Villa Incognito99 reviews
Tom Robbins

Bantam, 2004

A polarizing book.

It seems to me that Tom Robbins books are hit or miss. This book is one of the more polarizing titles. However, I think its gotten a bad rap. Considerably shroter than most of his books, I think its enjoyable as a quick read. I guess some people want and expect something longer from Robbins. ...
  
  











  



  
The Chronicles of Narnia131 reviews
C.S. Lewis

HarperCollins, 2004

Great read

+ Great book for children and adults alike
+ Fantasy Adventure or Christian Allegory?
+ AWSOME!!
+ Awesome!!!
  
  











  



  
Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)14 reviews
Marcel Proust

Penguin Classics, 2004

Immerse yourself in a rich, dense world of descriptive thought

+ new translation of "Swan's Way"
+ Best Read I've Had In A While
+ Lush inside and out
  
  











  



  
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)244 reviews

W. W. Norton & Company, 2001

beowulf

+ Excellent Translation
+ Beowulf Review
+ "fate hovered near, unknowable but certain" (line 2421)
+ Sweet!
  
  











  



  
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)5870 reviews
J. K. Rowling

Arthur A. Levine Books, 2003

excellent audio books!!!!!!!!!

+ I reread all the books this summer
+ The best
+ Literature!
+ Excellent audio-book!
  
  











  



  
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction627 reviews
Jon Stewart

Allen Lane, 2005

I couldn't stop laughing

+ Good stuff from Jon Stewart and The Daily Show!
+ Reminds me of why I used to like the Daily Show
+ You will not regret it.
  
  











  



  
The Red Badge of Courage (Dover Thrift Editions)313 reviews
Stephen Crane

Dover Publications, Inc., 1990

The Horrors of War engage the Innocence of Life

+ A solid war novel
+ Good condition but very late arriving
+ Flashing, ironic colors in prose
  
  











  



  
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf18 reviews
Ntozake Shange

Scribner, 1997

It Ain't The Same If Your African American

+ Wow!
+ I just about this today....
+ Wonderful
+ Amazing Stuff
  
  











  



  
A Christmas Carol: And Other Christmas Stories (Signet Classic)159 reviews
Charles Dickens

Signet Classics, 1984

" God bless us everyone!"

+ Nice Story
+ I ordered 30 copies!
+ Without equal
+ The closest adaptation to the novel yet written for stage!
  
  











  



  
Gulliver's Travels (Signet Classics)95 reviews
Jonathan Swift

Signet Classics, 1999

Fellow Yahoos, read this book!

+ Review of Gullivers Travels
+ Excellent book, not so good edition.
+ NOT Bringing Home the Bacon!
+ Parody of man
  
  











  



  
Macbeth (Signet Classics)91 reviews
William Shakespeare

Signet Classics, 1998

Yale's may be the best edition of Macbeth

+ Macbeth Cd
+ Complete and Affordable
+ Macbeth-audio cassette by a British cast
+ Deception and Treachery
  
  











  



  
The Consolation of Philosophy: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics)21 reviews
Ancius Boethius

Penguin Classics, 1999

truly consoling

+ Recovering from amnesia
+ This book changed my life.
+ The Last Classsical Man
+ A Literary and Philosophical Masterpiece
  
  











  



  
Library: An Unquiet History11 reviews
Matthew Battles

W. W. Norton & Company, 2004

At Last one Book about Books with a Clear Script...

+ A must for bibliophiles
+ Read the first chapter last!

Battle has written a book about libraries -so, about books put toguether and creating a new, chemical reaction- that has a non very common feature in this class of books: direction. Most of the books about books or related issues tends to be just catalogues of anecdotes, information, curiosities ...
  
  











  



  
Three Plays: Blood Wedding, Yerma, The House of Bernarda Alba8 reviews
Federico Garcia Lorca

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1993

Simply brilliant

+ Verde Que Te Quiero Verde
+ Lyrical, Passionate, Elemental
+ read and buy this book!!
+ Spain not Peru
  
  











  



  
No Exit and Three Other Plays48 reviews
Jean-Paul Sartre

Vintage, 1989

Beautiful melancholy

+ good enough condition
+ There Is No Exit
+ "Hell is other people".......
+ Fabulous plays!
  
  











  



  
The Taming of the Shrew (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)4 reviews
William Shakespeare

Washington Square Press, 2004

Irony, brilliant irony

+ A hilarious play of the battle between the sexes.
+ A comedy of wit, But not Shakespeare's Best

This is a show piece for Shakespeare's ability to portray the human condition. It is about wanting what isn't what we think it is, not wanting what is as it seems, marrrying out of pragmatism and finding love, loving blindly and not finding love, the impact of social pressure on love, the impact ...
  
  











  



  
American Colonies: The Settling of North America (The Penguin History of the United States, Volume1) (Hist of ...39 reviews
Alan Taylor

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002

Excellent history

+ Complementary readings to Taylor 's interesting book
+ American Colonies
+ Balanced and Thoughtful
+ REALLY GOOD!
  
  











  



  
Good Bones and Simple Murders14 reviews
Margaret Atwood

Nan A. Talese, 2001

Good Bones

+ Fine Short Stories
+ Interesting and funny
+ Good Bones and Simple Murders
+ Flash fiction at its best
  
  











  



  
The Bonfire of the Vanities: A Novel158 reviews
Tom Wolfe

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990

Great Book - Very Enjoyable

+ Great read, still relevant
+ Bonfire Surprises!
+ Powerful, Cynical Tale
+ The Best Mainstream Novel of the Last Two Decades
  
  











  



  
On Bullshit174 reviews
Harry G. Frankfurt

Princeton University Press, 2005

Reference guide to business ethics

+ Two Key Points -- No BS
+ Thin and Expensive but interesting

Quirky and very small (67 pages in a pocket-sized hardback format), this purports to be an academic consideration of the meaning of the titular word. And in fact it does give serious thought to the distinction between lying and BS-ing. Intriguing is the best review I can think of for this book, ...