Telegraph Days: A Novel62 reviews Larry McMurtry Simon & Schuster, 2006 Pure Entertainment! + Living the passing of the Old West If you want an accurate historical account of the west than this is probably not the book for you. However, if you desire a decidedly fictional account of the events of the west and a wonderful heroine, Nellie Courtwright, then you should find Telegraph Days a joy to read. Pure entertainment! ...             A Hero of Our Time (Everyman's Library)48 reviews Mikhail Lermontov Everyman's Library, 1992 The influence of the superfluous man proves ultimately vast. + A pleasure to read + Groundbreaking for its time + Excellent portrayal of the classical Russian soul             Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts163 reviews Samuel Beckett Grove Press, 1994 Waiting and Waiting and Waiting and ... + Waiting and Waiting and Waiting and ... Waiting and Waiting and Waiting and ... Review of Play: Waiting for Godot - A Tragicomedy in Two Acts Written in: 1949 Premiere in: 1953 By: Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989) Originally written in French and translated to English by the author himself. This play takes place on a ...             Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (Modern Library Classics)9 reviews Leo Tolstoy Modern Library, 2002 Early Tolstoy + A Hidden Gem for Lovers of Russian Literature + Promising Prose But Little Drama from Tolstoy in His Twenties + Nascent Mastery             The Red Pony (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)171 reviews John Steinbeck Penguin (Non-Classics), 1993 Coming of age in Salinas County California An admirable work which teaches important values + A Captivating Classic + all the hate must be from high schoolers... This is considered one of Steinbeck's finest works. The story of young Jody and his life on the family ranch is one in which he meets many tough, harsh realities and learns how to deal with them. The reader might expect something simple and easy here but that is not what is given. Steinbeck's ...             Cadillac Jack : A Novel8 reviews Larry McMurtry Simon & Schuster, 2002 Life was meant to be lived;and CJ sure knew how.... + Cowboy Angel Meets Pack Rat + Sharp writing, wonderful insights, a period piece... + When offered a coffeecup do not expect to find a beer inside             Government Is Violence Leo Tolstoy Phoenix, 1990 A collection of the man's writings on anarchism and pacifism.             By Sorrow's River: A Novel (The Berrybender Narratives)19 reviews Larry McMurtry Simon & Schuster, 2005 Addicted to an odd series + A Wild Saga - Part 3 + Romance, Blood, and Myth I was hooked on the Berrybender series because of the hysterical humor in Sin Killer, so I bought the other three books in the series. I'm reading the series as one long book, and I see no other way to read it. It is, after all, just one continuous story about the same characters on the same ...             War and Peace (Penguin Classics)287 reviews Leo Tolstoy Penguin Classics, 1982 An amazing novel + Great Book!! + Rosemary Edmonds trans. of War and Peace Leo Tolstoy combines philosophy and history for one of the best fictional stories about a historical event that I have read. The plot is captivating from the beginning. A glimpse at the high society of Russia in the early 1800's followed by the story of the lives of the families at that ...             My Confession My Religion1 review Leo Tolstoy Lifetime Books, 1994 HE FINDS IT IN THE END A man who has looked for meaning: in the debauched antics of youth drinking and sex, in his career, in his family, and in his writing. Despite all nothing fills the void and nothing meets the longing in his soul. Until he sees Christ in the poor peasant folk living in St Petersburgh. A very rich ...             Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy (Perennial Classics)11 reviews Leo Tolstoy Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2004 Best single volume of the short fiction + Simply Put: An Outstanding Collection + Death of Ivan Ilych is probably the best thing Tolstoy ever wrote + worth reading             Streets of Laredo74 reviews Larry McMurtry Pocket, 1995 It's not Lonesome Dove, but still VERY good + Vivid Storytelling About the Old West + what next? At first I wasn't sure I could get into it, Lonesome Dove set the bar pretty high, but after the first few pages I was back into the characters (old and new). Well done! A must if you want to follow up with Call, Lorie, and Pea.             Crazy Horse: A Penguin Lives Biography (Penguin Lives)52 reviews Larry McMurtry Viking Adult, 1999 Crazy Horse - The Symbol of Sioux Freedom, Courage, and Dignity + Good history Larry McMurtry (Telegraph Days, Lonesome Dove) brings his clean and concise writing style to this brief but illuminating life of Crazy Horse. This compact little biography is one of the Penguin Lives series that features what Penguin Books web site describes as an "innovative series of ...             Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club)173 reviews Leo Tolstoy Penguin Classics, 2004 Indifference? NOT HERE! + A classic worth reading + Masterful I haven't had/made time to read other translations of this Great work, but IMHO, Anna Karenina 'Must Be' in the top five list of all-time Greatest Romances... (trying NOT to be selfish): Reading Anna Karenina has enriched my life; It has INCREASED my love, devotion, & respect for-to my wife, my ...             Horseman, Pass By : A Novel18 reviews Larry McMurtry Simon & Schuster, 2002 Don't Pass This Book By + Welcome To Thalia + He ain't got no slowdown to him + How The West Was Lost + Excellent first step             Comanche Moon (Lonesome Dove)140 reviews Larry McMurtry Pocket, 1998 real characters, in three dimension + Excellent product and service + Good prequel + Gus & Call             A Confession and Other Religious Writings (Penguin Classics)5 reviews Leo Tolstoy Penguin Classics, 1988 A Search Unfulfilled + A great man's realizations + Tolstoy's ideal version of himself + Leo's crisis of faith... + Not as good as I had hoped             The Moon Is Down61 reviews John Steinbeck Penguin Classics, 1995 Simply Excellent - But Buy as Part of a Collection + My first Steinbeck! + Not The Best, But Good! + Occupied Countries + The Rules of Engagement             The Kingdom of God Is within You36 reviews Leo Tolstoy Bison Books, 1984 An Essential Text for All Those Interested in Peace Studies + A Classic of Christian Pacifism + Insightful I'm not a theist myself, but this is the book that I would want all theists to read because I sympathize with Tolstoy's views (insofar as I am quite fond of pacifism). Tolstoy, as I understand, is thought of as something of a maverick amongst the Christian community because of his 'extreme' ...             The Complete Poems of John Keats (Modern Library)6 reviews John Keats Modern Library, 1994 my fav. poem - ode on melancholy (analysis) + Beauty with a Capital B + Read it, then see it! + One of Britain's Brightest Stars + Puzzled...