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The Last of the Just 23 reviews
Andre Schwarz-Bart
Bentley Pub, 1980
Moving, Funny, Tragic, Romantic... Amazing
This book is a deeply personal account of a Jewish family in the 19th and 20th centuries. Part of it's power comes from following the lives of the family well before the holocaust began... thus showing that anti-semitism was not only a Nazi trait and making the continually worsening conditions even harder to bear in contrast to their lives before. Ernie Levy, our main anti-hero, is so real. ...
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre21 reviews
B. Traven
Bentley Publishers, 1980
a very special piece of writing
If you have seen and enjoyed the John Huston film of the same name, and believe it to be one of the greatest films ever produced, then it is mandatory to procure and read this book.
This review is written from the perspective of someone who has seen the film at least a half dozen times before reading the novel for the first time. The film is mostly faithful to the novel, so no nasty surprises ...
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Cafe Bentley24 reviews
Edmund DeRochi
BookSurge Publishing, 2008
I need to get this novel!!!
As I began to read, my mind was instantly transported into the mind of Lionel. The author's descriptive writing is exceptional, and the rest of the story must be a treasure. I can't wait to read the rest.
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The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany (Most Beautiful Villages)20 reviews
James Bentley
Thames & Hudson, 1997
beautiful villages of tuscany
i orignially purchased this book as a resource for a paper i was doing on tuscany, but when i received it and began to browse through it, i sat down and read the entire thing from cover to cover. the photography was magnificent; the information was just the right amount without going on and on; the entire product was stunning. i wanted to run to the internet and book the next flight to tuscany!
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Speed Secrets: Professional Race Driving Techniques (Speed Secrets)31 reviews
Ross Bentley
Motorbooks, 1998
fast results for the typical daily driver
i got this book just yesterday, read a few chapters, and already see and feel results in my day-to-day commute. don't be fooled into thinking that the information in this book can only be used on the race track. there is a lot of information here that is useful for driving in general. other than driving at the limit (i.e. redline), everything is practical for better day to day driving. already ...
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My Brother's Keeper28 reviews
Marcia Davenport
Bentley Publishers, 1979
A HAUNTING AND TRAGIC STORY...
Two elderly brothers, Seymour and Randall Holt, are found dead in their rundown, squalid brownstone in the neighborhood of Chelsea in New York City. This book reconstructs their lives and explains how it came about that they met such an ignominious end.
Raised in that very brownstone in a turn of the century household run by their wealthy, twisted, and domineering grandmother, who eventually ...
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Jolly Postman52 reviews
Allan Ahlberg
Bentley Pub, 1987
I've bought 8 of these over 20 years
I bought this for my daughter and later I bought it for friends' children. I'll probably search for it for my grandchildren too. You can probably guess that I like it! Buying for kids is such fun because you get the wow factor, and then you get to see whether they really take to it by reading/playing with it. Kids don't fib about this stuff, do they! I can report 100% success. The enthusiam they ...
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Paradise Lost (Anglistica and Americana, Vol 175)19 reviews
John Milton
Georg Olms Publishers, 1995
Rise and fall!
First off, let me say that we're not talking here about the famous Qi gong instructor named John Milton. We're talking about the famous 17th-century English poet who wrote _Paradise Lost_ and _Paradise Regained_, two of the most wonderfully overlong Christian poems in the history of Western literature.
Your English teacher will tell you that _Paradise Lost_ "narrates the story of Adam and ...
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Samantha's Journey (Thoroughbred Super Editions)25 reviews
Joanna Campbell, Karen Bentley
Topeka Bindery, 1999
GGGGGGGGRRRRREEEEEEEAAAAAAAT
I think this book was awesome! It took you into Sammy's mind and what really happened before she came to Towsend Acres! Also, you get to she how Tor perposed to Sam! I reccomed this book to everyone it really touches your heart!
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Going Faster! Mastering the Art of Race Driving42 reviews
Carl Lopez
Bentley Publishers, 1997
Won't turn you into Michael Schumacher, but...
reading this book will surely improve your race driving technique and make you a more intelligent race driver. As the other reviewers have mentioned, this is *the* bible of race driving technique. Books like Ayrton Senna's Principles of Race Driving and Alain Prost's Competition Driving may have more flashiness and glamour, but Going Faster! is the reference textbook you'll be grabbing from ...
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The Wind on the Moon13 reviews
Eric Linklater
Jane Nissen Books, 2000
Best book ever
As a child living temporarily with my mother in London, four books got me through: The Wind on the Moon and also The Pink Ballet Slippers by Evelyn S. Dehkes and Ballet Shoes and Theatre Shoes by Noel Streatfeild. However, as others have commented, The Wind on the Moon is the one I've reread the most. My old hardcover edition is well-loved, and it is probably no coincidence that my all-time ...
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Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel16 reviews
A. Anatoli
Bentley Publishers, 1979
Tragic
I first read this book in high school as a shelf clearing library rat. It was not recommended, it was not widely known, it just sat on a shelf gathering dust. As far as I could tell, I was the first person to check this book out of my high school's library....books used to have cards glued to the back page where you signed your name...this one had no signatures. I read "Babi Yar" 3 times in the ...
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One Time : The Story of a South Central Los Angeles Police Officer15 reviews
Brian S. Bentley
Cool Jack Publishing, 1997
Exciting and Hardcore
One Time is a hardcore and realistic look at the police. The author's writing style kept me interested and I am not a big reader. Since reading the book, I now look at police officers differently.
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Chevrolet by the Numbers: The Essential Chevrolet Parts Reference 1960-1964 (Chevrolet by the Numbers)10 reviews
Alan L. Colvin
Bentley Publishers, 1996
Outstanding and thourough
This book is exceptional and details all the finer points that you must know when thinking about, or have purchased one of these fine cars. Take the time and read through this book and it will give you years of knowledge. The book will also educate you as to the correctness of the Chevrolet you either have, or are looking at. It also will help verify myths with acctual facts and documentation as ...
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The Unfair Advantage18 reviews
Mark Donohue, Paul Van Valkenburgh
Bentley Publishers, 2000
One of the great racing tomes
This book is easily one of the best narratives about racing I've ever come across. It is a personal and honest account of the late Mark Donahue's racing career from his impromptu start to the zenith of his career in Formula 1, Indy Racing, and Can Am to his retirement.
Anyone who races or aspires to race will delight in his firsthand recollections of his racing exploits and his perspective on ...
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Bound on Earth11 reviews
Angela Hallstrom
Bentley Enterprise, 2008
A Triumph!
Bound on Earth is the best, most finely crafted novel featuring complex, fully-rendered Mormon characters to date. Many have tried, but Hallstrom got it right. My copy of Bound on Earth takes its place proudly next to the works of Anne Tyler and Barbara Kingsolver on my bookshelf.
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The Case of the Deadly Toy (A Perry Mason Mystery)12 reviews
Erle Stanley Gardner
Bentley Publishers, 1959
Book Review
This Perry Mason book is a suspenseful action thriller and a spectacular page turner. "The Case of The Deadly Toy" is about a woman, Norda Alison who is convicted of murder after her ex-fiancé is found dead and the murder weapon is found hidden under her pillow. This book is very well written and keeps you clueless of the real murderer until the last few pages in the book. Norda Allison is the ...
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Holding on to the Air13 reviews
Suzanne Farrell, Toni Bentley
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991
One of the more interesting dancer autobiographies
Suzanne Farrell was often regarded as Balanchine's ultimate "muse", although she was neither the first nor really the last. Balanchine in the 1960s became obsessed with this willowy, mysterious dancer, and choreographed many ballets for her. Their personal relationship was much gossiped about. But Balanchine was married (to another "muse", Tanaquiel le Clerg), and Farrell was a staunch Catholic. ...
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Shameless Hoodwives: A Bentley Manor Tale19 reviews
Meesha Mink, De'nesha Diamond
Touchstone, 2008
Better The Second Time Around!
Meesha Mink and De'Nesha Diamond have done it again. Shameless Hoodwives, the sequel to Desperate Hoodwives, gives readers more drama straight from the Bentley Manor housing project. As always, Miz Cleo and Miz Osceola are on the scene giving bird's-eye-views of the low-down dirt going on in the housing project. Then we have Keisha, the former drug-addicted mother of four, who is helping her ...
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The Valley of Decision15 reviews
Marcia Davenport
Robert Bentley Publishers, 1979
The Valley of Decision by Marcia Davenport
I first read this book during final exam week in college over twenty years ago; I've read it about ten times since then. As a history teacher that was reared in a steel mill family just outside Pittsburgh, I find the account of the industry and people who populate the area where I grew up to be accurate and interesting. However, what really captures me each time I read it is the humanity and ...
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