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Antigone 1 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 ...
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A Lesson Before Dying 1 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 ...
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The Catcher in the Rye 8 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, ...
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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?
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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.
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Maus a Survivors Tale: My Father Bleeds History 148 reviews Art Spiegelman
Pantheon Books, 1991
Masterpiece!
+ Poignant + Personlizing the Holocaust + Borders in store buy 4 get on free offer
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The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition 20 reviews James McBride
Riverhead Trade, 2006
Shades of gray
+ Amazing!!! + Amazing, Thought-Provoking & Instructive + Uplifting and Inspirational + A soaring celebration of familial love
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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
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The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition 20 reviews James McBride
Riverhead Trade, 2006
Shades of gray
+ Amazing!!! + Amazing, Thought-Provoking & Instructive + Uplifting and Inspirational + A soaring celebration of familial love
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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.
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Maus a Survivors Tale: My Father Bleeds History 148 reviews Art Spiegelman
Pantheon Books, 1991
Masterpiece!
+ Poignant + Personlizing the Holocaust + Borders in store buy 4 get on free offer
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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?
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Antigone 1 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 ...
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A Lesson Before Dying 1 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 ...
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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
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The Catcher in the Rye 8 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, ...
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