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All Quiet on the Western Front 455 reviews Erich Maria Remarque
Ballantine Books, 1987
Murder on the Western Front
+ A must for any student or non-specialist general reader + Great BOOK!!! + Unusually packaged, but I got it!
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The Dark Room: A Novel 16 reviews Rachel Seiffert
Vintage, 2002
Amazing!
+ Memories of war - simply told + A national portrait + top ten of past year + Three German perspectives of the Second World War
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Crabwalk 28 reviews Gunter Grass
Harcourt, 2003
Crabwalk
+ A sad, compelling novel + teaching hatred + And so on and so forth
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El Demonio Y LA Senorita Prym/the Devil and Miss Prym 9 reviews Paulo Coelho
Grijalbo Y Cia Ltda, 2001
excellent
+ Fears...
This book deals with the perennial question of whether man's true nature is good or evil. This book says they are opposite faces of the same coin. Thus, people have both good and evil tendencies. Only one's self-control, or the lack of it, against eternal sins makes one or the other to prevail.
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The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch) 79 reviews Michael Connelly
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1996
One of Connelly's best Bosch novels.
+ Everybody Counts . . . or Nobody Counts + Love Harry + A haunting tale of revenge
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Platform 47 reviews Michel Houellebecq
Knopf, 2003
amazing amazing amazing
+ He's Got that "Voice" + Life's a crapshoot
I love this book, I had to read it for class and was not very excited to read it. Turns out this book was sooooo good!!!! The author has you turning every page to see what happens next. I have already told many others about this book becuase I was so blown away by it.
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I'm Not Scared 38 reviews Niccolo Ammaniti
Canongate Books, 2003
LORD OF THE FLIES meets TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
+ The innocence of childhood shattered + Great Writing + good book--translation lacking + One of a Kind Book
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Faceless Killers 44 reviews Henning Mankell
Vintage, 2003
Its Hard To Put Down
+ Swedish police officer Wallender is a tough cop with many human frailties... + Good characters and story
It's hard to solve the mystery. But, it's even harder to put the book down...
Imagine waking up during the middle of the night. You're awakened by a bad dream that tells you something is terribly wrong, awfully strange. You check your house and everything appears to be normal. You notice ...
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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela 129 reviews Nelson Mandela
Back Bay Books, 1995
"Study history or it will repeat itself"
+ A required read for anyone going to South Africa + A great look into a class act of a human being, + great men can write! + "it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle"
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The Meaning of Hitler 14 reviews Sebastian Haffner
Harvard University Press, 2004
Very thought-provoking and explanatory
+ The rise and fall of Hitler - from a different perspective + an amazing work + Concise and right on the money. + Awesome
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I'm Not Scared 38 reviews Niccolo Ammaniti
Canongate Books, 2003
LORD OF THE FLIES meets TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
+ The innocence of childhood shattered + Great Writing + good book--translation lacking + One of a Kind Book
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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela 129 reviews Nelson Mandela
Back Bay Books, 1995
"Study history or it will repeat itself"
+ A required read for anyone going to South Africa + A great look into a class act of a human being, + great men can write! + "it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle"
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All Quiet on the Western Front 455 reviews Erich Maria Remarque
Ballantine Books, 1987
Murder on the Western Front
+ A must for any student or non-specialist general reader + Great BOOK!!! + Unusually packaged, but I got it!
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Platform 47 reviews Michel Houellebecq
Knopf, 2003
amazing amazing amazing
+ He's Got that "Voice" + Life's a crapshoot
I love this book, I had to read it for class and was not very excited to read it. Turns out this book was sooooo good!!!! The author has you turning every page to see what happens next. I have already told many others about this book becuase I was so blown away by it.
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Faceless Killers 44 reviews Henning Mankell
Vintage, 2003
Its Hard To Put Down
+ Swedish police officer Wallender is a tough cop with many human frailties... + Good characters and story
It's hard to solve the mystery. But, it's even harder to put the book down...
Imagine waking up during the middle of the night. You're awakened by a bad dream that tells you something is terribly wrong, awfully strange. You check your house and everything appears to be normal. You notice ...
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Crabwalk 28 reviews Gunter Grass
Harcourt, 2003
Crabwalk
+ A sad, compelling novel + teaching hatred + And so on and so forth
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The Meaning of Hitler 14 reviews Sebastian Haffner
Harvard University Press, 2004
Very thought-provoking and explanatory
+ The rise and fall of Hitler - from a different perspective + an amazing work + Concise and right on the money. + Awesome
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The Dark Room: A Novel 16 reviews Rachel Seiffert
Vintage, 2002
Amazing!
+ Memories of war - simply told + A national portrait + top ten of past year + Three German perspectives of the Second World War
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El Demonio Y LA Senorita Prym/the Devil and Miss Prym 9 reviews Paulo Coelho
Grijalbo Y Cia Ltda, 2001
excellent
+ Fears...
This book deals with the perennial question of whether man's true nature is good or evil. This book says they are opposite faces of the same coin. Thus, people have both good and evil tendencies. Only one's self-control, or the lack of it, against eternal sins makes one or the other to prevail.
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The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch) 79 reviews Michael Connelly
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1996
One of Connelly's best Bosch novels.
+ Everybody Counts . . . or Nobody Counts + Love Harry + A haunting tale of revenge
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