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Turning Idolater 4 reviews, 2008
Wonderful
Turning Idolator is wonderful ! Can't say it better, it's simply is... WONDERFUL !!
With this brilliant character sketch, disguised as a murder mystery (or visa versa depends what you fancy) Patterson shows yet again what a talented writer he is.
Each character is beautifully sketched, the murder mystery stays a mystery right until the end. No way you can predict the outcome of this story, ...
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Moby Dick (Great Classics for Children)5 reviews
Herman Melville
Dalmatian Press, 2003
Moby Dick
I have read other people's reviews and I agree with the ones that liked the novel. I enjoyed reading Moby Dick, because it is a detailed and interesting book. I had no problem staying interested in the story, and it made me want to watch the movie, witch I later did with my grandfather.
Melville gives a detailed profile of Moby Dick's personality.He makes the whale seem like a devil. He ...
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Moby-Dick: A Pop-Up Book4 reviews
Sam Ita
Sterling, 2007
Exquisite paper engineering in the tradition of Robert Sabuda!
Having been a long-time fan of Robert Sabuda's pop-up books, I couldn't wait to sample this offering from Sam Ita, who had been Sabuda's apprentice. Moby Dick, the pop-up is a well-crafted book with excellent, detailed 3D engineering - the Pequod rises majestically from the pages in all its rigged glory and many other pop-ups on every page. Melville's story of Ahab and the whale is brought to ...
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Moby Dick, A Longman Critical Edition (Longman Critical Readers)4 reviews
Excellent
This is an excellent new edition of Moby Dick, with detailed informational notes and "double text," showing and explaining the differences between the American and British versions of MD. There are also very helpful diagrams and prints, illucidating some of the nonfiction/informational chapters. Excellent text for college students studying at the upper levels.
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Moby Dick3 reviews
Herman Melville
Recorded Books, Inc., 1987
Frank Muller's audio book brings "Moby Dick" to life!
I have always been intimidated by the size of "Moby Dick." But recently this great American classic has come up in various conversations and other writings I've encountered, so I decided to listen to the audio book, read by Frank Muller.
There is good reason that this book is considered a classic. It gives the reader (or listener) an inside view into the lives of 18th century whalers. It's an ...
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Moby-Dick (Penguin Classics)4 reviews
Herman Melville
Penguin Audio, 2005
Satisfy your OCD with this edition
I have OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and it often compels me to determine that I need something and I need it right now. I got it in my head that I had to have the unabridged edition of MOBY DICK, sold on Amazon (it is 19 CDs).
I had it in my Shopping Cart ready to buy, when I noticed that this version was among my recommendations. It is an earlier edition from a different publisher, ...
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Mariners, Renegades and Castaways: The Story of Herman Melville and the World We Live In (Reencounters With ...6 reviews
C. L. R. James
Dartmouth, 2001
Great book from a brilliant mind.
CLR James was one of the earliest left wing thinkers to break from Orthodox Marxist dogmatism, even rejecting Leninism and the notion of the 'Vanguard of the Proletariat' all the way back in the late '40's, a move that left him alienated from the mainstream Left of the time and eventually led to his deportation in the 1950s. This book was written while he was in jail in New York awaiting his ...
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MOBY DICK3 reviews
HERMAN MELVILLE
Recorded Books, LLC, 1987
Knowing Muller, recently deceased, read this is recommendation enough
For those who don't know the name, Frank Muller was among the best when it came to transmitting books into audio form. He respected the work, the voice of the author and he knew enough to put himself second and the work first.
So why do I speak of him in past tense? Because this man with a gift for words, language and acting (he had classical training as an actor) died on June 4, 2008. You ...
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Melville's Moby Dick - An American Nekyia: An American Nekyia (Studies in Jungian Psychology By Jungian ...3 reviews
Edward F. Edinger
Inner City Books, 1995
Illuminates both Jung and Melville
Edinger says upfront that his goal is to illuminate both Moby Dick and Jungian theory, in effect using them to throw light on each other. The fit between Melville's characters and Jungian character types and archetypes is clear and clean, never forced. Generous quotes from the novel illustrate Edinger's points. Edinger references page numbers from the Penquin Classics edition of Moby Dick. ...
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Moby Dick3 reviews
Herman Melville, Dick Giordano, ...
Houghton Mifflin, 2002
Inviting Version of Great American Classic
The famous Melville story is brought to life for young readers in a comic book style rendition. This time, it is told in the third person, and does not begin, "Call me Ishmael."
An excellent introduction to the life of Melville and the adventures he had prior to writing "Moby Dick" serves as a preface. An essay on whales and whaling concludes the book, providing a context for the story.
The ...
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Exiled Waters: Moby-Dick and the Crisis of Allegory1 review
Bainard Cowan
Louisiana State University Press, 1982
Ishmael's Whale
Dr. Bainard Cowan's masterpiece on Moby Dick is the result of a deep and thoughtful consideration of the work in the great context of the epic tradition. The cosmos of Moby Dick is presented in light of the puritan world picture which denies the open and honest exploration of the untamed beauty of creation. This in depth penetration beyond the glassy surface, of what some have mistook to be ...
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Around the World in Eighty Days By Jules Verne (Illustrated Classic Editions)1 review
Jules Verne
Moby Books / Playmore, Inc. Publishers, 1977
Jules Vern-Around the World in Eighty Days, student edition
I bought this for my son when he was in grade school to encourage him to read. This is a specially adapted version for young readers by Marian Leighton.Exciting reading with good illustrations:I'll bet you 20,000 pounds that I can travel around the world in 80 days!" said Phileas Fogg. The time is 1872, when trains and steamships are the fastest means of travel. Across Egypt and India, through ...
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IN THE HEART OF THE SEA: THE EPIC STORY THAT INSPIRED MOBY DICK.2 reviews
Nathaniel. Philbrick
Harper Collins, 2000
A WHALE OF A TALE...
This is a first rate, well crafted work of non-fiction. The author has a gift for putting together a compelling narrative about the unusual ordeal of the whale ship, Essex, which sailed out of Nantucket and was done in on the high seas by an extremely aggressive sperm whale who attacked it. So complete was the damage that the ship sank, its crew of twenty cast adrift upon a seemingly infinite ...
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Approaches to Teaching Melville's Moby Dick (Approaches to Teaching Masterpieces of World Literature ; 8)2 reviews
Martin Bickman
Modern Language Association of America, 1985
Excelent! Fascinating, informative, and readable.
This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. It is both interesting and informative, as well as quite readable. Clearly a scholarly work, it stimulates though.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Illustrated classic editions, 4506)1 review
Moby Books, 1977
Excellent Start into Literature
All of the pocket classics are an excellent way for parents to introduce their children to the best literature. This book in particular opens a window onto the works of Mark Twain, and from this one small book, the little people in your life can leap into the days of yore through Twain's words and the marvelous illustrations.
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The Corporeal Self1 review
Sharon Cameron
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981
Brilliant Study
Cameron's brilliant analysis is the first serious study of the extraordinarily physical aspects of Melville's novel. By combining psychoanalytic analysis with a deep understanding of the Romantic obsession with physical and psychological fragmentation, Cameron creates a deeply penetrating study of these great writers that places them in the central tradition of nineteenth century romanticism. ...
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The Buccaneers of America2 reviews
LeClue 22, 2008
He should know, he was there
This is a book about buccaneering written by one of the participants. Esquemeling was a Dutch physian who went to the Caribbean during the heyday of the Spanish Main. He was the surgeon to Henry Morgan's expedition against Panama City. Like many educated men of his time, he tried to be a scientific observer of the New World. As a result, you'll see descriptions of flora and fauna of the ...
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The Great White T'roid1 review
T. R. Dickson
Alchemy Press, 1999
The Best of Classical & SciFi
"Call__me@ISHMAEL.web." This humorous yet somehow familiar first sentence of the Great White T'roid should be enough to capture the eye of the most recalcitrant and cynical readers of good science fiction and classics. Like the original great white whale classic on which this cleverly written book is based, readers will find themselves chortling at one point (bed/pod scene with Queequeg) ...
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Chloe & The Unicorn1 review
gtweb.org, 2007
i like it
i'm the author. i think it's an enjoyable little story suitable for years 8 to 80. and it's perhaps one of the few lighthearted homages to melville in existence! [g]
i've given away the source allusion, but see if you can pick out the dylan quote.
/guy
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Nirvana in a Cup2 reviews
Tedde McMillen
Moby Press, 2006
Inspirational for any entrepreneur!
Have you ever dreamed of owning your own business? Then this is the book for you! This book chronicles the fascinating story of how a mother (Tedde McMillen) and her daughter Heather brought their company Oregon Chai into being. What started out as a trip to the Himalayas ended up with Heather trying chai (a delicious tea with spices and honey) and in turn, launching a dream to bring this ...
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