The Oxford Book of Oxford (Oxford Books of Prose)3 reviews Oxford University Press, USA, 2002 A Great Leisure Read + Dee-lish + Good for primary sources Jan Morris captures the history of Oxford with many delightful stories and quotes. The book is great because it takes you on a journey of Oxford through the ages. The dons, the students, formal hall, college rowing are all familiar to someone who have studied at Oxford. There are also things that ...             To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian59 reviews Stephen E. Ambrose Simon & Schuster, 2003 Very dense with information + Great read on American history + Excellent Collection of Non-Fiction Papers + A debt to those who went before             Alice in Wonderland12 reviews Lewis Carroll Gramercy, 2004 This should not be your first introduction to Alice + Alice in Wonderland + Wonderland? An occasional review will focus on this point. Alice in Wonderland is no more children's book than, "The Lord of the Rings". The reason this five star book gets less stars occasionally is not because of its contents or purpose; it is because of either being mistaken for a kids book, in which ...             Les Miserables27 reviews Victor Hugo Fawcett, 1982 The Greatest of Melodramatic Fiction + Les Miserables + History as literature To say that they don't write them as they did in the past is a gross understatement. Even in translation and abridgment, nothing is lost in Hugo's epic melodrama. He, like Dickens, Flaubert, Thackeray, and others,employs chance and coincidence to move the plot line, but the richness of language, ...             The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics)406 reviews Nathaniel Hawthorne Penguin Classics, 2002 A wonderful piece of literature, however + One of the best novels ever + Sin, Redemption + Hawthorne's Masterpiece + Useful for AP Lit             Oxford3 reviews Jan Morris Oxford University Press, 2001 Celebrating a Wonderland + Extravagant, captivating, simply brilliant + EXCELLENT WRITING. Oxford is one of the most intriguing, enchanting, mysterious, historical and beautiful cities in the world. It is the location of _Alice in Wonderland_, _The Wind in the Willows_, much of Waugh's _Brideshead Revisited_, and Dorothy Sayer's _Gaudy Night_. Jan Morris's book is a celebration of ...             Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong423 reviews James W. Loewen Touchstone, 1996 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 ...             Jude the Obscure2 reviews Thomas Hardy Aegypan, 2007 Class(ic) Novel + Jude the Obscure is a tragedy of the common man aspiring for education in Victorian society Thomas Hardy is not for the faint of heart (...or easily depressed). For years, I had been meaning to read this book, and finally it somehow came back onto my reading list. This is a book that even had such a profound impact on the readers of its time that the fallout caused Thomas Hardy to swear ...             Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong423 reviews James W. Loewen Touchstone, 1996 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 ...             Alice in Wonderland12 reviews Lewis Carroll Gramercy, 2004 This should not be your first introduction to Alice + Alice in Wonderland + Wonderland? An occasional review will focus on this point. Alice in Wonderland is no more children's book than, "The Lord of the Rings". The reason this five star book gets less stars occasionally is not because of its contents or purpose; it is because of either being mistaken for a kids book, in which ...             Les Miserables27 reviews Victor Hugo Fawcett, 1982 The Greatest of Melodramatic Fiction + Les Miserables + History as literature To say that they don't write them as they did in the past is a gross understatement. Even in translation and abridgment, nothing is lost in Hugo's epic melodrama. He, like Dickens, Flaubert, Thackeray, and others,employs chance and coincidence to move the plot line, but the richness of language, ...             Jude the Obscure2 reviews Thomas Hardy Aegypan, 2007 Class(ic) Novel + Jude the Obscure is a tragedy of the common man aspiring for education in Victorian society Thomas Hardy is not for the faint of heart (...or easily depressed). For years, I had been meaning to read this book, and finally it somehow came back onto my reading list. This is a book that even had such a profound impact on the readers of its time that the fallout caused Thomas Hardy to swear ...             The Oxford Book of Oxford (Oxford Books of Prose)3 reviews Oxford University Press, USA, 2002 A Great Leisure Read + Dee-lish + Good for primary sources Jan Morris captures the history of Oxford with many delightful stories and quotes. The book is great because it takes you on a journey of Oxford through the ages. The dons, the students, formal hall, college rowing are all familiar to someone who have studied at Oxford. There are also things that ...             The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics)406 reviews Nathaniel Hawthorne Penguin Classics, 2002 A wonderful piece of literature, however + One of the best novels ever + Sin, Redemption + Hawthorne's Masterpiece + Useful for AP Lit             Oxford3 reviews Jan Morris Oxford University Press, 2001 Celebrating a Wonderland + Extravagant, captivating, simply brilliant + EXCELLENT WRITING. Oxford is one of the most intriguing, enchanting, mysterious, historical and beautiful cities in the world. It is the location of _Alice in Wonderland_, _The Wind in the Willows_, much of Waugh's _Brideshead Revisited_, and Dorothy Sayer's _Gaudy Night_. Jan Morris's book is a celebration of ...             To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian59 reviews Stephen E. Ambrose Simon & Schuster, 2003 Very dense with information + Great read on American history + Excellent Collection of Non-Fiction Papers + A debt to those who went before