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The Stranger 529 reviews
Albert Camus
Vintage, 1989
American translation brings out stylistic subtleties
+ interesting
+ Shocking in its Simplicity
+ One of the best books ever written.
+ Oh, the absurdity!
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Black Spring 11 reviews
Henry Miller
Grove Press, 1994
TOPPING Henry Miller's "Must Read" List
+ Black Spring -- my first Henry Miller novel
+ I don't need a title....
+ Masterful
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Ethan Frome (Signet Classics) 226 reviews
Edith Wharton
Signet Classics, 2000
A Truly Beautiful Book - but have some Prozac on hand...
"Life, is the saddest thing, next to death." Edith Wharton
This brief peek into the lightless lives of Ethan & Zeeny Frome and Mattie Silver left this reader thankful that the novella wasn't very long. After all, how much bleakness can one person take? While I was perusing this one, I kept ...
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Hamlet (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)34 reviews
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2003
If you want to read Shakespeare its has to be The new folger Library
+ Greatness
+ Review
If you ever thought about reading Shakespeare but was turned off or intimidated by the old english, not so with the new folger editions. Your basically reading the play on all the right sided pages , with the left pages reserved for all the definitions and explanations of the sayings and words that ...
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A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics)54 reviews
Charles Dickens
Penguin Classics, 2003
`It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...'
+ Rewarding
+ A Tale for our time...if you have the patience.
+ Long. Boring.
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A Rumor of War 105 reviews
Philip Caputo
Holt Paperbacks, 1996
Viet nam account
+ Excellent look into front line Vietnam
+ Well written and engrossing
+ Real life account
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Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World (American Empire Project)25 reviews
Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian
Metropolitan Books, 2005
the hobo philosopher
+ Good intro
+ Good intro for new readers of Chomsky
+ Delighted to get an update from one of the most articulate and perspicacious political writers of our time.
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As I Lay Dying191 reviews
William Faulkner
Vintage, 1991
Homegoing
+ Worth the effort!
+ A Grim, Morbid, and Compelling Tale
+ Now I can get them teeth...
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A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)641 reviews
Howard Zinn
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
History of the U.S. book
+ History falls somwhere in the middle, and this is an important side of it
+ Everyone should read this book.
A must for high school, jr. high/middle school students who want a good, solid summary understanding of U.S. history!
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Letters to a Young Contrarian (Art of Mentoring)40 reviews
Christopher Hitchens
Basic Books, 2005
Timeless Advice - Not for the Fair Weather Patriot
+ Hitchens' Brilliant 'Contrarian' Mind.
+ The Need to Be Irritating
+ A Truly Interesting...
+ Inspiring Advice for the Ignorers of Status Quo
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The Catcher in the Rye2785 reviews
J.D. Salinger
Back Bay Books, 2001
review
+ If You Really Want to Hear About It...
+ Disillusion
+ Make a little time for a classic
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King Lear (Signet Classics)53 reviews
William Shakespeare
Signet Classics, 1998
Helpful
+ THE BBC RADIO GIELGUD AUDIOBOOK IS NOT ABRIDGED BUT FIRST FOLIO ONLY LIKE THE NAXOS
+ Sir Alec Guiness's BBC radio recording of King Lear may be adequate for those familiar with this great play for our day
+ Review of the Signet edition of Shakespeare's "King Lear"
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The Anatomy of Fascism20 reviews
Robert O. Paxton
Vintage, 2005
In depth Fascism
+ extremely enlightening and very readable for the non-academic
+ Fundamentals of Fascism
+ Must Read to Understand Current Day America
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Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder96 reviews
Richard Dawkins
Mariner Books, 2000
Inspiring
+ What an author! What a book!
+ A tour de force of scientific reasoning
+ INSIGHTFUL...POETIC!
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Tales of Ordinary Madness33 reviews
Charles Bukowski
City Lights Publishers, 2001
Tales of Ordinary Madness
+ Bits and Pieces.
Charles Bukowski, brutally honest, as usual. This book was pretty good but not as good as his poetry.
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The Canterbury Tales (Penguin Classics)30 reviews
Geoffrey Chaucer
Penguin Classics, 2003
Yess
+ very nice
+ Classic
+ The Hobo Philosopher
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Communism: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)70 reviews
Richard Pipes
Modern Library, 2003
History for the history impaired
+ Communism: A History (Review)
+ Communism: A History by R. Pipes - Book review
+ An Exceptional Introduction
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The Fall92 reviews
Albert Camus
Vintage, 1991
Best Book Ever Written. Period..........
+ A literary classic where the main character is someone you identify with yet loath
+ Bleak but Beautiful
+ Book is good
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Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-198416 reviews
Simon Reynolds
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
Absolutely fab!
+ Great for the newbie - frustrating for the fans...
A great book. Makes you want to dust off those old vinyl records and rejoice again at those wonderful sounds.
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The Road to Wigan Pier32 reviews
George Orwell
Harvest Books, 1972
We have nothing to lose but our aitches
+ Working Class England
+ The Road to Wigan Pier
+ Who let George off his leash?
+ great book
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