Simon Thurley & Susan Blackmore
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Simon Thurley and Dr Susan Blackmore discuss favourite books by Sam Harris, Andrew Roberts and JD Salinger. From October 2006.
Sue MacGregor and her guests - Simon Thurley of English Heritage and psychologist Dr Sue Blackmore - discuss books by Sam Harris, Andrew Roberts and JD Salinger. From 2006.
For Esme with Love and Squalor by JD Salinger
Publisher: Penguin
Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Gamble by Andrew Roberts
Publisher: HarperPerennial
The End of Faith by Sam Harris
Publisher: Free Press.
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Tue 24 Oct 200616:30BBC Radio 4 FM- Fri 27 Oct 200623:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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