Top of World4 reviews Hans Ruesch Pocket, 1986 Riviting + searched for years for this + A Must-Read + Unforgettable             The Partly Cloudy Patriot64 reviews Sarah Vowell, Katherine Streeter Simon & Schuster, 2002 good job + Short, Informative, and Funny + Informative, insightful, appealing + A beginner's guide to love of country. + Partly Cloudy, Always Wonderful             Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays: The Drinking Gourd/What Use Are Flowers? Lorraine Hansberry Vintage, 1994 Here are Lorraine Hansberry's last three plays--Les Blancs, The Drinking Gourd, and What Use Are Flowers?--representing the capstone of her achievement. Includes a new preface by Jewell Gresham Nemiroff and a revised introduction by Margaret B. Wilkerson.             Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, Revised and Updated Edition423 reviews James W. Loewen New Press, 2008 Read it!!!!!! + Just Say Know + I have never had a book have such a profound impact on me This book is so amazing and I recommend it for any person wanting to know some truths about our history. I am a Native American and to read some of Christopher Columbus' journals is appalling. There is an enormous amount of information in this book and as a teacher I think that it's an injustice ...             Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature2 reviews Margaret Atwood McClelland & Stewart, 2004 Surprised by the shortage of reviews + A useful way to look at Canadian literature This book was published in 1972. I find it odd there there is only one review (preceeding my comment). Surely, the audience for whom it was intended might have something to say about the book.             Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon24 reviews Jorge Amado Vintage, 2006 Another masterpiece by the late Jorge Amado!!! + UNFORGETABLE ROMANCE. BRAZIALIAN CLASSIC + Great Book For First Time Amado Reader + I loved this book! + Great Book             Leaves of Grass69 reviews Walt Whitman Book Jungle, 2007 What book will you get when you order this? + The original lean, bursting on the scene, Whitman + Excellent edition of Whitman's Masterwork There seems to be some confusion, both in the editorial reviews and the customer reviews, about what edition is being referred to in this listing. the first editorial review correctly discusses the first edition as shorter and "less bloated" than the deathbed edition. however, the rest of the ...             News of a Kidnapping (Vintage International)31 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez Vintage, 2008 Well documented, well translated + War, through the eyes of its victims + Bookstore owners: read before you clasify !!!!!! + García Márquez as a journalist             Strange Things: The Malevolent North in Canadian Literature (Clarendon Lectures in English Literature) Margaret Atwood Oxford University Press, USA, 1996 The internationally celebrated author of more than twenty-five books of fiction, poetry, essays, and criticism, Margaret Atwood is one of Canada's most esteemed literary figures. She has won many literary awards, her work has been translated into twenty-two languages, her novel The Handmaid's Tale was adapted for the screen by Harold Pinter, and her most recent book, The Robber Bride, was on the ...             Ragtime: A Novel120 reviews E.L. Doctorow Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007 History? Fiction? Fictory? Who cares, it's great! + Powerful and Thought Provoking!! + If only all books were this great! Give this one a few chapters to hook you, as Doctorow's style here won't suit everyone's tastes. There is very little dialogue, and often he employs repetitive staccato sentences in brief summary descriptions, like: "He came in. He sat down. He counted his change. He put it in his pocket and ...             Ordinary Wolves: A Novel38 reviews Seth Kantner Milkweed Editions, 2005 A Tale of Truth + What differentiates an ordinary wolf from an extraordinary one? + Best book on Alaska + a favorite, a great one to pass along to friends + Ordinary Wolves -- not ordinary at all!             All the King's Men176 reviews Robert Penn Warren Harvest Books, 1996 The Web Of Things + Why did I wait? + A Great Book Read By A Great Voice + great literature, sinfully delicious             Shadows on the Rock (Willa Cather Scholarly Edition)14 reviews Willa Cather University of Nebraska Press, 2006 Fabulous Story by the Great Willa Cather + A Novel of Old Quebec + Sacramental Ordinariness + Beautiful             The Autobiography of Malcolm X2 reviews Malcolm X Penguin Books Ltd, 1973 Malcolm X This is an excellent source for material about the civil rights movement. It is the experiences of a Black Muslim in a White world. I recommend this book for Junior and Senior High School students.             When the Levees Broke - A Requiem In Four Acts (Documentary)91 reviews Spike Lee, Sam Pollard HBO Home Video, 2006 Best Documentary I Have Ever Seen + An American Tragedy When the Levees Broke - A Requiem in Four Acts documentary is one of the most touching documentaries I have ever seen. I have seen many works by Spike Lee but I do believe this is the best I have seen from him directing. I know many people may think they know what happened during Hurricane Katrina ...             Ines of My Soul: A Novel46 reviews Isabel Allende Harper Perennial, 2007 A Fabulous Read I don't think I've had a book read to me since grammar school. I had resisted books on CD since I believed that I had an inadequate attention span, but a long commute and the expense of the Teaching Company classes made me reevaluate my stand. I decided to start with the "A"s, so picked up Ines of ...             The Radicalism of the American Revolution49 reviews Gordon S. Wood Vintage, 1993 A seminal work + The Best Book on the American Revolution - Ever + perfect book + An outstanding work!             New Worlds of Literature: Writings from America's Many Cultures2 reviews W. W. Norton & Company, 1994 Literature from America's many ethnic groups + Outstanding Contemporary Literature Book I have used this book for several years as a text in Composition classes. I even used it in writing classes in Africa. It's a "multicultural" text. The wonderful choices (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama) show that no matter who you are, you can use the powerful tool of the English language to ...             Anti-Intellectualism in American Life27 reviews Richard Hofstadter Vintage, 1966 The Contemplative Life + Old Friend + Beam me up Scotty + anti-intellectualism in american life + Timeless             Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century4 reviews Gwendolyn Midlo Hall Louisiana State University Press, 1995 HISTORY OF CONTRIBUTION OF WEST AFRICANS TO CULTURE IN LA + A must for LA African and FPOC genealogy + Setting The Record Straight + Pathbreaking Research