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The Adventures of Eros and Psyche 1 review I. M. Richardson
Troll Associates, 1983
A must for all classrooms
I.M. Richardson has done a great job retelling the Greek myths. Students love to hear about myths and legends, gods and goddesses and The Adventures of Eros and Psyche along with the rest of Richardson's Greek mythology series are vivid, well written pieces. They are ideal for young researchers, ...
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The Volcano Lover: A Romance 12 reviews Susan Sontag
Anchor, 1997
Go slow is worth it.
What a wonderful book, I had never read anything written by the author, so I decided to give it a try and was not disappointed. The first 20 pages I had my doubts as her style was a bit odd as some of the conversations of the characters are mingled with the prose, which on third person describes ...
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Jacqueline du Pré · Daniel Barenboim ~ Elgar (Pomp and Circumstance · Cello Concerto · Enigma Variations) 10 reviews Edward Elgar, Daniel Barenboim, ...
Sony, 1999
Intensely passionate - a must for every collector!
+ Spellbinding Elgar from Du Pre, Barenboim + A Forced Decision? + Funny Sounding
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Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates 210 reviews Tom Robbins
Bantam, 2001
Imaginatively Incredible
+ THE BEST THAT ROBBINS GETS!!! + Share the Wealth + The Secret's in the Sauce.
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Marie Antoinette: The Journey 103 reviews Antonia Fraser
Nan A. Talese, 2001
I love this book!
+ Marie Antoinette the journey + Marie Antoinette in depth + Fascinating look at the quintessential French queen
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Money 63 reviews Martin Amis
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1986
Stellar comic novel
+ DIARY OF A LOUT + A savage funny monologue + Money- the new face of the British novel
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The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe 6 reviews Jane Wagner
Harper Paperbacks, 1991
A play full of human insight, wit and wisdom
+ Tomlin's Tour de Force + really good play and a great source of monologues + Done it and loved it + This book/script is ....... there are no words!!!
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God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater 81 reviews Kurt Vonnegut
Dell, 1978
It's hard to critique Vonnegut
+ Another take on "How to be good"
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 ...
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Marilyn Monroe: Photographs 1945-1962 (Schirmer's Visual Library) 5 reviews Truman Capote
W. W. Norton & Company, 1994
Photos of a remarkable life.
+ a wonderful collection. + a wonderful collection of photos of marilyn monroe + A Silent Tale of A Beauty
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Anna Karenina (Penguin Classics) 238 reviews Leo Tolstoy
Penguin Books USA, Inc., 2002
both timeless and of its era
+ Sometimes it's great to be a putz ... + I really like this book, but... + Anna's tale + Please enter a title for your review
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An Inconvenient Woman 22 reviews Dominick Dunne
Ballantine Books, 1998
Be Careful What You Wish For!
+ A HAUNTING STORY + A Must Read + A Real Page-Turner
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Othello 60 reviews Laurence Fishburne, Irène Jacob
Turner Home Entertainment, 2000
Great movie for the classroom!
+ Finally a black Moor...Mr. William would have been pleased + Brannagh as a great Iago
I'm a teacher who taught Othello this semester and this video REALLY helped bring the script alive! Excellent choice for the Shakespeare buff or someone looking to expand their horizons.
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Holy Blood, Holy Grail 477 reviews Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, ...
Delacorte Press, 1982
It's awesome
+ Holy Blood, Holy Grail + Book Revies
What an incredible book. Once you start reading it, you won't be able to set it down. The premise of this complex story is this- three different religions set out to discover the bloodline of Jesus and to accurately paint the picture of his life. With very little evidence this would prove a ...
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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics) 17 reviews Oscar Wilde
Oxford University Press, USA, 1998
THE BEST EDITION OF THE PLAYS...
+ A handbag? + Partying and Good times and thoughtless happy endings... satirically? + The Importance of the whole Text
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Mozart - Don Giovanni / Sir Colin Davis Vol. 41 17 reviews Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, ...
Philips, 1992
"madamemusico" is right except the Karajan
+ Excellent Don.... + high quality classic music cd + Look No Further + A Don Giovanni worthy to stand beside Giulini's
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The Brothers Karamazov (Vintage Classics) 30 reviews Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Vintage, 1991
A Must-Read, Thoroughly Engrossing Masterpiece
+ Three Brothers, Three Choices + Ponderous but rewarding. Intelligent yet readable. + Ponderous but rewarding. Intelligent yet readable.
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The Age of Innocence (Modern Library Classics) 133 reviews Edith Wharton
Modern Library, 1999
Love, Loneliness and the Strictures of Society.
+ The Petty Lives of the Rich and Prudish - A Beauty!!! + a perfect world gone awry.... + Devastating, Beautiful and Brilliant
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Camille Claudel 41 reviews Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu
MGM (Video & DVD), 2001
a fascinating woman and artist ... broken under a world which did respectively she could not open up
+ Camille Claudel - a must see + Fantastic...
A life in-between mania and raging passion
This touching movie - shot in following the biography written by Reine-Marie Paris - respects Camille Claudel and her tragic life most powerfully.
Isabell Adjani who pictures an amazingly striking similarity of the original gets herself as actress ...
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Rabbit Redux 36 reviews John Updike
Ballantine Books, 1996
Updike's most forceful novel
+ Rabbit depression + Apathetic Harry is jolted + This book grows on you.
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Decline and Fall 37 reviews Evelyn Waugh
Back Bay Books, 1999
Deliciously scathing
+ The sad story of Paul Pennyfeather + "Monty Python" for People Who Think + The Decline of an Empire & The Fall of Morality
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