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Clifton Fadiman and John S. Major - The New Lifetime Reading Plan

Clifton Fadiman and John S. Major - The New Lifetime Reading Plan

Now in print for the first time in almost 40 years, <I>The New Lifetime Reading Plan</I> provides readers with brief, informative and ...
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Latest review by slarter Jun 14, 2004
"Every now and then I come across a literary reference or stumble into a conversation that reinforces..." Read full review

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Kevin J. Hayes - The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson

Kevin J. Hayes - The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson

A lively account that provides an invaluable look at Thomas Jefferson's intellectual and literary life focuses on the books and ideas that exerted ...
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Latest review by jankp Apr 30, 2010
"On July 4th, 1826, two pillars of the United States of America, her second and third presidents who..." Read full review

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Mark Twain - The Bible According to Mark Twain: Irreverent Writings on Eden, Heaven, and the Flood by America's Master Satirist

Mark Twain - The Bible According to Mark Twain: Irreverent Writings on Eden, Heaven, and the Flood by America's Master Satirist

Behind the humor of these pieces, readers will see Twain's serious thoughts on the relationship between God and Man, biblical inconsistencies, ...
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Latest review by Gideon_Twist Jun 25, 2000
"It truly amazed me to read this collection of letters, stories, and other thought..." Read full review

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Oxford Dictionary of Phrase And Fable

Oxford Dictionary of Phrase And Fable

The real stories behind names and sayings, whether in classic literature or today's news, are offered in this reference in which entries identify ...

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Vikram Seth - Two Lives

Vikram Seth - Two Lives

Two Lives is both a history of a violent century seen through the eyes of two survivors and an intimate portrait of their friendship, marriage, and ...
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Latest review by shaista Jul 12, 2008
"Vikram Seth is one of those writers whose books I have to buy no matter what. Two Lives is an epic..." Read full review

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F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby

More critical writing exists on The Great Gatsby than on any other work of American fiction. This Columbia Critical Guide introduces and ...
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Latest review by mdb354 Apr 3, 2013
"The Great Gatsby started as a book I was required to read in high school, but it turned out to..." Read full review

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Nancy Pearl - Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason

Nancy Pearl - Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason

Presents 170 themed reading lists designed for any type of reading, from "chick lit" to books on bicycling, covering a wide variety of tastes and ...
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Latest review by jpolhemus Dec 19, 2009
"I'm flighty, a regular flibbertigibbet (if you'll pardon the oxymoron). Reading reviews makes me wor..." Read full review

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Philip M. Weinstein - Becoming Faulkner: The Art and Life of William Faulkner

Philip M. Weinstein - Becoming Faulkner: The Art and Life of William Faulkner

William Faulkner was the greatest American novelist of the 20th century, yet he lived a life marked by a pervasive sense of failure.
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Latest review by Stephen_Murray Aug 14, 2011
"I am astounded in retrospect that I read six, seven, or eight novels by William Faulkner between the..." Read full review

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Pam Allyn - What to Read When: The Books and Stories to Read With Your Child and All the Best Times to Read Them

Pam Allyn - What to Read When: The Books and Stories to Read With Your Child and All the Best Times to Read Them

Free Worldwide Delivery : What to Read When : Paperback : Avery Publishing Group : 9781583333341 : 1583333347 : 02 Apr 2009 : An award-winning ...
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Latest review by sleeper54 Sep 15, 2009
"..."In your own lives at home, you can create rituals for reading aloud with all your children along..." Read full review

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Stacey Olster - The Cambridge Companion to John Updike

Stacey Olster - The Cambridge Companion to John Updike

John Updike is one of the most prolific and important American authors of the contemporary period, with an acclaimed body of work that spans half a ...

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Frances Wilson - The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth: A Life

Frances Wilson - The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth: A Life

According to Frances Wilson, Dorothy Wordsworth may have been the inspiration behind some of her brother William's most beloved poetry, in more ways ...

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Anne Fadiman - The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

Anne Fadiman - The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, this brilliantly reported and beautifully crafted book explores the clash between a ...
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Latest review by msiduri May 9, 2012
"The subject of this book is Lia Lee, a Hmong child born in the States to parents who came to Califor..." Read full review

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Edmund Wilson - Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s & 30s

Edmund Wilson - Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s & 30s

A first part of a two-volume collection of essays by a forefront American critic and social chronicler includes pieces written during the 1920s and ...
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Latest review by arkhaine Sep 5, 2008
"The Library of America edition of Edmund Wilson's work, Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s and..." Read full review

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Karen Katz - A Potty for Me!

Karen Katz - A Potty for Me!

With interactive flaps and child-appealing text, the author describes the steps a toddler must go through in learning how to use the potty.
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Latest review by FlanderFlop Apr 12, 2008
"As the proud parent of a two year old I am quickly learning that there are three things that make a..." Read full review

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Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo - Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed

Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo - Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed

With nearly 100 million copies of his bestselling books in print, Clive Cussler is an extraordinary author whose life parallels that of his fictional ...
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Latest review by SusanARI Feb 9, 2000
"Ok, I've been reading Clive Cussler for a while and have read all his books featuring the main chara..." Read full review

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