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Noble House: A Novel of Contemporary Hong Kong

74 reviews
James Clavell

Delacorte Pr, 1981

A MASTERPIECE WORTHY OF THE TAIPAN!
James Clavell was a WONDERFUL Writer (yes, with a capital W) and NOBLE HOUSE was a gift he left to us! Through his eyes we visit Hong Kong in the 1970's. Clavell, like a virtuoso connaisseur of the human condition he is, manages to interweave a multitude of stories into a continuous carpet of a city living fast, taking risks, winning and loosing but never giving up. Heads of huge ...

The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Story of the Odyssey

18 reviews
Rosemary Sutcliff

Delacorte Pr, 1996

What a great adventure!
I have loved Rosemary Sutcliff's historical fiction of early Anglo-Saxon and Roman England, so I knew her retelling of the Iliad and the Odyssey would be spectacular. And they are. I use them with the Middle School boys I tutor, who usually HATE to read but absolutely cannot put these down. The illustrations and map in this hardcover version are wonderfully done. The Cyclops with a stake in its ...

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater: Or, Pearls Before Swine

81 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut

Delacorte Pr, 1971

It's hard to critique Vonnegut
Vonnegut is one of those genius writers that you can't help but love. "Slaughterhouse 5" was my first venture into the realm of Vonnegut, but I have to say that I think I enjoyed this tale much more. Perhaps because the topic is closer to my heart, or perhaps I was able to identify more closely with the characters, I found this novel to be both thought provoking and utterly hysterical. The ...

Mother Night

98 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut

Delacorte Pr, 1979

A Dark Novel with a Valuable Moral Lesson
~Mother Night~ by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is a dark novel set against the backdrop of Nazi Germany initially in the 1930s. An American expatriate living abroad Howard W. Campbell, Jr. marries a German woman Helga, and works as a playwright in Germany. But a dark cloud looms over the horizon, the spectre of Nazi Germany and its violent ideology of ultra-nationalism. Campbell's parents depart Germany ...

Your Six-Year-Old: Defiant but Loving

17 reviews
Louise Bates Ames, Frances L. Ilg

Delacorte Pr, 1979

Great purchase. Super quick delivery. Perfect condition.
This seller was refreshingly terrific to do business with. The order came so quickly and even though it was considered used when purchased, it is in perfect condition. Buying with this seller restored my faith in my amazon purchases. Highly recommended seller.

Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting

86 reviews
Syd Field

Delacorte Pr, 1982

The Pioneering Book on Screenwriting
This review focuses on the latest edition of Syd Field's SCREENPLAY: The Foundations of Screenwriting, published in December 2005. Syd Field published the book in 1979, the first book ever on the subject. In his memoir, GOING TO THE MOVIES -- A Personal Journey Through Four Decades of Modern Film, published in 2001, he says: "There were three printings within the first six months of ...

Your Four -Year-Old: Wild and Wonderful

19 reviews
Louise Bate Ames, Frances L. Ilg

Delacorte Pr, 1976

A MUST READ for all parents ...
I recommend these books (Your ONE Year Old, Your TWO Year Old, Your THREE Year Old, Your FOUR Year Old, Your FIVE Year Old, Your SIX Year Old, Your SEVEN Year Old, Your EIGHT Year Old, Your NINE Year Old, Your TEN-to-FOURTEEN Year Old. These books were writtten by Louise Bates Ames, PhD, Fances L. Ilg, MD and Sidney M. Baker MD of the Gesell Institute of Human Development. They are NOT a "how ...

Your Three-Year-Old: Friend or Enemy

30 reviews
Louise Bate Ames, Frances L. Ilg

Delacorte Pr, 1976

A MUST READ for all parents ...
I recommend these books (Your ONE Year Old, Your TWO Year Old, Your THREE Year Old, Your FOUR Year Old, Your FIVE Year Old, Your SIX Year Old, Your SEVEN Year Old, Your EIGHT Year Old, Your NINE Year Old, Your TEN-to-FOURTEEN Year Old. These books were writtten by Louise Bates Ames, PhD, Fances L. Ilg, MD and Sidney M. Baker MD of the Gesell Institute of Human Development. They are NOT a "how ...

Frankenstein

320 reviews
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Delacorte Pr, 1980

You've seen Karloff, now read the original
Once you read Shelley's classic you're going to scratch your head and wonder: Is this really the book that gave us the Karloff movie? Not to mention Herman Munster and Frankenberry. For over a century and half people have been cannibalizing this book for ideas, movies, other books, and products of every size, shape and type that our modern concept of Frankenstein holds little to no resemblence to ...

Holy Blood, Holy Grail

474 reviews
Michael Baigent

Delacorte Pr, 1982

Book Revies
The book arrived in excellent condition. Look like I had just plucked it off the shelf. No yellowing of pages, dog ears or tares.

Ceremony

10 reviews
Robert B. Parker

Delacorte Pr, 1982

Fire Crackers & Burning Jewels
Some of Spenser's hottest wisecracks have been fueled lean and mean by surged anger raring to box ear lobes and boogie the brawn... which he did in one of the scenes in CEREMONY, ruining a dark party scene with a long run of blood. This # 8 in series pinged out of the bag with humor popping. Harry Kyle, "successful" salesman, was pushing to write off his daughter. He was painted brightly ...

Slapstick: Or, Lonesome No More! : A Novel

70 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut

Delacorte Pr, 1977

Vonnegut is a legend
This book has a surreal element to it. Vonnegut is a master, and his minimilstic style is captivating. He has a strange sense of humor, and that only heightens the brilliance of this book. After reading this book, it's easy to see why he's one of the biggest writers of our time. Four and a half stars are not good enough for this book. And neither is five, but when giving five stars I'm giving a ...

Your One-Year-Old: The Fun-Loving, Fussy 12-24-Month Old

16 reviews
Louise Bates Ames, Frances L. Ilg

Delacorte Pr, 1982

great book- a must have for all new parents!
we have this book, along with 'your 2 year old' and 'your 3 year old', and love it! we have also bought this as a gift for other parents-- great book! great advice! great gift! a must-read for all parents! it really helps you understand where your child is, where they should be, and where they are headed at this special and challenging time in his/her life.

Legends of the Fall

20 reviews
Jim Harrison

Delacorte Pr, 1979

Innocence lost
The three novellas by Jim Harrison collected in Legends of the Fall took my breath away when I read them, and made me wonder why in the world it took so long for me to discover Harrison. His language is sparse and clean--reminiscent to a certain extent of Cormac McCarthy's--but it has a musical/poetic rhythm to it that is uniquely his own. His ability to create images, plots, and characters ...

Early Autumn

32 reviews
Robert B. Parker

Delacorte Pr, 1980

A Great Spenser Novel
EARLY AUTUMN is the seventh Spenser novel, and it's definitely one of the best ones. In this story, Spenser first meets 15-year old Paul Giacomin, who will become something of a surrogate son to him. This novel is mainly about their relationship with each other, and how Spenser teaches him how to grow up and deal with life in a self-respecting way. I love this novel because Spenser teaches ...

Children of the Forest.

14 reviews
Elsa Maartman Beskow

Delacorte Pr, 1969

great book, lousy publisher
This is a wonderful children's book by a phenomenal children's author, who writes from the perspective of an old-fashioned down to earth storyteller drawing on children's imagination about nature. The books and illustrations (she's done many many books) are wonderful. Unfortunately, Amazon sells it in miniature without informing you - do not buy the $12 version unless you want a mini. Plus ...

Looking for Rachel Wallace

15 reviews
Robert B. Parker

Delacorte Pr, 1980

Frozen Steam in Dark Side Snow. Spewed Blood. Boiled Pasta. Presto Pesto. Day Saved? Penance Made?
Hired as a bodyguard, Spenser opened a significant chapter in The Cultural Conversation, in an Ongoing Dialogue with a gay feminist author who had dedicated her life, and possibly her death, to her cause. The first half of this book had a tight focus and that was it. In Parker's hands, that simplicity of plot read out as mesmerizing, and sped along at a good clip. The contrast was striking ...

Richard Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America, the Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster: And in Watermelon ...

36 reviews
Richard Brautigan

Delacorte Pr, 1968

He heard the sound of his own drummer
The man is no longer here so its necessary to give him the benefit of the doubt. Brautigan was in the long tradition of American originals. Thoreau defined it as the person who can't walk in step with the others because he 'hears the sound of his own drummer'. Brautigan put a number of things together. A kind of clearness in telling about what he was seeing right before him. A kind of whimsical ...

Cathedral: A Novel

54 reviews
Nelson Demille

Delacorte Pr, 1981

Too long!
The first half or maybe even three quarters of "Cathedral" is an entertaining read but it is simply over-long.

How Children Fail

51 reviews
John Holt

Delacorte Pr, 1982

invaluable insight
All the years I've been "against" public school, they were for reasons I'd researched, or came from my own bad experiences and those of my child, and other reasons I just "felt" inside but couldn't explain... I'd certainly built a case for myself as to what was wrong with the whole environment. But I still had never seen or imagined what Mr Holt saw through the eyes of a teacher (yet I could ...

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