The Magic Mountain84 reviews Thomas Mann Vintage, 1996 Death and Amusement in the Mountains + Unique in reading experiences + A great book but not for flatlanders The Magic Mountain is a renowned classic of twentieth century literature, especially German and European literature. As a book, it is moderate to easy to read, and I highly recommend the novel. It is easier to read than some of Mann's other works. I recently purchased and read this exact novel as ...             Fire from Within24 reviews Carlos Castaneda Washington Square Press, 1991 One of the best Castaneda books + On Becoming Impeccable + The Fire from Within + To Carlos, with gratitude             Women118 reviews Charles Bukowski HarperCollins, 2002 A Raucous Good Time + Women + A woman on 'Women' Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R27PF6CT4ON2CQ This book is a jolly good time and I hope you like the review.             Don Quixote81 reviews Miguel De Cervantes Harper Perennial, 2005 peerless. + Without discretion there can be no humor + Beyond windmills + Purchase Audio CD for Guidall's Performance             Lolita450 reviews Vladimir Nabokov Vintage, 1989 A road movie of the mind + Upends your preconceptions and prejudices + Which book did you read? + The Most Beautiful Novel Ever Written             Baudolino108 reviews Umberto Eco Harvest Books, 2003 Constantinople + Fantastical + Good in the end. + Entertaining even for non-intellectuals (like me) + A Great Novel of Medieval Intrigue             Cold Mountain1505 reviews Charles Frazier Grove Press, 2006 Absolutely a great read!! + Book and Film - No Better, No Worse, All Good + A Dark Look on Humanity + "I Am Coming Home, One Way or Another..." + a masterpiece of american literature             Faust I & II (Goethe : The Collected Works, Vol 2)19 reviews Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Princeton University Press, 1994 The Reviews fail to note.... + !!!FLAME-ORBS!!! + It's disappointing... The most important thing all of the reviews fail to note is that Stuart Atkins was one of the greatest Goethe scholars of the 20th century. I was fortunate enough to take his Faust course almost 40 years ago and it remains one of the high points of my university experience.             The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel82 reviews Hermann Hesse Picador, 2002 English translation + Most important fiction of the XXth Century? + The best Hesse's book + His best work             Vineland (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)53 reviews Thomas Pynchon Penguin Classics, 1997 A great place to start. Pop Culture and comedy abound! + Thank You Mr. P + a place to be + Solid Pynchon silliness             Anansi Boys180 reviews Neil Gaiman HarperTorch, 2006 Great, as always + A good read, but not quite as great as Neverwhere + Good - but not great + A good read + Funtastic!!             The Adventures of Augie March: 6 (Penguin Classics)58 reviews Saul Bellow Penguin Classics, 1996 The Great American Novel + This is Not Carl Sandburg's Chicago + Growing up in the depression + Inchoate Bellow tries to flex his genius (with mixed results)             Empire of the Sun8 reviews J. G. Ballard Simon & Schuster, 2005 Humanity, stripped to its core + Much better than the movie. + great Story My first introduction to this story was, like many others, through Steven Spielberg's adaptation. For me, the hauntingly beautiful "Suo Gan" that serves as that movie's de facto theme song perfectly captures the fragile yet enduring beauty of humanity that Spielberg so successfully captures in his ...             Pulp40 reviews Charles Bukowski Ecco, 2002 Bukowski's Swan Song + Memento mori Bukowski begins the book with a dedication to bad writing... a category that I would not put Pulp into. To read this book and realize Bukowski was as old as he was when he wrote it and that it was his last book, is an amazing thing. I don't understand a single one of these negative reviews, they ...             On Writing803 reviews Stephen King Pocket, 2002 This is how it's done! + Great Ideas + Nice Until I read On Writing by Stephen King, I had never read any of his books. To be honest, since On Writing, I've only read one other of his books which I didn't like so we've come to an impasse.... however On Writing is one of the best books I've read. The first half is a memoir of his life ...             Factotum64 reviews Charles Bukowski Ecco, 2002 A Good Place to Start + Great Tour of Bohemia + Brilliant. Buy this book and borrow it to you friends. + The novel as photo album             1984 (Signet Classics)1377 reviews George Orwell New American Library, 1961 Big Brother is watching you! + The classic dystopia novel + I love this book! + Incredible best book I ever read             Catch-22824 reviews Joseph Heller Simon & Schuster, 1996 Great great book + Fantastic, Humorous and Everlasting + Precursor of MASH and more + The soldier in white;             Things Fall Apart: A Novel529 reviews Chinua Achebe Anchor, 1994 The foundation for modern African literature + Human tragedy amid the clash of civilisations I was surprised and disappointed in some of the incredibly harsh reviews of this book. Since I've read a decent amount of African literature (not a vast amount), my first thoughts are that "Things Fall Apart" isn't superior to some of those novels. However, it is also important to realize this ...             Post Office131 reviews Charles Bukowski Ecco, 2002 Bukowski was a funny guy! + Work Sucks + Love him or hate him... he's funny + Brilliant. Buy this book and borrow it to you friends.