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American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White: The Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century 26 reviews Paula Uruburu
Riverhead Hardcover, 2008
I'm hard to please and I loved this book
+ Wow! + (3.5 stars) Intriguing story of the original "It Girl" + fascinating true story
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John Cassavetes - Five Films (Shadows / Faces / A Woman Under the Influence / The Killing of a Chinese Bookie ... 25 reviews John Cassavetes-Five Films
Criterion, 2004
Brilliant and beautiful and raw depictions of how vulnerable we can be
+ good price, fast shipping, thanks! + John Cassavetes defines Independent Film. + John Cassavetes: Five Films
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The Age of Innocence (Oxford World's Classics) 7 reviews Edith Wharton
Oxford University Press, USA, 2006
No Title
+ Love, Loneliness and the Strictures of Society. + Where convention rules + Wharton's mastery of subtlety of nuiance transcends that of Noh Drama of Japan + Edith Wharton as Literary Catalyst
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Hannah and Her Sisters 75 reviews Lewis Black, Michael Caine
MGM (Video & DVD), 2001
A film that has everything it needs; a complete package to put it bluntly...
+ Funny and heartwarming. + "Great. That means I'll have to sit through the Ice Capades again." + Considered Woody Allen's best film.
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Writing New York: A Literary Anthology 9 reviews
Library of America, 2008
Amazing Tribute to the Phenomena of NYC
+ The Big Town in Literature + A Literary Tribute to the Big Apple + Delightful and Intriguing Read + Another one for the kansas guy
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The Waterworks: A Novel 28 reviews E.L. Doctorow
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007
Once Again Doctorow Delivers
+ mystorical fiction
In this novel set in New York City early in the 1870's, the Civil War has left its scar on society, even in the north. The city is filled with limbless ex-soldiers, begging on the streets, shooting morphine into their veins to satisfy the dead-end addiction they picked up in hospitals. In this ...
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The Age of Innocence [Region 2] 112 reviews Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer
SIX STARS
+ ON MY TOP FIVE LIST OF MY FAVORITE FILMS + A Breathtaking Departure for Scorsese + Scorsese's beautifully filmed AGE OF INNOCENCE + Such a beautiful film...
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Waterfront: A Walk Around Manhattan 13 reviews Phillip Lopate
Anchor, 2005
Great book!!!
+ It reads like the waterfront runs + A Ramble + Enhance a Greenway hike + From River to River
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The Devil's Gentleman: Privilege, Poison, and the Trial That Ushered in the Twentieth Century 15 reviews Harold Schechter
Ballantine Books, 2007
A True Crime Master's Masterpiece
+ Gripping Tale of Murder and Yellow Journalism + The Original Media Circus + The Devil's Gentleman + Fascinating Part of History
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On the Town 66 reviews Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly
Warner Home Video, 2000
On the town
+ Top notch musical from co-directors Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen a pity Warner couldn't chip in some extras... + Classic you should own
On the town was so much fun to watch and I loved the musium secean and I can't wait to watch it again
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Crimes and Misdemeanors 74 reviews Caroline Aaron, Alan Alda
MGM (Video & DVD), 2001
Heads you win, tails I lose
+ This sort of thing only happens in the movies... + One of Allen's best films! + Morality As A Stumbling Block And Pragmatism As Redemption + deep and entertaining
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Astaire & Rogers Ultimate Collector's Edition (Flying Down to Rio / The Gay Divorcee / Roberta / Top Hat / ... 35 reviews Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
Warner Home Video, 2006
Ginger and Fred Paint The Screen
+ This DVD will make a great christmas gift + The only Fred & Ginger set you need + "Let's Face the Music and Dance" + WONDERFUL PACK OF THE WONDERFUL COUPLE
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Ragtime: A Novel 120 reviews E.L. Doctorow
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007
History? Fiction? Fictory? Who cares, it's great!
+ Powerful and Thought Provoking!! + If only all books were this great!
Give this one a few chapters to hook you, as Doctorow's style here won't suit everyone's tastes. There is very little dialogue, and often he employs repetitive staccato sentences in brief summary descriptions, like: "He came in. He sat down. He counted his change. He put it in his pocket and ...
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Manhattan 114 reviews Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
MGM (Video & DVD), 2000
ONE OF WOODY'S BEST, BUT THE DVD HAS SOME PROBLEMS!
+ Manhattan review + Modern Cinematic Masterpiece + THE ISLAND THE SPECTACULAR STAR ON THE BIG SCREEN; A THOUGHTFUL MEDITATION ON LIFE AND MORALITY UPON THE SMALL FLAT SCREEN
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Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker (Modern Library Paperbacks) 8 reviews
Random House, 2000
Wonderful collection
+ Terrific! + A brilliant collection + A must-read for literary fiction fans
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Crimes and Misdemeanors 74 reviews Caroline Aaron, Alan Alda
MGM (Video & DVD), 2001
Heads you win, tails I lose
+ This sort of thing only happens in the movies... + One of Allen's best films! + Morality As A Stumbling Block And Pragmatism As Redemption + deep and entertaining
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Manhattan 114 reviews Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
MGM (Video & DVD), 2000
ONE OF WOODY'S BEST, BUT THE DVD HAS SOME PROBLEMS!
+ Manhattan review + Modern Cinematic Masterpiece + THE ISLAND THE SPECTACULAR STAR ON THE BIG SCREEN; A THOUGHTFUL MEDITATION ON LIFE AND MORALITY UPON THE SMALL FLAT SCREEN
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The Age of Innocence (Oxford World's Classics) 7 reviews Edith Wharton
Oxford University Press, USA, 2006
No Title
+ Love, Loneliness and the Strictures of Society. + Where convention rules + Wharton's mastery of subtlety of nuiance transcends that of Noh Drama of Japan + Edith Wharton as Literary Catalyst
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Ragtime: A Novel 120 reviews E.L. Doctorow
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007
History? Fiction? Fictory? Who cares, it's great!
+ Powerful and Thought Provoking!! + If only all books were this great!
Give this one a few chapters to hook you, as Doctorow's style here won't suit everyone's tastes. There is very little dialogue, and often he employs repetitive staccato sentences in brief summary descriptions, like: "He came in. He sat down. He counted his change. He put it in his pocket and ...
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Hannah and Her Sisters 75 reviews Lewis Black, Michael Caine
MGM (Video & DVD), 2001
A film that has everything it needs; a complete package to put it bluntly...
+ Funny and heartwarming. + "Great. That means I'll have to sit through the Ice Capades again." + Considered Woody Allen's best film.
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