The History of Sexuality: An Introduction29 reviews Michel Foucault Vintage, 1990 Hard...but worth it. + An Introduction + Foucault + Somewhat wordy, but deserves consideration             Collected Maxims and Other Reflections: with parallel French text (Oxford World's Classics) Francois de La Rochefoucauld Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 Deceptively brief and insidiously easy to read, La Rochefoucauld's shrewd, unflattering analyses of human behavior have influenced writers, thinkers, and public figures as various as Voltaire, Proust, de Gaulle, Nietzsche, and Conan Doyle. This is the fullest collection of La Rochefoucauld's writings ever published in English, and includes the first complete translation of the Reflexions ...             Walden5 reviews Henry David Thoreau Digireads.com, 2005 Walden, by Henry David Thoreau + We read this in high school english: we became obsessed + A Must Own Book + Loved it!             Narcissus and Goldmund: A Novel8 reviews Hermann Hesse Picador, 2003 His friend awakened him- the world and wandering molded him. + A psychological Jungian Bildungsroman disguised as a fairy tale + Hesse's Master Work + There are not eonough stars in the galaxy to rate this book + Perhaps Hesse's greatest novel. It's certainly my favorite.             Notes from Underground132 reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky Vintage, 1994 Notes From Underground + Superb character development + "I AM A SICK MAN...I am a wicked man." + Read it in context for a better understanding... + The epitome of the alienated, under-appreciated intellectual             Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Penguin Classics)318 reviews Herman Melville Penguin Classics, 2002 "I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts" + Does not deserve boring rep + The Great American Novel Having reached the mid-life point, I didn't "get around to" reading MOBY-DICK until just recently. I'm certainly glad that I finally stopped putting it off. Herman Melville's work is truly one of the most amazing books I have read. As others have pointed out here, it's not always an easy read, ...             The Trial166 reviews Franz Kafka Schocken, 1995 Good translation... + Great Read + hauntingly prescient + The Fear, Despondency, and Despair of A Soul.             Hamlet (The Annotated Shakespeare)2 reviews William Shakespeare Yale University Press, 2003 No Words to Describe + Very good transaction There is little need to review the actual text: it is undoubtedly (along with many other of Shakespeare's plays) an extremely influential work of the human mind, and very well may be the best work of literature ever written, period. The actual presentation and annotation of the text is rather ...             Basic Writings of Nietzsche (Modern Library Classics)34 reviews Friedrich Nietzsche Modern Library, 2000 Kaufmann Translations with all Footnotes + Essential works by important thinker + Pleasurable and rich! + Oh, Nietzsche + almost perfect. all you'll ever need, but maybe not all you'll want.             The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs25 reviews Friedrich Nietzsche Vintage, 1974 THE FAVOURITE: JOY THANKS TO LUCIDITY + Heraclitus comes to the fore-- Im Fluss:Panta rei + Brilliant + RE: "God is dead" + An Under-rated piece of work?             Narcissus and Goldmund: A Novel8 reviews Hermann Hesse Picador, 2003 His friend awakened him- the world and wandering molded him. + A psychological Jungian Bildungsroman disguised as a fairy tale + Hesse's Master Work + There are not eonough stars in the galaxy to rate this book + Perhaps Hesse's greatest novel. It's certainly my favorite.             Basic Writings of Nietzsche (Modern Library Classics)34 reviews Friedrich Nietzsche Modern Library, 2000 Kaufmann Translations with all Footnotes + Essential works by important thinker + Pleasurable and rich! + Oh, Nietzsche + almost perfect. all you'll ever need, but maybe not all you'll want.             The History of Sexuality: An Introduction29 reviews Michel Foucault Vintage, 1990 Hard...but worth it. + An Introduction + Foucault + Somewhat wordy, but deserves consideration             Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Penguin Classics)318 reviews Herman Melville Penguin Classics, 2002 "I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts" + Does not deserve boring rep + The Great American Novel Having reached the mid-life point, I didn't "get around to" reading MOBY-DICK until just recently. I'm certainly glad that I finally stopped putting it off. Herman Melville's work is truly one of the most amazing books I have read. As others have pointed out here, it's not always an easy read, ...             The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs25 reviews Friedrich Nietzsche Vintage, 1974 THE FAVOURITE: JOY THANKS TO LUCIDITY + Heraclitus comes to the fore-- Im Fluss:Panta rei + Brilliant + RE: "God is dead" + An Under-rated piece of work?             Hamlet (The Annotated Shakespeare)2 reviews William Shakespeare Yale University Press, 2003 No Words to Describe + Very good transaction There is little need to review the actual text: it is undoubtedly (along with many other of Shakespeare's plays) an extremely influential work of the human mind, and very well may be the best work of literature ever written, period. The actual presentation and annotation of the text is rather ...             Collected Maxims and Other Reflections: with parallel French text (Oxford World's Classics) Francois de La Rochefoucauld Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 Deceptively brief and insidiously easy to read, La Rochefoucauld's shrewd, unflattering analyses of human behavior have influenced writers, thinkers, and public figures as various as Voltaire, Proust, de Gaulle, Nietzsche, and Conan Doyle. This is the fullest collection of La Rochefoucauld's writings ever published in English, and includes the first complete translation of the Reflexions ...             Walden5 reviews Henry David Thoreau Digireads.com, 2005 Walden, by Henry David Thoreau + We read this in high school english: we became obsessed + A Must Own Book + Loved it!             The Trial166 reviews Franz Kafka Schocken, 1995 Good translation... + Great Read + hauntingly prescient + The Fear, Despondency, and Despair of A Soul.             Notes from Underground132 reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky Vintage, 1994 Notes From Underground + Superb character development + "I AM A SICK MAN...I am a wicked man." + Read it in context for a better understanding... + The epitome of the alienated, under-appreciated intellectual