Little Dorrit (Penguin Classics)9 reviews
Charles Dickens

Penguin Classics, 2004

My favorite Dickens novel

+ A Masterful Look at the Corruptions of Wealth and Poverty - and One Shining Spirit
+ Love Almost Lost
+ a great Dickens novel but ...
+ I would give it six stars if I could
  
  











  



  
Emma (Vintage Classics)1 review
Jane Austen

Vintage, 2007

I love books

I love the time period in which Jane Austin writes-these books are very good and also very captivating
  
  











  



  
Stranger in a Strange Land535 reviews
Robert A. Heinlein

Ace Trade, 1991

A Valentine of a Novel

+ Amazing!
+ Loved Stranger in a Strange land
+ I'm not a big sci-fi fan but it was very good
  
  











  



  
The Confidence-Man (Modern Library Classics)13 reviews
Herman Melville

Modern Library, 2003

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+ A Socratic Novel About Faith?
+ Melville's modernist tour of America's stream of humanity

As I read this book, I didn't catch all the subtleties of it, and could never be precisely sure whether each confidence man was evil or not- it seemed ambiguous, or at least, the author never once allows the reader to find out definitively that the 'vicitms' are being gulled. However, by the end ...
  
  











  



  
The Invention of Morel (New York Review Books Classics)9 reviews
Adolfo Bioy Casares

NYRB Classics, 2003

A great recommendation.

+ The invention of the mind occludes the Invention of Morel
+ Excellent read!
+ Amazing Amazon information
  
  











  



  
The Complete I Ching: The Definitive Translation by the Taoist Master Alfred Huang29 reviews
Taoist Master Alfred Huang

Inner Traditions, 2004

Provides My Primary, Fundamental Understanding Of The I Ching

+ One of the Best English-interpretation of I-Ching
+ Clear and comprehensive
+ THE COMPLETE I CHING
+ good purchase
  
  











  



  
Heart of Darkness6 reviews
Joseph Conrad

Filiquarian, 2007

Literature as Philosophical Anthropology

+ One of the first glimpses into of the horrors of European Colonialism
+ "Mistah Kurtz--he dead." An influential work on five 20th century seminal works
+ A study of man
  
  











  



  
Watership Down: A Novel930 reviews
Richard Adams

Scribner, 2005

my favorite book

+ My Favorite Book
+ Transcendent
+ My favorite
+ Awesome Book
  
  











  



  
A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics)51 reviews
Charles Dickens

Penguin Classics, 2003

Long. Boring.

+ Dickens at his best
+ Great book with help of Wikipedia
+ Charles Dickens is a master with the written word!
+ It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...
  
  











  



  
Our Mutual Friend (Modern Library Classics)50 reviews
Charles Dickens

Modern Library, 2002

Down by the river, up from the river

+ A Late Masterpiece from Dickens
+ Great Book Club Read!
+ Dickens at his best
  
  











  



  
The Third Policeman76 reviews
Flann O'Brien

Dalkey Archive Pr, 2002

This Way To Eternity

+ An Astounding Pancake
+ Modern, more adult Alice in Wonderland
+ Kafka meets Monty Python in this guided tour of hell.
+ Don't Read the Intro until AFTER the Novel
  
  











  



  
Laughter in the Dark
Vladimir Nabokov

Signet, 1950
  
  











  



  
The Lord of the Flies (Penguin)4 reviews
William Golding

Penguin Audiobooks, 1999

Great book!

+ "All we have is the rules"
+ Harrowing idea of what could be
+ High School
  
  











  



  
Bad Twin (Hyperion)98 reviews
Gary Troup

Hyperion, 2006

An Interesting Mystery Based Only on Its Own Merits

+ Bad Twin

As long as you don't go into reading BAD TWIN thinking you're going to solve the mysteries of the hit television show Lost, then you should be okay. BAD TWIN, on its own, is an intriguing mystery featuring twin brothers--one a bigwig in the family business, the other a ne're-do-well who has gone ...
  
  











  



  
Evil Under the Sun: A Hercule Poirot Mystery3 reviews
Agatha Christie

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2006

One of Christie's Very Best

+ Murder at a seaside resort
+ AGATHA CHRISTIE IS THE TRUE MYSTERY WRITER.

Evil Under the Sun takes place at a secluded seaside resort in England. Arlena Stuart Marshall, is young and beautiful and one of those Agatha Christie characters who seems to inspire all she meets to wish her dead. So it is small surprise when she is killed and none other than Hercule Poirot is ...
  
  











  



  
The Survivors of the Chancellor
Jules Verne

Hard Press, 2006

Mr. Kazallon thought that booking passage on a cargo ship from Charleston to Liverpool would be a charming way to return to his English homeland. If only he knew! A crazed sea captain, a disaster in the hold, storms, oppressive heat, sharks and starvation are just some of the many travails that will beset both passengers and crew. Will any of them survive the wreck of the Chancellor?
  
  











  



  
Remember, Be Here Now97 reviews
Ram Dass

Hanuman Foundation, 1978

TruBeLiever

+ Ram Dass is the best!
+ Very Pleased

Old book, classic message: if you've got one foot in the future and the other in the past, then you'll be peeing on today. Be here now! Accept the fun, be one with yourself.
  
  











  



  
The Social Contract26 reviews
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

bnpublishing.com, 2007

Still a Timely Study on Liberty

+ Social cohesiveness

Immanuel Kant had one portrait hanging in his house in Konigsberg. The portrait was of Rousseau. What an honor, to be memorialized while alive by THE leading figure of the enlightenment! Rousseau never coined the term 'noble savage'. This is a popular misunderstanding and outright lie. He was ...
  
  











  



  
Carrie399 reviews
Stephen King

Doubleday, 2007

carrie review

+ Great First Novel
+ Suprising but good
+ A Foreboding of Future History: The Consequences of High School Hell
+ A Strange, but Excellent Story
  
  











  



  
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories (Thrift Edition)7 reviews
Ambrose Bierce

Dover Publications, 2008

A wonderful short from 1870's

+ Fascinating! Vivid Details and Surprising Story
+ Twilight Zone Episode

The first classical suspense, twlight zone story first written over 100 years ago. A quick page turner, excellent. The book could be found at local friends of library book sales. Be careful of buying it online. The normal sale price is $1, and online sells it for between $5 and $7.