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Jonathan Rosen - The Life of the Skies

Jonathan Rosen - The Life of the Skies

The author of <IT>Eve's Apple<RO> and an avid bird-watcher looks at America's fascination with birding and the diverse roles of ...
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Latest review by Grouch Jan 23, 2010
"Jonathan Rosen has written a book that claims to be about bird watching, but it is much more than th..." Read full review
Plato - The Meno of Plato

Plato - The Meno of Plato

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Latest review by Pantagruel Nov 8, 2010
"The Meno is a relatively short dialogue by Plato on the subject of Virtue. As Socrates and Men..." Read full review
Dante Alighieri - La Divina Commedia Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri - La Divina Commedia Dante Alighieri

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Latest review by amandambf Jan 18, 2010
"It's so difficult to write about a so famous and prestigied book. Dante Alighieri started to write t..." Read full review
William Makepeace Thackery and George Saintsbury - Vanity Fair: A Portrait of Becky Sharp

William Makepeace Thackery and George Saintsbury - Vanity Fair: A Portrait of Becky Sharp

"Vanity Fair" is a story of two heroines--one humble, the other scheming and social-climbing--who meet in boarding school and embark on markedly ...
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Latest review by lyagushka Aug 31, 2004
"Numbering among the Harvard Classics, Vanity Fair holds a venerable position in the annals of Englis..." Read full review
E. Nesbit - The Railway Children

E. Nesbit - The Railway Children

Three children--Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis--use their courage and resourcefulness to stop a train accident and to free their father, wrongfully ...
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Latest review by yikuno Aug 8, 2000
"I didn't read a single E. Nesbit book as a child, and only recently did I realise how much I had mis..." Read full review
Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov and David Magarshack - Oblomov

Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov and David Magarshack - Oblomov

Ivan Goncharov's most famous novel is a masterful 19th-centry satire of the apathy and degradation of the Russian nobility. Its protagonist, Ilya ...
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Latest review by arkhaine Nov 14, 2004
"Oblomov is a lazy man. He is a reasonably well off - but not rich - Russian aristocrat, enjoying the..." Read full review
Alexander Pope - The Works of Alexander Pope: Consisting of Fables, Translations, and Imitations

Alexander Pope - The Works of Alexander Pope: Consisting of Fables, Translations, and Imitations

In One Volume Complete. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive ...
L.M. Montgomery - Pat of Silver Bush

L.M. Montgomery - Pat of Silver Bush

Patricia Gardiner loved Silver Bush more than anything else in the world. She was born and raised in the beautiful old-fashioned house on Prince ...
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Latest review by treeseed Aug 2, 2004
"This book has long been one of my top picks for pure heaven in reading. I want you to journey with..." Read full review
J. M. Barrie - The Adventures of Peter Pan

J. M. Barrie - The Adventures of Peter Pan

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Latest review by Redlass Mar 31, 2008
"In mid-February, I joined a Young Adult Literature Challenge. Each participant was challenged to rea..." Read full review
Edgar Rice Burroughs - Apache Devil: The Pony Soldiers Killed His Family

Edgar Rice Burroughs - Apache Devil: The Pony Soldiers Killed His Family

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Latest review by BlackBear May 13, 2000
"Edgar Rice Burroughs drew on his experience as a ranch hand in his younger days to write four comple..." Read full review
In the Realms of the Unreal:

In the Realms of the Unreal: "Insane" Writings

A selection of prose and poetry written by those whom society has deemed mentally unbalanced, In the Realms of the Unreal is an international ...
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Latest review by mothermeatloaf May 5, 2002
"In the Realms of the Unreal, edited by John G. H. Oakes, and introduced by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., is pr..." Read full review
Edgar Rice Burroughs - The War Chief

Edgar Rice Burroughs - The War Chief

The War Chief (1927) was one of four western novels penned by Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan. The other three are Apache Devil" (1933), "The ...
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Latest review by BlackBear May 13, 2000
"After spending eleven years establishing himself as a science fiction writer, Burroughs turns to wri..." Read full review
Inc Prentice-Hall - The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Inc Prentice-Hall - The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy

<P>THE PRENTICE HALL ANTHOLOGY OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY provides a unique range of stories and discussions designed to heighten student ...
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Latest review by bobogo Jul 24, 2006
"I was introduced with this book a couple of years ago in high school and it was my introduction to..." Read full review
John Buchan - John Macnab

John Buchan - John Macnab

Three high-flying men who suffer from boredom concoct a plan to cure it. They inform 3 Scottish estates that they will poach from each two stags and ...
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Latest review by slarter Sep 22, 2004
"One hears the phrase &#147rollicking good tale&#148 bandied about from time to time in reference to..." Read full review
David Markson - This Is Not a Novel

David Markson - This Is Not a Novel

THIS IS NOT A NOVEL is a highly inventive work that drifts "genre-less" somewhere in between fiction, nonfiction, and psychological memoir. In the ...
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Latest review by ejrshollenbeck Jun 21, 2007
"Im a list maker. I like lists. Lists are useful and comfortable. But David Marksons This Is Not A..." Read full review
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