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1897 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalogue 12 reviews
Skyhorse Publishing, 2007
Everything From the Past
The Sears and Roebuck catalog has been a huge help in writing my historical romance set in the 1890s. There are saddles, surreys, and patent medicines. This visual aid has made it so much easier for me to give an accurate depiction of the times.
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The Long Loneliness 11 reviews
Dorothy Day
HarperOne, 1997
A Classic Conversion Story
Catholic faith fascinates people. How did her spiritual life develop, and how did it influence the remainder of her life? Many wonderful authors, including but not limited to people such as William Miller, Robert Coles, and most recently Paul Elie, have written extensively about Dorothy Day and help us understand this amazing and complex woman, but nothing is more rewarding than reading the ...
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Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux, Third Edition 27 reviews
Therese de Lisieux
I C S Publications, 1996
Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux, Third Edition
It is a well written, inspirational text. I really liked the historical aspects as well as the religious excerpts. Great book for anyone experiencing an ongoing illness. It helps to put the disease in perspective. :)
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Our Town: A Play in Three Acts (Perennial Classics)110 reviews
Thornton Wilder
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2003
The Face of Eternity and the Mind of God
By most accounts Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) considered himself a teacher rather than a writer--a curious situation given than he won numerous literary awards, including three Pulitzers. Among these prize-winners was OUR TOWN, first staged in 1938. It is generally considered to be the single most famous play written by an American author, and Samuel French Inc., which holds the amateur ...
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The Autobiography of Saint Therese of Lisieux: The Story of a Soul27 reviews
Image, 1987
The Little Flower
Therese of Lisieux lived a very sheltered life. As we begin the book she actually seems to be spoiled by her family. Her parents were financially secure and devoutly religious. Therese knew she wanted to be a nun from the age of three. She had bouts of poor health and she suffered the loss of her mother early in her life. And then the sisters she relied on left one by one to join the convent. But ...
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A Summer of Faulkner: As I Lay Dying/The Sound and the Fury/Light in August (Oprah's Book Club)71 reviews
William Faulkner
Vintage, 2005
Challenging and thought-provoking
These novels are not to be read for sheer pleasure, but rather for the challenge and the depth. They are not easy to read, though *Light in August* is the easiest of the three. The prose is so difficult at times that I needed to reread again and again. I had to stop and take numerous breaks because my brain got twisted around.
I strongly suggest getting research materials from a university ...
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The Sound and the Fury (Norton Critical Editions)16 reviews
William Faulkner
W. W. Norton, 1993
Great But Difficult Novel
This is perhaps the most difficult novel written that's worth the time to read. I'd STRONGLY suggest you buy Volpe's book on Faulkner's NovelsA Reader's Guide to William Faulkner: The Novels (Reader's Guides) to read along with it first. Volpe breaks down the points at which a different character takes over the narrative. After that, try it yourself, but Volpe is the best guide for the person new ...
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The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day4 reviews
Marquette Univ Pr, 2008
"The consciousness of salvation comes to me afresh each day. I am turned around..." *
There are few people who have done more to keep Dorothy Day's words before the public than Robert Ellsberg. As both editor of her writings (By Little and By Little, 1983; Dorothy Day: Selected Writings, 1992; A Penny a Copy, 1995) and publisher (Orbis) of books by and about her, Ellsberg continues to remind us of Dorothy's vision of a Christianity that is orthodox in theology and radical (in ...
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Dover Thrift Editions)65 reviews
Harriet Jacobs
Dover Publications, 2001
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: This book is diffficult to read because of the horrible reminders of
the wretched life of American slaves. The book is so
well written, beautiful prose, detailed descriptions
of rememberances that I am sure were difficult to
relive. I highly recommend this wonderful book to any
one.
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As I Lay Dying191 reviews
William Faulkner
Vintage, 1991
Homegoing
One of the most important writers of the twentieth century in any country, William Faulkner could tell a rousing tale. Check your collective memory. You're sitting around the campfire and the the storyteller begins.
When it is Faulkner, expect the unexpected. As I Lay Dying. As Dead I Am Carried to My Homeplace. The first sentence: "Jewel and I come up from the field, following the path in ...
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Sanctuary: The Corrected Text30 reviews
William Faulkner
Vintage, 1993
Mississippi Noir
I have read my fair share of Faulkner although I am hardly a devotee. My main positive reference to him is concerning his role in the screenwriting of one of my favorite films- To Have or To Have Not with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. I have also, obliquely, run into his work as it relates to who should and who should not be in the modern American literary canon. Unusually the criticism ...
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Collected Stories of William Faulkner18 reviews
William Faulkner
Vintage, 1995
Wonderful
After reading "A Mule in the Yard," "That Will Be Fine," and "That Evening Sun" I was reminded of why this guy is one of the greatest storytellers ever. I know, his writing can be dense and even a times nearly unintelligible, but patience and concentration pays off with Faulkner. And his use of point of view is amazing.
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Amelia And Eleanor Go For A Ride11 reviews
Pam Munoz Ryan
Scholastic Press, 1999
Great Gift for Little Girls
As the parent of a curious 5-year-old, I've been disappointed by the scarcity of historical and biographical books aimed at very young children. My daughter had an interest in Amelia Earhart since she first saw her "red plane" at the Smithsonian, so I took a gamble and bought this book for her at Christmas time...and she loved it. In fact, she liked it so much that she's insisted on giving it to ...
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A Passion for God: The Spiritual Journey of A. W. Tozer4 reviews
Lyle Dorsett
Moody Publishers, 2008
A Good and Honest Biography
A.W. Tozer is a man whose ministry has fascinated me. A man who held closely to biblical, Protestant theology, he was also a man who loved the old Catholic mystics. He had little formal education, yet had the ability to hold the most educated of men and women at rapt attention. He had a single-minded devotion to Christ and the highest respect for the Scriptures. Reading "A Passion for God" has ...
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War Plan Orange: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-194513 reviews
Edward S. Miller
US Naval Institute Press, 2007
A Must Read
Author Miller has justly received many honors for this book which present the US planning for response to any Japanese aggression against the United States during the period between World War I and World War II. Miller also wrote another book, "Bankrupting The Enemy" about the US economic actions concerning Japan leading up to the war that is equally high quality and required reading for World ...
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Alfred Kubin: Drawings, 1897-1909
Annegret Hoberg
Prestel USA, 2008
Kubin is irrefutably one of the most original talents of his generation. Whether painting directly from his hallucinatory visions or illustrating the works of such literary giants as Balzac, Poe, Dostoevsky, and Gogol, Kubin eschewed the decorative artistry of earlier Austrian art. Instead, he was drawn to life s dark undertones, represented in his work through his morbid subject matter and frenetic style. Filled with horrific yet fully realized ...
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Loaves and Fishes5 reviews
Dorothy Day
Orbis Books, 1997
A deeply moving book, from a sorely needed voice
At a time when the "mainstream" media insists on appointing the Christian Coalition and other groups of their ilk as voices of the Gospel in todays world, we are reminded of how much the life, words, and witness of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker are needed. Back in print in the handsome edition, "Loaves and Fishes" tells the history of the movement founded by Day and Peter Maurin. In an ...
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Who Was Amelia Earhart? (Who Was...?)1 review
Kate Boehm Jerome
Grosset & Dunlap, 2002
Excellent
My 7 year old son could not put this book down! He read the entire book in one afternoon, and then was able to complete his biography project for school without any additional research. The book brought Amelia Earhart to life; it was comprehensive and interesting, with so many insights that I had never known before. There were also numerous sketches and maps which would keep a youngster ...
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Johannes Brahms: A Biography21 reviews
Jan Swafford
Vintage, 1999
A Magisterial--or Should I Say, Masterly?--Work of Biography
I have never heard a piece of music by composer Jan Swafford, but if he composes as well as he writes, his music should be stimulating indeed. Some reviewers have called this book hard to put down, a page-turner. I found it so. Part of its interest lies in Brahms himself; any book that purports to shed even a bit of light on so enigmatic a figure would cause one to turn pages in hopes of ...
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Absalom, Absalom!: The Corrected Text (Modern Library)122 reviews
William Faulkner
Modern Library, 1993
Absalom! Absalom!
I wrote a paper historical truth in Absalom! Absalom! in graduate school and decided to revisit the novel. The edition I purchased through Amazon is the one I used 35 years ago and consequently has some associations for me. I am pleased with the condition of my purchase. Thanks.Absalom, Absalom!: The Corrected Text (Modern Library)
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