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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II

633 reviews
Iris Chang

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998

The truth really hurts...
Iris Chang does not spare any details in this brutal narrative of the Japanese brutalization of the city of Nanking. This book can be hard to read at times due to the way in which Chang wrote it. I have never been moved by a book before, but there were times when I had to put this book down and do something else due to the graphic nature of Chang's account. No matter how disturbing it may have ...

Darkness at Noon: A Novel

16 reviews
Arthur Koestler

Scribner, 2006

A classic
I first read Koestler's Darkness at Noon in high school, close to 30 years ago. Although I cannot recall my earlier reaction to the book, I am certain that I was not prepared, as a 17-year old, to appreciate either the literary beeauty or socio-political importance of Koestler's masterpiece. Now that I've read it again I think I can begin to understand the praise that has been heaped on it since ...

Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller

4 reviews
Steve Weinberg

W. W. Norton, 2008

The Start of Investigative Journalism
Some journalists revel in muckraking reportage, and it doesn't make any difference to them that "muckraking" has been used as a term of opprobrium. There was a time when there was no tradition of newspapers doing investigative reporting; that tradition had to be invented. One of the inventors was Ida Tarbell who let the nation know how John D. Rockefeller was misusing corporate power. She ...

Edith Wharton (Vintage)

11 reviews
Hermione Lee

Vintage, 2008

Edith Wharton: The great American novelist's life is presented in exquisite detail by biographer Hermione Lee
Edith Newbold "Pussy" Jones was born into a wealthy and socially prominent New York family in 1862. Her father was cold and distant. He was involved in real estate transactions. Her mother Lucretia was not a good mentor for her precocious bookworm daughter. Edith had two older brothers. Her childhood was lonesome punctuated by long trips to the cities of Europe (her father died in Cannes). Edith ...

Selections from the Prison Notebooks

4 reviews
Antonio Gramsci

International Publishers, 1971

One of the century's most important political works
Gramsci's Prison Notebooks marks one of the nodal points of Western Marxism's break with Leninism and the breed of marxism born of the Bolshevik Revolution. Exploratory and incomplete, the insights contained in this volume marked a turning point in marxist thinking, indeed leading many right through the marxist fold and out the other side. Gramsci's insights into philosphy, cultural criticism, ...

The Russian Concubine

29 reviews
Kate Furnivall

Berkley Trade, 2007

INCREDIBLE! LOVED IT! MUST HAVE SEQUEL!!!!
This book is beautifully written and heart breakingly, gut wrenching but one is still left with hope and promise for what the future holds. The characters all draw you in. Here descriptive writing is amazing. I haven't cried while reading a book in a long time but I had a good sob over this one. Bravo to the author. I am begging you for a sequel Ms.Furnivall :)

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

39 reviews
Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Penguin Classics, 1999

Free SF Reader
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. 4.5 out of 5

The Mitford Bedside Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Mitford Moments, Author Reflections on the Bestselling ...

25 reviews
Jan Karon

Viking, 2006

good book
I loved this book and the service I got from you was great..thanks so much......Annabelle

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 ...

Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

346 reviews
Adeline Yen Mah

Broadway, 1999

A memorable story that haunts you long after reading.
This book was beautifully written and gripping from the start. The reviewer who complained of Adeline's "whining" tone, is being unfair. I don't see her as whiny, but rather somewhat detached as she recounts the emptiness of her childhood. In fact, I want her to scream and kick and rebell, maybe even whine, yet she does none of that. Whining is even more emotion than I think she allows ...

Through a Blue Lens: The Brooklyn Dodgers Photographs of Barney Stein, 1937-1957

6 reviews
Dennis D'Agostino, Bonnie Crosby

Triumph Books (IL), 2007

Do We Need Another Book About The Brooklyn Dodgers? Yes!
Forests have been felled with books written about the much beloved Brooklyn Dodgers. Roger Kahn, Carl Erskine, Red Barber, and numerous others have relished telling us what life was like with Brooklyn baseball, especially from the years 1947 through 1957. In addition, numerous authors have written about Jackie Robinson. However, author Dennis D'Agostino and Bonnie Crosby, daughter of Barney ...

Manchild in the Promised Land

55 reviews
Claude Brown

Touchstone, 1999

Manchild In the Promised Land
I was able to find this book relatively easy, based on a few keywords. My boyfriend started reading it several years ago and was unable to complete it. The storyline stuck in his memory and I bought it as a surprise for him, because over the years he mentioned it occasionally. Thanks for making the lookup so easy!

Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman

14 reviews
Gladys Aylward

Moody Publishers, 1980

The Little Woman who served a big God
This is an amazing book that I happened upon by accident. I have shared it with others who were impressed when reading about the life of this unassuming missionary. It was truly inspirational. I highly recommend this book.

Complete Terry And The Pirates Volume 2: 1937-1938 (The Complete Terry and the Pirates)

5 reviews
Milton Caniff

IDW Publishing, 2008

Hitting his stride
Here's where Caniff really starts to come into his own. The action is fast and furious, the charcters are more defined, the sexy bits get steamier, and the artwork becomes slicker and more expressive. The reproduction of the strips is crystal clear (with the Sundays in the original full color). This comic strip represents the highwater mark of action/adventure strips. And this volume contains ...

Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery

8 reviews
Vincent Bugliosi, Ken Hurwitz

W. W. Norton & Company, 2004

Want to know how low a person can go?
Neither did I, but if you enjoy seeing someone squirm as he gets caught lying under cross examination, you'll like this. The crimes are sickening. Mr. Bugliosi includes a big helping of law for the layman --very interesting stuff! The murderers were actually prosecuted on circumstantial evidence.

The New York Stories of Edith Wharton (New York Review Books Classics)

5 reviews
Edith Wharton

NYRB Classics, 2007

Some fine vintage Wharton
Periodically, it seems, Edith Wharton (1862-1937) pops up into our attention span, most recently due to the fine biography by Hermione Lee, the release of several Wharton volumes in the Library of America series, and movie versions of her novels, such as "The Age of Innocence" (with Daniel Day-Lewis) and the "House of Mirth." This compilation in the New York Review Books Classics series contains ...

My Life So Far

194 reviews
Jane Fonda

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006

Meeting Jane Fonda
I "met" Jane Fonda at a book signing in Pasadena, CA. I was immediately taken with her graciousness. She appeared beautifully poised, content and unpretentious, before a packed gathering. She was irreverent, intelligent, insightful and candid. As she sat at the signing table, she immediately commented that she thought my blouse was gorgeous. While this may seem like a very minor thing, ...

Dreams of Terror and Death: The Dream Cycle of H. P. Lovecraft

26 reviews
H. P. Lovecraft

Del Rey, 1995

Extraordinary images, delicious writing
These days i find myself sadly jaded. I pick up books, read partway through, and lose interest... either because the plot is too predictable (been there, read that, know what's going to happen) or because the writing is mediocre. I find that good writing is increasingly important to me as I get older. So, a couple of years back when I picked up this collection in a bookstore and started to ...

Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos

21 reviews
H. P. Lovecraft

Del Rey, 1998

A Competent Collection
It's hard to fault a "best of" collection - each story is, after all, there because it is the best in some way, or represents a vital contribution. There is no point to my going through the listing and mentioning which stories are my favorites; they are all excellent (or at least important). Collecting the out-of-print books that contain these stories individually would cost hundreds, even when ...

The House of Mirth

1 review
Edith Wharton

Virago UK, 2006

A Difficult Read For Me, A Bit Like Deciphering Shakespeare's English
I have to say this was no easy read for me. I had a bit of a difficult time with the English. Edith Wharton writes in a way that makes things sound beautiful yes, but I wasn't always confident that I was comprehending the exact meaning she intended. The English is far from plain or direct, much like the communication between the characters she created. I found our protagonist Lily Bart to ...

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