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True At First Light : A Fictional Memoir 63 reviews Ernest Hemingway
Scribner, 2000
Good brothers are difficult to find
+ Hunters and nature lovers, this is for you
..but you can encounter a bad brother in any town. This is one statement in this story which is not a real memoir and not a real novel but just writings that Patrick Hemingway put together. I read it through and was sorry that Cast of Characters and Swahili Glossary were at the end of book instead ...
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In Cold Blood 429 reviews Truman Capote
Modern Library, 2002
Anarachy in the heartland : an American story
+ Brutal Event in Journalistic Focus + The first true crime book is still the best + In Cold Blood in a new edition + A Commentary on our 21st Century Culture
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The MYSTERY OF SWORDFISH REEF 7 reviews Arthur W. Upfield
Touchstone, 1998
Bony is the BEST!
+ A huge "catch" for mystery buffs -- great atmosphere! + Very good but not great + MORE LITERARY TYPE OF FICTION
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Gone, But Not Forgotten 65 reviews Phillip Margolin
HarperTorch, 2005
Phillip Margolin---author
+ Gone, But Not Forgotten + You forget the crowd while reading
I just discovered this author a few months back. His books are interesting and fast paced. You won't be able to put his books down until the end!
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Ice Station Zebra Alistair Maclean
Fontana, 1972
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The Gadfly 25 reviews E. L. Voynich
Echo Library, 2007
A Huge Sleeper!
+ A book about Love, Ideals, Passion, Determination + "Then am I a happy fly, + THE Most Moving Book I Ever Read + Love/Politics/Fight all that and well written!
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Plum Island 340 reviews Nelson DeMille
Grand Central Publishing, 2002
Plum Is A Peach
+ Shock & Awe + "The meaning of life has not much to do with good and evil, right and wrong...It has to do with cutting the right deal." + Another Excellent DeMille Novel
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The Forty Days of Musa Dagh 30 reviews Franz Werfel
Da Capo Press, 2002
Deserves to be required reading
+ Excellent book + An incredibly inspiring novel, based on history + Stirs and pervades the human spirit with great emotion + Fictional-but
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Murder At Smutty Nose and Other Murders 1 review Edmund Pearson
SUN DIAL PRESS, INC., 1938
The measuring stick for true crime -- but very old
This book was so compelling that women British mystery writers made written reference to it, and it's author, in a few of their cozy murders!
The main story is about a double murder of two Norwegian women on a tiny New England island. A third woman was nearly also killed but, wielding an ax ...
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The Slynx: A Novel 8 reviews Tatyana Tolstaya
Houghton Mifflin, 2003
Amazing
+ A rich, fantastic and mutely believable post-apocalyptic Russian world + The review from Publishers Weekly is misleading + perhaps the best of the modern Russian futuristic novels; great language
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The Frontiersmen: A Narrative 53 reviews Allan W. Eckert
Jesse Stuart Foundation, 2001
One of my all time favorites.
+ Skillfully done + Wonderful!!!!!!! + A great, exciting read! + A Man's Man in a wild land
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America 770 reviews Erik Larson
Vintage, 2004
Time machine
+ Highly Rated for History Fans + A bit tedious at times, but worth a read - esp if you like architectural history
This book makes me wish I had a time machine to go back and see the White City in person. I work in downtown Chicago and I walk by many of the buildings described in the book every day. I find it fascinating to think of what Chicago must have been like in 1893. Of course the story of HH Holmes is ...
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Mr. Moto's three aces;: A John P. Marquand omnibus 1 review John P Marquand
Little, Brown, 1938
Great period mysteries of intrigue
Mr. Moto was sort of a Japanese version of Charlie Chan, (the latter being a Chinese character). Probably the chief reason that Mr. Moto ceased to be popularly read, (while Charlie Chan went on to greater fame), was due to the Pearl Harbor Invasion! John P. Marquand's timing could not have been ...
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Murder Down Under 2 reviews Arthur W. Upfield
Touchstone, 1998
The Cream of murder mysteries!
The setting is Australia, and the protagonist is half-aborigine, half-caucasian, detective wonder, Napoleon Bonepart.... Boney to his friends. Boney ALWAYS tells his superiors, in advance, that he will solve even the most difficult of crimes, and he does. The only thing is, his superiors are always ...
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The Secret Agent (Oxford World's Classics) 11 reviews Joseph Conrad
Oxford University Press, USA, 2004
Bleak, Mordant, Beautifully Written, Funny...
+ A Secret Agency + It will not dissapoint you. + A Prophetic Tale
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Doctor Zhivago 80 reviews Boris Pasternak
PENGUIN LONGMAN PUBL, 1999
Pasternak v. Reader, Round II
+ Doctor Zhivago, Love and the Russian Revolution + Love and Revolution + Love and Revolution
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Scribner Classics) 269 reviews Ernest Hemingway
Scribner, 1996
The best of Hemingway
+ A Must-Read + Heminway is a GOD ! + For Whom the Bell Tolls
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The Robe 77 reviews Lloyd C. Douglas
Mariner Books, 1999
The Robe
+ Very enjoyable read + A Classic Story! + The best of the best!
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River God: A Novel of Ancient Egypt 241 reviews Wilbur Smith
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2008
Terrific story with lots of cultural info as well
+ River God is great reading + Interesting + Enjoyable read + Great book
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Train Man 20 reviews P. T. Deutermann
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2001
A compelling and superb contemporary thriller!
+ The Story Still Works + Bookcassette Adapter Needed To Play
In recent years I have become hugely disappointed in most of the mediocre scrawlings which have been recently published as novels; however, on the highest recommendation of a much-trusted literary friend, I began reading the works of P.T. Deutermann and I'm so glad that I did.
I haven't ...
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