appeared in ''Doctor Who'' as Deedrix in The Tom Baker story Meglos and ''Secret Army (TV series), Secret Army''. He is also a member of the band The Martians (band), The Martians. Crawford Logan played D.I. Donaghue in the crime drama "P Division: Code Four One" on BBC Radio 4 in the 1994 and 1995 series. Radio , – , , ''Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery'' , , Paul Temple , , , , BBC Radio 4 , - , , , ''Kirsty Williams (drama)#Gondwanaland, Gondwanaland'' , , Marbury , , Kirsty Williams (drama), Kirsty Williams , , BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play , - , , , ''Kirsty Williams (drama)#La Princesse de Clèves, La Princesse de Clèves'' , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jared Diamond
Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American geographer, historian, ornithologist, and author best known for his popular science books ''The Third Chimpanzee'' (1991); ''Guns, Germs, and Steel'' (1997, awarded a Pulitzer Prize); ''Collapse'' (2005), ''The World Until Yesterday'' (2012), and '' Upheaval'' (2019). Originally trained in biochemistry and physiology,Jared Diamond, ''Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive'', Penguin Books, 2005 and 2011 () Diamond is known for drawing from a variety of fields, including anthropology, ecology, geography, and evolutionary biology. He is a professor of geography at UCLA. In 2005, Diamond was ranked ninth on a poll by '' Prospect'' and ''Foreign Policy'' of the world's top 100 public intellectuals. Early life and education Diamond was born on September 10, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Both of his parents were from Ashkenazi Jewish families who had emigrated to the United States. His father, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Until Yesterday
''The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?'' is a 2012 popular science book by American intellectual Jared Diamond. It explores what people living in the Western world can learn from traditional societies In sociology, traditional society refers to a society characterized by an orientation to the past, not the future, with a predominant role for custom and habit. Such societies are marked by a lack of distinction between family and business, with the ..., including differing approaches to conflict resolution, treatment of the elderly, childcare, the benefits of multilingualism and a lower salt intake. Reception ''The World Until Yesterday'' has had a mixed reception. Abby O'Reilly of '' The Independent'' called it "essential reading" that "cements iamond'sposition as the most considered, courageous and sensitive teller of the human story writing today." In '' The New York Times'', David Brooks' review was mostly positive; but he lamented th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Schwab
John Schwab (born 15 September 1972) is an American actor, TV producer and musician who resides in London. He produced '' The Hide'' with Christopher Granier-Deferre, which was nominated for a BIFA 2010. He is best known for his film and television roles, such as lawyer Travis Tygart in the 2015 drama film '' The Program'' (2015), baseball player Lefty Grove in the 2018 biographical drama film '' The Catcher Was a Spy'' (2018) and television producer Jotham Starr in the television miniseries ''Dark Money'' (2019). He has worked on British television series such as ''Doctor Who'', '' Clone'', ''My Dad's the Prime Minister'', '' Hotel Babylon'' and ''The Mallorca Files''. His voice work in animation and video games include Dane in '' Crysis: Warhead'', Zeck in ''Boo, Zino & the Snurks'', Vinnie in '' Thomas & Friends: The Great Race'', Timo in '' Gladiators of Rome'', Jin in ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' and '' Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - The Golden Country'', Dandelion in ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracey Thorn
Tracey Anne Thorn (born 26 September 1962) is a British singer. She is best known as being one half of the duo Everything but the Girl from 1982 to 1999. She was a member of the band Marine Girls between 1980 and 1983 and since 2007 has been active as a solo artist. Early life The youngest of three children, Thorn was born in Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire. She grew up in nearby Hatfield and studied English at the University of Hull, where she graduated in 1984 with First Class Honours. She later took an MA degree at Birkbeck, University of London. Music career Stern Bops (1979–1980) Thorn began her musical career in the punk-pop hybrid group Stern Bops playing guitar and providing some vocal backing. Marine Girls (1980–1983) Thorn then formed Marine Girls as primary songwriter, playing guitar and sharing vocals. The band released two albums (''Beach Party'' in 1981 and ''Lazy Ways'' in 1983) and three singles. The group disbanded in 1983. Everything but the Girl (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
