The Passenger32 reviews
Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider

Sony Pictures, 2006

The Great Escape

+ Clumsy plot, beautiful images
+ Why?
+ Good Film
  
  











  



  
The Economist39 reviews

The Economist Newspaper Group, Inc., 2001

Great publication! Just don't get it from Amazon...

+ An Intelligence Goldmine
+ The Economist is to Time as Time is to People

Don't get me wrong. I love the Economist. It's a very well written, objective publication. I would recomend it highly for those people who want to get great coverage on global news but are tired of the left-leaning/pesimistic news from the hometown newspaper. My problem is that I have never ...
  
  











  



  
The New Yorker (1-year)88 reviews

Conde' Nast Publications

over 60 years of the new yorker

+ New Yorker Review
+ New Yorker rocks and Amazon made it easy

I have been subscribing to the New Yorker for more than 60 years. Why stop now? It is excellent.
  
  











  



  
The Complete Stories41 reviews
Franz Kafka

Schocken, 1995

Kafka had it right

+ Excellent introduction to Kafka unique style
+ A Treasure of Madness
+ His Basic Short Story Collection
+ Kafka's Complete Shorter Works
  
  











  



  
At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches2 reviews
Susan Sontag

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007

A Unique Voice

Reading this collection of essays is an exhilarating experience for anyone who cares about the ethical value of literature, as Sontag herself would say, the "seriousness" of literature. For Sontag was nothing if not "serious". This is not to say humorless, but always fully engaged, grappling with ...
  
  











  



  
Orientalism69 reviews
Edward W. Said

Vintage, 1979

Intelligent and Poignant

+ Book came on time

This book is a great overview and as noted by many others, a true work of literary genius. Colonial subjects, such as Said himself, have a hard time placing themselves in the mess of Colonialism and the supposed Post-Colonial era we live in and this book aids in that coming to terms process. Said ...
  
  











  



  
Orientalism69 reviews
Edward W. Said

Vintage, 1979

Intelligent and Poignant

+ Book came on time

This book is a great overview and as noted by many others, a true work of literary genius. Colonial subjects, such as Said himself, have a hard time placing themselves in the mess of Colonialism and the supposed Post-Colonial era we live in and this book aids in that coming to terms process. Said ...
  
  











  



  
The New Yorker (1-year)88 reviews

Conde' Nast Publications

over 60 years of the new yorker

+ New Yorker Review
+ New Yorker rocks and Amazon made it easy

I have been subscribing to the New Yorker for more than 60 years. Why stop now? It is excellent.
  
  











  



  
The Complete Stories41 reviews
Franz Kafka

Schocken, 1995

Kafka had it right

+ Excellent introduction to Kafka unique style
+ A Treasure of Madness
+ His Basic Short Story Collection
+ Kafka's Complete Shorter Works
  
  











  



  
The Economist39 reviews

The Economist Newspaper Group, Inc., 2001

Great publication! Just don't get it from Amazon...

+ An Intelligence Goldmine
+ The Economist is to Time as Time is to People

Don't get me wrong. I love the Economist. It's a very well written, objective publication. I would recomend it highly for those people who want to get great coverage on global news but are tired of the left-leaning/pesimistic news from the hometown newspaper. My problem is that I have never ...
  
  











  



  
The Passenger32 reviews
Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider

Sony Pictures, 2006

The Great Escape

+ Clumsy plot, beautiful images
+ Why?
+ Good Film
  
  











  



  
At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches2 reviews
Susan Sontag

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007

A Unique Voice

Reading this collection of essays is an exhilarating experience for anyone who cares about the ethical value of literature, as Sontag herself would say, the "seriousness" of literature. For Sontag was nothing if not "serious". This is not to say humorless, but always fully engaged, grappling with ...