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53 reviews
William Makepeace Thackeray

Cover to Cover Cassettes, 1998

All's fair in love and "Vanity"
Greed, gold-digging and deception sit at the heart of "Vanity Fair." It's no joke that it's subtitled "a novel without a hero" -- William Makepeace Thackeray mercilessly skewered the pretentions and flaws of the upper class all throughout it. The result is a gloriously witty social satire. It opens with two young women departing from a ladies' academy: dull, sweet Amelia (rich) and fiery ...

Step right up!: ... I'm gonna scare the pants off America

3 reviews
William Castle

Putnam, 1976

Horror and Sci-Fi , They don't make them like that anymore.
I found this book to be one of the best autobiographies I have ever read. William Castle made every bit of his life a thorough joy to read.. It was a book that I could not put down. I took it everywhere, just to see what crazy gimmick he would come up with next. A must read. I don't want to give you any details because it would just spoil the book. This book and the two below give a true ...

Heredity of coat characters in guinea-pigs and rabbits, (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication)
William E Castle

Carnegie institution, 1905

Heredity of Coat Characters in Guinea-Pigs and Rabbits - CONTENTS - Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . Experiments with guinea. pigs. . . . . . . . . Heredity of coat color. . . . . . . . . . . Coat of the wild cavy. . . . . . . . . . Color varieties of the domesticated cavy or guinea. pig. . . . Agouti. . . . . . . . . . . . . Yellow. . . . . . . . . . . . . Chocolate . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . Albino. . . . . . ...