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Villa Incognito 99 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.
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The Chronicles of Narnia 131 reviews C.S. Lewis
HarperCollins, 2004
Great read
+ Great book for children and adults alike + Fantasy Adventure or Christian Allegory? + AWSOME!! + Awesome!!!
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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
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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!
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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!
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction 627 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.
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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
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf 18 reviews Ntozake Shange
Scribner, 1997
It Ain't The Same If Your African American
+ Wow! + I just about this today.... + Wonderful + Amazing Stuff
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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Library: An Unquiet History 11 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 ...
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Three Plays: Blood Wedding, Yerma, The House of Bernarda Alba 8 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
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No Exit and Three Other Plays 48 reviews Jean-Paul Sartre
Vintage, 1989
Beautiful melancholy
+ good enough condition + There Is No Exit + "Hell is other people"....... + Fabulous plays!
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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 ...
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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!
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Good Bones and Simple Murders 14 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
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The Bonfire of the Vanities: A Novel 158 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
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On Bullshit 174 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, ...
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