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The Old Man and the Sea 685 reviews
Ernest Hemingway
G K Hall & Co, 1994
Great transaction
I was very surprised at how fast this order was received. The book was in excellent shape. I have made a note oif this vender for future book purchases.
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Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder : A Novel 96 reviews
Evelyn Waugh
G K Hall & Co, 1982
A Queer Theory Must!
As someone very interested in the field of Queer Theory, I was pleasantly surprised to pick up this book and discover such fascinating love relationships in the life of Charlie Ryder. Set between the two World Wars, Brideshead Revisited follows the life of Charlie Ryder and his dealings (and romances) with members of the Flyte family. Waugh has both a beautiful way with words and a scathing, ...
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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic (G K Hall Large Print Reference ...797 reviews
Stephen R. Covey
G K Hall & Co, 1997
Simple yet profound!
I really enjoyed reading "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R Covey. Covey starts with the premise everyone is born with these traits and one has to practice and cultivate them.
My favorite chapter is "WIN/WIN". Covey's premise is there are 6 paradigms of humans interaction and that WIN/WIN is not a technique it is a philosophy of human interaction. Relationships can be ...
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How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth: A Guide to Understanding the Bible88 reviews
Gordon D. Fee, Douglas Stuart
G K Hall & Co, 1993
Too good not to have a copy
The title says it all. If you want to read the Bible for all its worth, you, not only read the book, but have to have your own copy. I borrowed the book from the library and started digging into it. There were many valuable Bible verses provided to illustrate and support the important points of the author's view. In order to gain the most from the book, I would need to go through all of these ...
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The Alchemist1258 reviews
Paulo Coelho
G K Hall & Co, 1995
Great Read
Loved this book and I am having my boy teenage boys read it. Just wish I had read it when I was there age. A must for anyone on the side lines !
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The Handmaid's Tale (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)553 reviews
Margaret Eleanor Atwood
G K Hall & Co, 1987
A timeless classic with a unique concept!
I'm fascinated by the reviews that indicate this book is now assigned in English Lit classes. That alone is testament for reading this book. I read it for the first time nearly twenty years ago. As an avid reader, and a re-reader - it stills stands out for it's unique concept and characters - regardless of your political beliefs (and given when it was written - I'd encourage even younger ...
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The Great Gatsby1127 reviews
F. Scott Fitzgerald
G K Hall & Co, 1995
Breathtaking
It has been a while since I read a book in one sitting. It has also been a while since I first read "The Great Gatsby". Since then, I read articles and saw movies about F. Scott Fotzgerald and his wife Zelda. It is hard not to draw some similarities between Fitzgerald's best work and the way his own life ended. Without going thru the plot, this is all american story about difference between ...
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Thorndike Press Large Print Perennial Bestsellers Series)452 reviews
Erich Maria Remarque
G K Hall & Co, 1997
Should be required reading for our political representatives
I grew up playing war like every other kid and had a somewhat glamorized view of war. When we went to war in Iraq for the first time I thought it was kind of cool. Being a Jewish person who lost a great deal of their family in the Holocaust having any sympathy for any Germans was not an easy thing to believe I could ever feel. This book floored me,the absolute horror of war just rippled through ...
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (G. K. Hall Large Print Perennial Bestseller Collection)400 reviews
Zora Neale Hurston
G K Hall & Co, 1996
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Please read this book! I'm serious! The writing is pure poetry, with fantastic images that will stay with me forever. Also, the historical value cannot be exaggerated. The author, Nora Neale Hurston, gave us a tremendous gift.
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A Separate Peace (G.K. Hall Large Print Perennial Bestseller Collection) 766 reviews
John Knowles
G K Hall & Co, 1994
Great Buy
I'm usually concerned about purchasing items on line, especially books. I can honestly say that this experience was worth it. I would recommend this seller to anyone interested in purchasing good quality books at extremely reasonable prices.
Buy with confidence, I did!
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When Bad Things Happen to Good People123 reviews
Harold S. Kushner
G K Hall & Co, 1983
Fantastic read!
I chose to read this book because my Dad was diagnosed with Brain cancer and i found it to be extremely helpful, without being too 'religious'. I am not a church person, but i do believe in God. This book just seemed to wrap it's arm around me and let me think and feel exactly as i needed to, without offering any of that unhelpful help that others tend to, without thinking their words through ...
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The Phantom Tollbooth (Large Print)549 reviews
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer
G K Hall & Co, 1989
A fun book! (review by Harry, a 9 year old boy)
A very very good book. In the book, everything is basically literal. For example, the dog, shown on the front cover, named Tock, is a literal "watch dog". A very funny part is where the main characters, Milo and Tock, are in Dictionopolis and they meet the King of Dictionopolis' cabinet. When the Earl (from the Cabinet) said something was "as easy as falling off a log" he actually fell off a ...
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Redeeming Love (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) 543 reviews
Francine Rivers
G K Hall & Co, 1993
BOOK CHANGED ME FOREVER!!!
I am not an avid reader but found out about this book through a friend that told me how it changed her life. I was skeptical but still very curious so I bought the book. I finished it in three days. WOW. All I can say is that for the first time in my life I began to hear the Lord speak to me through this book! I could literally feel the presence of God's love all around me as I read this book. ...
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Mrs. Dalloway154 reviews
Virginia Woolf
G K Hall & Co, 1996
Perfect in every way
In my opinion, this is a perfect book. Woolf captures the characters flawlessly and depicts their relationships with pitch-perfect accuracy. The plot centers around a day in the life of Mrs. Dalloway, who is preparing for a party. However, the overall scope of the novel is much broader.
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The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy785 reviews
Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko
G K Hall & Co, 1999
First step to becoming a millionaire....
Is learning how millionaires think and act! This book does just that! Please read this book for true understanding of what it takes to get there, no sugar coating in this book and straight to the point. MUST HAVE!
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The Scarlet Letter405 reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne
G K Hall & Co, 1980
A wonderful piece of literature, however
I completely agree with most HS students that this book should be optional reading for them because HS teachers should very well know that there are many different minds that need very different kinds of reading material and exposure to variety is not always a good thing that's why you end up having reviews of books like this by some HS students who puke on it rather then have savored it like I ...
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)546 reviews
Betty Smith
G K Hall & Co, 1993
A Wowing Historical Fiction Classic
I am in total awe after reading this book. In the beginning I thought it was going to be a boring and long novel. But throughout my reading I became to grow more attached to the story. The main character Francie was an intriguing and delightful creation that anyone would want as their best friend, should she not be a fictional person. I enjoyed reading how the poor family made ends meet and ...
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Mercy (G K Hall Large Print Book Series (Cloth))75 reviews
Jodi Picoult
G K Hall & Co, 1997
Smudged powdered doughnuts!
If you have scored this book anything lower than 5 stars, you have temporary insanity! Picoult engages the reader from the very first page and does a phenomenal job going from different characters which share the same story lines: Jamie and Maggie; Allie and Cam; and Cam and Mia. For the book's length, I was surprised on how well developed the story took place and my lack of boredom from ...
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The Poisonwood Bible (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)1410 reviews
Barbara Kingsolver
G K Hall & Co, 1999
I can't say enough good things about this novel
I love the Poisonwood Bible. It's easily on my list of favorite books. It's a heartwrenching story of the disintegration and survival of a family. Kingsolver rotates the pov through the four daughters and you learn to love them all, even the shallow Rachel. And that takes a great deal of skill to turn a character like Rachel into an interesting and lovable person. Even the chapters told from Ruth ...
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Grendel162 reviews
John Gardner
G K Hall & Co, 1971
Civilization Ruins Everything
This is not the simple tale of what moves the monster to attack the mead hall. Yes, this is the classic Beowulf tale told from Grendel's perspective, but it's no easy narrative of me-against-him. There is an awful lot more going on here.
Grendel is the basic human, the proto-human animal stripped of all aspects of civilization, what the human is before civilization has had the chance to ...
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