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There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America 92 reviews
Alex Kotlowitz
Anchor, 1992
There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
+ A World Not Seen By Many
+ Incredible book to read depicting subsidized housing in Chgo
+ Riveting look at poverty
+ The other America indeed
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Shipping News : A Novel (Scribner Classics) 447 reviews
Annie Proulx
Scribner, 1999
Good News
+ Sequel please
+ Perfect
+ Wonderful Writing
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In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences)25 reviews
Philippe Bourgois
Cambridge University Press, 2002
The ugly truth
+ Entertaining, interesting, and educational
+ Life Among Crack Dealers in the 80's
+ Good and Enlightening Read
+ Well Written Account of Urban Life.
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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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Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War44 reviews
Peter Maass
Vintage, 1997
I have a confession to make...
+ Amazing work by Peter Maass
+ A little editing would do wonders
+ Gripping, shocking, and simply terrifying!
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin7 reviews
Louis de Bernieres
Penguin, 2001
One of the best books I have read this year
Yes, the storyline is clichéd. You have a loving couple which got separated when the male was called upon to fight the war. The couple got reunited after the war and they lived happily ever after. Sounds predictable? Probably, but the treatment of the subject matter makes the novel anything but ...
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The Catcher in the Rye 8 reviews
J.D. Salinger
Bantam, 1966
A timeless classic worth reading
I write this review having to look back almost 20 years when I read this book as a child. At an age when I found it difficult to engross myself in fiction (I simply did not read a lot as a child), I traversed through this book with interest.
Unless you have issues with the course language, ...
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Holes11 reviews
Louis Sachar
Scholastic Inc, 2000
Holes
+ lost forever
+ A Must Read!!!
+ WOW
+ HOLES
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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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The Stranger
Albert Camus
Hesperides Press, 2006
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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Flags of Our Fathers (Movie Tie-in Edition)578 reviews
James Bradley, Ron Powers
Bantam, 2006
A must read, but it's an emotional ride...........
+ the horror, the cost, the dignity
+ Excellent
+ Wonderful story of humility
+ Should be required reading for all Americans
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West167 reviews
Dee Brown
Holt Paperbacks, 2001
The True Story of How the West Was Won
+ A Shocking, Monumental Work
+ COWBOYS AND INDIANS
+ Amazing
+ A Classic
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Shipping News : A Novel (Scribner Classics)447 reviews
Annie Proulx
Scribner, 1999
Good News
+ Sequel please
+ Perfect
+ Wonderful Writing
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The Catcher in the Rye8 reviews
J.D. Salinger
Bantam, 1966
A timeless classic worth reading
I write this review having to look back almost 20 years when I read this book as a child. At an age when I found it difficult to engross myself in fiction (I simply did not read a lot as a child), I traversed through this book with interest.
Unless you have issues with the course language, ...
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In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences)25 reviews
Philippe Bourgois
Cambridge University Press, 2002
The ugly truth
+ Entertaining, interesting, and educational
+ Life Among Crack Dealers in the 80's
+ Good and Enlightening Read
+ Well Written Account of Urban Life.
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Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War44 reviews
Peter Maass
Vintage, 1997
I have a confession to make...
+ Amazing work by Peter Maass
+ A little editing would do wonders
+ Gripping, shocking, and simply terrifying!
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West167 reviews
Dee Brown
Holt Paperbacks, 2001
The True Story of How the West Was Won
+ A Shocking, Monumental Work
+ COWBOYS AND INDIANS
+ Amazing
+ A Classic
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Holes11 reviews
Louis Sachar
Scholastic Inc, 2000
Holes
+ lost forever
+ A Must Read!!!
+ WOW
+ HOLES
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin7 reviews
Louis de Bernieres
Penguin, 2001
One of the best books I have read this year
Yes, the storyline is clichéd. You have a loving couple which got separated when the male was called upon to fight the war. The couple got reunited after the war and they lived happily ever after. Sounds predictable? Probably, but the treatment of the subject matter makes the novel anything but ...
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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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