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You Shall Know Our Velocity 122 reviews Dave Eggers
McSweeney's, 2002
Like My Mind on Paper
+ Undoubtedly compelling + A moving, living experience of a book
I just finished the book for the second time. It is probably not the greatest book that I have ever read, but it is definitely my favorite. And that is what matters. I could read nothing but this book, over and over, for the rest of my life. I would be completely satisfied in doing so.
Eggers ...
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Tales of a Rat-Hunting Man (Wilder Places) 10 reviews David Brian Plummer
Lyons and Burford Publishers, 1997
Rats!
+ Mind over matter. + Bizarre, amazingly enjoyable read + A Fascinating Insight To A Little Known Sport + Tales of a rat-hunting Man
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Lolita (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) 450 reviews Vladimir Nabokov
Everyman's Library, 1993
A road movie of the mind
+ Beautiful writing confronts crude subject matter--A masterpiece + Upends your preconceptions and prejudices + Which book did you read? + The Most Beautiful Novel Ever Written
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To the White Sea (Delta World War II Library) 21 reviews James Dickey
Delta, 1994
Great in print and on tape
+ Indirect writing style is original; story was unexpected
I've been listening to the book on tape after having read it several years ago. It is brilliant either way. I'll keep this review short. Dickey's use of language is phenomenal. The recurring themes of camoflage and eyes are chilling. This book does an exceptional job of capturing a man's ...
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Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Modern Library) 304 reviews Cormac McCarthy
Modern Library, 2001
literary landmark
+ "Good God almighty..." + Brutal but exhilarating. + Wow. This One Has Stuck With Me For Years + How the West Was Won: Behind the Blow
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Heart of Darkness (Norton Critical Editions) 12 reviews Joseph Conrad
W. W. Norton, 2005
"Mistah Kurtz--he dead." An influential work on five 20th century seminal works
+ Book Review + Norton Critical strikes again + After all these years, ... + The Devil Froze From Fear
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The Man Who Would Be King (Dodo Press) Rudyard Kipling
Dodo Press, 2005
Large Format for easy reading. Works from the well known British author and poet and creator of 'The Jungle Book'
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The Brothers Karamazov 109 reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002
Perhaps the best novel ever written in the history of mankind
+ Bothers Karamazov + Dark and Beautiful + What a messed up family! + Understanding the Russian
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Vintage International) (Vintage International) 153 reviews Jean-Dominique Bauby
Vintage, 2007
A True Inspiration For Us All
+ THE book, i read it in a coffee guzzling epiphany filled evening + What I learned from The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jean-Dominique Bauby's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" is a truly moving and inspirational memoir by a man rendered incapable of any communication except for the blinking of his left eye and very slight head movement. Bauby had suffered from a stroke, which led to what is so aptly known as ...
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The Book Thief 415 reviews Markus Zusak
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007
engrossing
+ Fresh concept, honest characters + Surprise + A heartwarming tale
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Tales of a Rat-Hunting Man (Wilder Places) 10 reviews David Brian Plummer
Lyons and Burford Publishers, 1997
Rats!
+ Mind over matter. + Bizarre, amazingly enjoyable read + A Fascinating Insight To A Little Known Sport + Tales of a rat-hunting Man
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The Man Who Would Be King (Dodo Press) Rudyard Kipling
Dodo Press, 2005
Large Format for easy reading. Works from the well known British author and poet and creator of 'The Jungle Book'
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To the White Sea (Delta World War II Library) 21 reviews James Dickey
Delta, 1994
Great in print and on tape
+ Indirect writing style is original; story was unexpected
I've been listening to the book on tape after having read it several years ago. It is brilliant either way. I'll keep this review short. Dickey's use of language is phenomenal. The recurring themes of camoflage and eyes are chilling. This book does an exceptional job of capturing a man's ...
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The Brothers Karamazov 109 reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002
Perhaps the best novel ever written in the history of mankind
+ Bothers Karamazov + Dark and Beautiful + What a messed up family! + Understanding the Russian
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Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Modern Library) 304 reviews Cormac McCarthy
Modern Library, 2001
literary landmark
+ "Good God almighty..." + Brutal but exhilarating. + Wow. This One Has Stuck With Me For Years + How the West Was Won: Behind the Blow
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You Shall Know Our Velocity 122 reviews Dave Eggers
McSweeney's, 2002
Like My Mind on Paper
+ Undoubtedly compelling + A moving, living experience of a book
I just finished the book for the second time. It is probably not the greatest book that I have ever read, but it is definitely my favorite. And that is what matters. I could read nothing but this book, over and over, for the rest of my life. I would be completely satisfied in doing so.
Eggers ...
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Heart of Darkness (Norton Critical Editions) 12 reviews Joseph Conrad
W. W. Norton, 2005
"Mistah Kurtz--he dead." An influential work on five 20th century seminal works
+ Book Review + Norton Critical strikes again + After all these years, ... + The Devil Froze From Fear
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The Book Thief 415 reviews Markus Zusak
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007
engrossing
+ Fresh concept, honest characters + Surprise + A heartwarming tale
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Lolita (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) 450 reviews Vladimir Nabokov
Everyman's Library, 1993
A road movie of the mind
+ Beautiful writing confronts crude subject matter--A masterpiece + Upends your preconceptions and prejudices + Which book did you read? + The Most Beautiful Novel Ever Written
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Vintage International) (Vintage International) 153 reviews Jean-Dominique Bauby
Vintage, 2007
A True Inspiration For Us All
+ THE book, i read it in a coffee guzzling epiphany filled evening + What I learned from The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jean-Dominique Bauby's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" is a truly moving and inspirational memoir by a man rendered incapable of any communication except for the blinking of his left eye and very slight head movement. Bauby had suffered from a stroke, which led to what is so aptly known as ...
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