Stamboul Train: An Entertainment2 reviews Graham Greene Penguin (Non-Classics), 1983 A tense plot among sharply drawn characters + Early novel contains the "bones" of Greene's later themes. In this novel, Graham Greene tells the story of seven main characters who all embark on a train journey from Ostend to Istanboul. Coral Musker, a good natured variety dancer with a bad heart, Dr Richard John, Myatt Carleston, a Jewish tradesman dealing in currants, Mr Opie, a clergyman, Janet ...             The Bird of Night1 review Susan Hill Penguin (Non-Classics), 1976 Fascinating portrait of a descent into madness I went through a Susan Hill mini-phase last year, reading her _The Woman in Black_ and _I'm the King of the Castle_ within a very short space of time. During my mania I also ordered two or three used copies of her other titles, including the book I read today, _The Bird of Night_. In this novel ...             Cat and Mouse Gunter Grass Penguin, 1970             Brave New World725 reviews Aldous Huxley Buccaneer Books, 1991 Almost a Perfect World + Satire at its best This book was truly amazing at certain points i was so touched by what i was reading that i was forced to read out loud just to hear these words spoken, Huxley takes commend of the english langage as no other author and creates an almost perfect world if only the savages were included. If this is ...             Foucault's Pendulum386 reviews Umberto Eco Harvest Books, 2007 Not a single loose thread + Great Book, Worth Reading However Many Times It Takes Eco's Foucault's Pendulum is one of the truly superior technical achievements in the history of 20th Century literature. There is not a single thread left unaccounted for, and we are not talking about a 150 pg. work here. Robert Bolano considered the novel as the most imperfect of the literary arts ...             My Cousin Rachel5 reviews Daphne du Maurier Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2006 Rachel, My Torment + Flooring + Simply Could Not Put It Down + Who Does Gothic Better than Du Maurier? No One! + This is a very good book!             Booze;: The impact of whisky on the prairie west James Henry Gray Macmillan of Canada, 1972             Lord of the Flies (Casebook) (Casebook Edition Text Notes and Criticism)5 reviews William Golding Perigee Trade, 1987 Not 'Hatchet' + Fire on the Island . . . + Love it + 'The Lord of the Flies" by William Golding + one of the classics of all time             The Moneychangers4 reviews Arthur Hailey Berkley, 2001 You will not be able to finish reading this book in a month. You'll finish it in 3 days ! + a very insightful book. good characterizations + enter the bankers' world! I don't view this book with an ideological mind, as other reviewer pointed. The important point is that you will have much fun with the descriptions of what can happen to the guys in the money world. What I can guarantee you is that you'll finish reading this book in 1, 2 or 3 days ! Very ...             Roots: The Saga of an American Family168 reviews Alex Haley Vanguard Press, 2007 Roots + Reviw for the Kindle editon + Roots: The Saga of an American Family + A Great Read             Steppenwolf: A Novel131 reviews Hermann Hesse, Basil Creighton, 2002 The Man Who Understood + Hermann Hesse's Mid-Life Crisis... + Not a classic, but really has its impact + Almost perfect.             The Quiet American (Viking Critical Library)17 reviews Graham Greene Penguin (Non-Classics), 1996 A Prophecy Hidden As A Novel + Prescient novel with great critical essays attached + A premonition about Vietnam + A fine novel of political scope about Vietnam + critical edition             Travels With My Aunt Graham Greene Penguin, 1972 UK Penguin Edition             Hard Times66 reviews Charles Dickens Kessinger Publishing, 2004 Hard Times is Dickens shortest novel as it takes the lid off respectability in ficitional Coketown + Excellent Edition of a Worthy Classic + Hard Times... Hard Times was written in 1854 by England's greatest novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870. It is the shortest of his novels. The novel was originally published as a weekly series in "Household Words" periodical edited by Dickens. The novel reads quickly telling a story that is still relevant in ...             On Wings of Eagles36 reviews Ken Follett NAL Trade, 2004 Outstanding + Very inspirational. + Non-Fiction I was on the edge of my seat from the first 10 pages. This story was unbelievable and knowing that it was a true story made it even better.             All Things Wise and Wonderful16 reviews James Herriot St. Martin's Griffin, 2004 Definitely a classic + Good reading + Like animals? + Fantastic + very prompt             Cranford (Penguin Classics)24 reviews Elizabeth Gaskell Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008 A gentle look at Victorian life in a small village + Come to Cranford... + Cranford (Penguin Classics) + Cranford -- merely one of many             Demian: A Dual-Language Book (Dover Thrift Editions)1 review Hermann Hesse Dover Publications, 2002 Strange companions As a little boy Emile Sinclair feels that life is divided into a world of light and a world of dark. Emile meets Max Demian, an older self-assured boy who seems to know much about life. While Demian does not dominate Sinclair, the younger boy falls increasingly under the influence of the older ...             The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Classics)15 reviews George Eliot Penguin Classics, 2003 Eliot is superb as always! I would give this 10 stars if I could + Excellent writing and character development + "It's not right to sacrifice everything to other people's unreasonable feelings." + Lengthy, but worth it + Maggie: Whatta "Gell"             Child of the Morning (The Hera Series)40 reviews Pauline Gedge Soho Press, 2003 Excellent true biographical re-creation from an ancient time + 10 STARTS PLEASE!! + Great Book + Queen Hatshepsut + Rivitting Reads