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Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International) 456 reviews
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vintage Books, 2007
It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.
+ Metaphorical Romp
Garcia Marquez can write. No doubt about it. The man is a marvel. I'd be puddling along, reading of Fermina Daza, and her adolescent passion (and his for her) of Florentino Ariza, or of her married life with Juvenal Urbino when I'd be swept away by a phrase or image, or the smell of bitter almonds. ...
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The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition57 reviews
Upton Sinclair
See Sharp Press, 2003
The reason I pay my union dues
+ Important, not-to-miss
+ Jungle
+ Timeless Classic
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The Great Santini 60 reviews
Pat Conroy
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2002
Penetrating portrait of fathers and sons, and of America
+ Very fine purchase
+ Conroy the Great
The Great Santini is Colonel Bull Meecham, husband to his lovely Southern enabling wife Lillian, father to Ben, Mary Anne, Matt, and Karen, Marine, fighter pilot, bully, creep, alcoholic, and all around jerk. Bull rules his family as he does the marines that serve under him. A bad drunk, Bull ...
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The Prince of Tides217 reviews
Pat Conroy
Random House Audio, 1987
Amazing
+ lyrical masterpiece...
+ bookcritic
+ Amazing Storyteller
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The Secret Life of Bees1433 reviews
Sue Kidd
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005
Nostalgically Current
+ the secret life of bees
+ SECRET LIFE OF BEES
+ A Beautiful Story
+ The Secret Life of Bees
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She's Come Undone (Oprah's Book Club)1673 reviews
Wally Lamb
Pocket, 1998
Read aloud & loved by all on a rainy camping trip
+ Very good book. Not happy, but good.
+ A quick read despite the 465 pages
We went on a camping trip with a bunch of teenagers 16 & above and all it did was rain, so to pass the time, we took turns reading aloud, and just could not put this book down. You will not easily forget Delores, because she lives in many of us. You will not be disappointed with this book, we all ...
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A Prayer for Owen Meany (Modern Library)1074 reviews
John Irving
Modern Library, 2002
Great book, beautiful edition!
+ my favorite book
+ The Best of Irving
+ AWESOME
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Pigs in Heaven 176 reviews
Barbara Kingsolver
HarperTorch, 1999
One of the best books I've ever read
+ Pigs in Heaven: Individualism VS Collectivism
+ She's Amazing.
+ A Woman's Western
+ Pigs In Heaven
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn553 reviews
Betty Smith
Perennial Classics, 1998
One of the best that I have ever read
+ Kimberly B.
+ Could relate well
+ an endless classic
+ Masterpiece
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Dracula (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)341 reviews
Bram Stoker
Bedford/St. Martin's, 2001
An old fashioned tale that doesn't offend
+ AN ACTUAL REVIEW OF THIS NAXOS AUDIO DRAMATIZATION
+ There is more than meets the eye
Bram Stoker's "Dracula" was first published in 1897, and as one reads this work, it is overwhelmingly apparent that it was written during a time when morals and virtues were held in a much higher regard than they are today.
The book is comprised primarily of various journal entries from six ...
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The Kite Runner Illustrated Edition2517 reviews
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Hardcover, 2007
Ki
+ Wonderful
+ Fantastic
+ powerful and moving
+ Could Not Put it Down
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Exodus159 reviews
Leon Uris
Bantam, 1959
two books stands above others
+ A story for the millenium
+ Birth of the Modern Jewish State
+ Rebirth of a nation
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A Thousand Splendid Suns1307 reviews
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
Enthralling...
+ Very touching
+ Very good BOOK
+ Excellent Story
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Beach Music286 reviews
Pat Conroy
Doubleday, 1995
Beach Music
+ beach music
+ A Book To Always Remember
+ Beach Music
+ Beach Music is an ALL TIME BEST
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The Joy Luck Club12 reviews
Amy Tan
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
magnificent
+ Beautifully written, insightful
+ Very Good
Amy Tan is a magnificent writer, telling us stories that translate across cultures, nationalities and even ages. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.
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Where the Heart Is (Oprah's Book Club)1281 reviews
Billie Letts
Grand Central Publishing, 1998
Where The Heart Is
+ Where the Heart Is
+ Go Wal Mart
+ Where the Heart Is
+ Untraditional family values in a traditional southern state
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Memoirs of a Geisha 4 reviews
Arthur Golden
Knopf, 1997
Mesmerizing and Engrossing
+ MEMOIRS OF A MASTERPIECE
+ An Amazing, Fascinating story of Japanese Culture
+ Interesting..
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)121 reviews
Alexandre Dumas père
Penguin Classics, 2003
The perfect tale of revenge & redemption
+ Count of Monte Cristo
+ Very good
+ Pretty much the coolest book ever
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A Prayer for Owen Meany (Modern Library)1074 reviews
John Irving
Modern Library, 2002
Great book, beautiful edition!
+ my favorite book
+ The Best of Irving
+ AWESOME
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A Thousand Splendid Suns1307 reviews
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
Enthralling...
+ Very touching
+ Very good BOOK
+ Excellent Story
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