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111 reviews
Yevgeny Zamyatin

Penguin Twentieth Century Classics, 1993

Forget 1984 or Brave New World
No need for Orwell or Huxley. If you're interested in dystopian science fiction, then this is your bag. It predates those other classic novels, for it was released in 1924, but was subject to much censorship within the Russian realm in which it was rendered. This book is a lot of fun, and carries a lot of the weight those other novels had, but with an extremely fantastic poetic prose, greatly ...

The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century

45 reviews
David Salsburg

Owl Books, 2002

a biostatisticians view of 20th century statistics
The Lady Tasting Tea is a new book by David Salsburg (a Ph.D. mathematical statistician, who recently retired from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in Connecticut). The title of the book is taken from the famous example that R. A. Fisher used in his book "The Design of Experiments" to express the ideas and principles of statistical design to answer research questions. The subtitle "How Statistics ...

Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century

8 reviews
Tony Judt

Penguin Press HC, The, 2008

Very Good
This is a collection of essays from the historian most famous for " Postwar" a history of Europe from 1945 to the present. Judt's earlier book was very good and explained the establishment of the European welfare state as a reaction to the Second World War. Politicians of both sides wanted to ensure that the underlying causes which led to Fascism and Communism never arose in their countries so ...

Angle of Repose (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

143 reviews
Wallace Stegner

Penguin Classics, 2000

Slow at first then couldn't put it down.
I have sort of a rule on 400 plus page novels to read at least 100 pages before giving up on it. I'm glad I followed that rule on Angle of Repose. I had to work to get page 100 but then I was hooked. Give this book a chance you'll be glad you did.

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 2: The Romantic Period through the Twentieth Century ...

9 reviews

W. W. Norton, 2005

Wonderful...
Needed item for school. Great idea to be able to purchase both volumes at a discounted price.

The Complete Saki (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

28 reviews
H. H. Munro

Penguin Classics, 1998

What Frothy Fun!
If you like your reading to be effervescent with a bit of vinegar thrown in for effect, look no further. Saki is hilarious at his best--which is most of the time. His stories of the misadventures of his alter-ego Reginald are unsurpassed. "The Open Window" is here-it is considered by Saki aficionados to be his best story and who am I to argue. On first reading, it has the same effect as a ...

A History of Histories: Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the ...

5 reviews
John Burrow

Knopf, 2008

A most enjoyable survey
This splendid book gives us the flavour of Western historians from the Ancient Greeks to the Twentieth Century. Burrow does not neglect the Philosophy of History, but that is not his main concern: rather does he bring out the personality of the historians through their writings and how their books have been shaped by their own times and their own experiences. Plentiful quotations from their ...

The River Why, Twentieth-Anniversary Edition

91 reviews
David James Duncan

Sierra Club Books, 2002

David James Duncan: a unique writer and excellent human being.
Dear reader of reviewers, I am completely in awe of Mr. Duncan's writing. He writes as though he's lived 7 lives and had 14 different siblings, and 3 or 4 unique sets of parents. He transcends many writing barriers...his lines of words often have uniquely heightened states of dream-like consciousness. All lines and passages, stories and musings, conversations and descriptions, are very very ...

The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

42 reviews
Alex Ross

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007

The Pedantic Mister Alex Ross
I've decided to give this book four stars for a number of reasons, including its highly informative content, its ability to transform and inspire the reader to become a musicologist in the model of the author, and its ability to make obscure, avant-garde pieces of music actually stand out with true color. Despite these positive assessments, I wish to briefly underline why I'm not giving this ...

Dangerous Nation: America's Foreign Policy from Its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century ...

24 reviews
Robert Kagan

Vintage, 2007

Most interesting point of view
Reviewed by Muhammed Hassanali Kagan's main thesis is that America has always actively participated in state affairs beyond its borders. He does this through extensive historical analysis, and in the process, debunks the view that America has largely followed an isolationist foreign policy. Kagan's intent is clearly stated in the opening pages as: "This book is an attempt to tell a different ...

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

39 reviews
Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Penguin Classics, 1999

Free SF Reader
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. 4.5 out of 5

Norton Anthology of Western Music: Volume 2: Classic to Twentieth Century

3 reviews

W. W. Norton, 2005

its a classic
this is vol 2 of the 2 classic texts for studying the history of european music. These are a must have for the serious student of music

The Twentieth Century: A People's History

31 reviews
Howard Zinn

Harper Perennial, 2003

Quite a Read! An Important Minority Report on the History of the U.S.
No historian of the United States is more provocative than Howard Zinn, whose leftist philosophy permeates his writings and never fails to challenge his readers. "The Twentieth Century: A People's History" is every bit as ambitious as his other works; it is drawn from the latter part of his "A People's History of the United States" with additional chapters to bring the chronicle to the end of the ...

The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

18 reviews
Elspeth Huxley

Penguin Classics, 2000

Truly A Classic
In 1913, a little English girl named Elspeth relocated with her family from their native country to begin a coffee plantation in the wilds of Kenya. Similar in a way to Laura Ingall Wilder's adventurous and sentimental "take" on what was surely a very difficult experience for her family, Elspeth remembers Kenya as a wonderful place and tells us with lingering excitement of her experiences there ...

The Winter of Our Discontent (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

80 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin Classics, 1996

An American saga... in miniature
This book is a perfect way to become deeply enveloped in the psychology of a loveable man grappling with the temptations of corruption, greed, and adultery. The characters are vivid and personal, and often we are privy to their most intimate- and amusing- thoughts. Steinbeck is a master of recreating the essence of a culture, and he successfully creates this New England town which remains steeped ...

Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America (Politics and Society in Twentieth ...

4 reviews
Mae M. Ngai

Princeton University Press, 2005

Reframing immigration history
Mae Ngai's ambitious book compels historians and general readers alike to critically reassess traditional understandings of and approaches to U.S. immigration. Much of the histories on U.S. immigration and immigration policies have told a similar tale. The United States, the narrative goes, has been tainted by a long history of exclusion, a blight on the nation's democratic tradition that was ...

The Twentieth Wife: A Novel

76 reviews
Indu Sundaresan

Washington Square Press, 2003

A taste of India
What a wonderfully written book! I was entranced right from the start and the descriptions were so vivid that I could almost smell the jasmine, taste the spices and feel the breezes. I felt for the characters and just couldn't put the book down until I was done. I'd recommend it to anyone who loves to read books from other cultures or eras... I haven't been to India in person, but feel as though ...

Soldier of Rome: The Legionary: A novel of the Twentieth Legion during the campaigns of Germanicus Caesar

21 reviews
James Mace

iUniverse, Inc., 2006

Soldier of Rome: The Legionary: A novel of the Twentieth Legion during the campaigns of Germanicus Caesar
Simply Amazing, James Mace is an extraordinary writer. He is one of my top 10 favorites. I rank him up there with the likes of Simon "The Emperor" Scarrow, Conn Iggulden, Michael Curtis Ford, Steven Pressfield. I simply loved the first book, I was am typing this, I am currently reading the 2nd one. So far Mr Mace, you have out done yourself again. All i have to say is Keep them Coming, never ...

The Brusilov Offensive (Twentieth-Century Battles)
Timothy Dowling

Indiana University Press, 2008

In the summer of 1915, the Central Powers launched an offensive on the Eastern Front that they hoped would decide the war. It did not, of course. In June 1916, an Allied army under the command of Aleksei A. Brusilov decimated the Central Powers' gains of 1915. Brusilov's success brought Romania into the war, extinguished the offensive ability of the Habsburg armies, and forced Austria-Hungary into military dependence on and political ...

Finnegans Wake (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

192 reviews
James Joyce

Penguin Classics, 1999

A" wanderous", obscure book; "reveiling" the night: Proceed with Caution!
I'd like to address some of these other critical reviews, thought by thought, as most are intelligent people who are asking all the right questions but cannot accept the answers they are coming up with. Your right FW is not "readable", in the normal sense. If you must have a good, solid story, a "page turner", which entertains you and that you finally "get", a story where the meaning is clear: ...

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