Antigone1 review
Sophocles

Prestwick House, Inc., 2005

Essential reading for a classical education

I read Sophocles Antigone for graduate Humanities class. It is an essential reading to understand Greek Tragedy. It is also a foundation stone of literature in studying Western Civilization. Antigone, daughter of Oedipus in 3-cycle play, faces capital punishment for burying her brother who ...
  
  











  



  
A Lesson Before Dying1 review
Ernest J. Gaines

Random House Audio, 2005

A Lesson Before Dying

This was the book on CD, unabridged version, and it is great. I purchased this for a college class, and needed to save time due to 10 other novels I needed to read in the same semester. It has been a blessing I have listened to this now more than once, and the speaker is great! His inflections ...
  
  











  



  
The Catcher in the Rye8 reviews
J.D. Salinger

Bantam, 1966

A timeless classic worth reading

I write this review having to look back almost 20 years when I read this book as a child. At an age when I found it difficult to engross myself in fiction (I simply did not read a lot as a child), I traversed through this book with interest. Unless you have issues with the course language, ...
  
  











  



  
Julius Caesar (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)13 reviews
William Shakespeare

Washington Square Press, 2004

The Power Of Language

+ Roman Revolution
+ Another enjoyable history lesson.
+ et tu brute?
  
  











  



  
Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)1270 reviews
William Golding

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999

Grrrr-8 Book!

+ I have the conch...let me speak!
+ Do Humans Make Civilization, or vice versa?

This is a great book to read! Very interesting and intense. Great reading material.
  
  











  



  
Maus a Survivors Tale: My Father Bleeds History148 reviews
Art Spiegelman

Pantheon Books, 1991

Masterpiece!

+ Poignant
+ Personlizing the Holocaust
+ Borders in store buy 4 get on free offer
  
  











  



  
The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition20 reviews
James McBride

Riverhead Trade, 2006

Shades of gray

+ Amazing!!!
+ Amazing, Thought-Provoking & Instructive
+ Uplifting and Inspirational
+ A soaring celebration of familial love
  
  











  



  
Night (Oprah's Book Club)617 reviews
Elie Wiesel

Hill and Wang, 2006

Simple, thought provoking

+ Great book
+ Words Can Not Describe.....
+ Horrific and spellbinding
+ Night
  
  











  



  
The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition20 reviews
James McBride

Riverhead Trade, 2006

Shades of gray

+ Amazing!!!
+ Amazing, Thought-Provoking & Instructive
+ Uplifting and Inspirational
+ A soaring celebration of familial love
  
  











  



  
Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)1270 reviews
William Golding

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999

Grrrr-8 Book!

+ I have the conch...let me speak!
+ Do Humans Make Civilization, or vice versa?

This is a great book to read! Very interesting and intense. Great reading material.
  
  











  



  
Maus a Survivors Tale: My Father Bleeds History148 reviews
Art Spiegelman

Pantheon Books, 1991

Masterpiece!

+ Poignant
+ Personlizing the Holocaust
+ Borders in store buy 4 get on free offer
  
  











  



  
Julius Caesar (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)13 reviews
William Shakespeare

Washington Square Press, 2004

The Power Of Language

+ Roman Revolution
+ Another enjoyable history lesson.
+ et tu brute?
  
  











  



  
Antigone1 review
Sophocles

Prestwick House, Inc., 2005

Essential reading for a classical education

I read Sophocles Antigone for graduate Humanities class. It is an essential reading to understand Greek Tragedy. It is also a foundation stone of literature in studying Western Civilization. Antigone, daughter of Oedipus in 3-cycle play, faces capital punishment for burying her brother who ...
  
  











  



  
A Lesson Before Dying1 review
Ernest J. Gaines

Random House Audio, 2005

A Lesson Before Dying

This was the book on CD, unabridged version, and it is great. I purchased this for a college class, and needed to save time due to 10 other novels I needed to read in the same semester. It has been a blessing I have listened to this now more than once, and the speaker is great! His inflections ...
  
  











  



  
Night (Oprah's Book Club)617 reviews
Elie Wiesel

Hill and Wang, 2006

Simple, thought provoking

+ Great book
+ Words Can Not Describe.....
+ Horrific and spellbinding
+ Night
  
  











  



  
The Catcher in the Rye8 reviews
J.D. Salinger

Bantam, 1966

A timeless classic worth reading

I write this review having to look back almost 20 years when I read this book as a child. At an age when I found it difficult to engross myself in fiction (I simply did not read a lot as a child), I traversed through this book with interest. Unless you have issues with the course language, ...