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Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog (Tor Classics) 68 reviews
Jerome K. Jerome
Tor Classics, 2001
three men in a boat from the oxford bookworms library
+ Still Funny After All These Years
+ Good reading of delightful novel
+ Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog
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Hornblower : Beat to Quarters46 reviews
C.S. Forester
Back Bay Books, 1985
Historical Fiction at Its Best...and a Grand Hero
+ The best Hornblower book to start with
+ Story Telling AT Its Best
+ The best boy's adventure book ever
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Home Town Tales18 reviews
Philip Gulley
Walker Large Print, 2001
Hometown Tales: Recollections of Kindness, Peace and Joy
+ Excellent reading Hometown Tales
+ Fruit of the spirit
+ No Bible Knowledge- Warm, Honest Stories
+ Lovely, gentle read
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Home to Harmony (Gulley, Philip)50 reviews
Philip Gulley
HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, 2004
Home to Harmony
+ A funny, funny book!
+ A delightful slice of Americana
+ There is a balm in Harmony.
+ wonderful book
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The Golden Ocean21 reviews
Patrick O'Brian
W. W. Norton & Company, 1996
Regardless of where you are in the Aubrey/Maturin series read this book
+ A Rousing Good Read!
+ High Adventure at Sea
+ Action
+ Great
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The Cost of Discipleship89 reviews
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Touchstone, 1995
Essential reading for Christians
+ Cheap grace - same old heresy it always was
+ Christianity without cost doesn't exist!
+ "The Cost of Discipleship" - Relevant as Ever
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Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker's Trilogy) 106 reviews
Douglas Adams
Del Rey, 1995
A Big Thirll in the Triology
+ Even better than the first two
Life, the Universe, and Everything is one of the best books in the Hitchhiker's Series. However, you must read the 2 previous books in the series in order to understand this book.
The story continues on from where the Restaurant at the End of the Universe left off. Arthur Dent is stranded on ...
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Mere Christianity445 reviews
C. S. Lewis
HarperOne, 2001
'Oxford Retard' yet to receive a coherent rebuttal...
+ Astounding
+ Recommend the writer to everyone
+ Beautiful and Mentally Satisfying
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Flying Colours (Hornblower Saga)22 reviews
C.S. Forester
Back Bay Books, 1989
Heartwrenching and warming
+ Strange setting for Hornblower
+ flying colours
+ A Wonderful Friendship
+ Hornblower is beached.
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Treasure Island (Signet Classics)261 reviews
Robert Louis Stevenson
Signet Classics, 1998
Tense, Readable Adventure
+ Dated but Classic
+ "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!"
+ Maybe I'll be a pirate someday! Aye?
+ Misfiled classic
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Unless: A Novel 109 reviews
Carol Shields
Harper Perennial, 2003
Wise and Witty -- A Nuanced Literary Treat
+ Beautiful and imaginative
+ A Book to Read Before You Die
+ Give yourself a masterpiece.
+ Loved This Story
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 25th Anniversary Edition197 reviews
Douglas Adams
Harmony, 2004
Hitcher's Guide to the Galaxy
+ A Must Read
+ An endorsement from an unofficial member of The Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages, Luminaries and Other Thinking Persons
+ Very Funny
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Velma Still Cooks in Leeway: A Novel 16 reviews
Vinita Hampton Wright
B&H Publishing Group, 2000
Is Vinita still cooking?
+ Strong, enjoyable characters in Christian novel
+ WONDERFUL!!!
+ Complete Serendipity
+ read it now
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Commodore Hornblower (Hornblower, 9)24 reviews
C.S. Forester
Back Bay Books, 1989
Buy the whole package
+ A Wonderful Friendship
+ The destiny of the world
+ Russian politics and naval strategy
+ Good adventure reading
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The Thirteen-Gun Salute16 reviews
Patrick O'Brian
W. W. Norton & Company, 1992
Reading Patrick O'Brian makes you smarter.
+ Aubrey gets his stripe back, but doesn't end well
+ Patrick O'Brian series
+ Sterling addition to series - diplomacy in Indonesia!
+ Jack and Stephen enjoy another remarkable adventure
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Ship of the Line (Hornblower Saga)20 reviews
C.S. Forester
Back Bay Books, 1985
You feel like you're walking the deck.
+ Amazing Series!
+ A Wonderful Friendship
+ Action-filled adventure in the Mediterranean
+ ENDS ON CLIFFHANGAR
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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe117 reviews
Douglas Adams
Del Rey, 1995
just as good as the first book
+ stand-up comedy to challenge the mind
+ Where galactic hitchhikers eat
+ The Insain Book of Nonsense
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Peter Loon: A Novel8 reviews
Van Reid, 2002
A wonderful surprise - A great novel
+ Magical Maine tale
+ Van Reid is underrated!
+ peter loon by van reid
+ Beautiful, old fashioned storytelling
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish77 reviews
Douglas Adams
Del Rey, 1999
One of these books is not like the others...
+ Fish Food for Thought
+ Solid entry in the series
+ A Second Time Around
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The Hobbit28 reviews
J. R. R. Tolkien
Large Print Distribution, 2003
exiting and fun adventures and it is spooky. It is the best book ever.
+ You've Gotta Love The Hobbit....
+ The Hobbit
+ Cornwall, NY Sixth Grader
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