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America is a nation making itself up as it goes along?a story of discovery and invention unfolding in speeches and... more

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The illuminating national bestseller: "Vertiginously exciting?vibrantly imagined?.[Krauss is] a prodigious... more

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  The History of Love: A Novel

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  • Posted:Oct-02-2009

  • I might have enjoyed it
  • I like a good convoluted story. I like to figure out what's going on. I liked Leo and contemplating his loneliness. I don't like profanity. I could have really enjoyed this story without the...
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  • Posted:Sep-30-2009

  • so sad and happy and full of words. and. yet. life!
  • so sad and happy and full of words. and. yet. life! it made me cry.
    the loss and the life and the loneliness and the love and madness.
    a little slow to tango, but ultimately shockingly...
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  • Posted:Jul-09-2009

  • Not Many Answers - But Questions Well Asked (3.5 stars)
  • I'm not so sure "The History of Love" is about love as much as it is loss...or maybe searching for loves that have been lost. It's a sad but beautiful book about people trying to regain and...
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Virgil's great epic transforms the Homeric tradition into a triumphal statement of the Roman civilizing mission.... more

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  The Aeneid

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  • Posted:Feb-16-2009

  • excellent
  • Book is in great condition,and it made a great gift for the person I bought it, so I'm happy!
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  • Posted:Feb-23-2008

  • Review for Kindle ed.
  • I am writing this review for The Kindle ed of this book. (The Fagels translation). It is not formatted for the kindle. The sample looks fine because it is the introduction. But when you buy and...
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  • Posted:May-29-2007

  • aweful translation, but not quite as bad as Fagles
  • See my review of Fagles' Aeneid for more on the travesty of modern English translations of Virgil, also my review of Lombardo's translation of the Aeneid.
    
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Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when... more

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  Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays

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  • Posted:Aug-27-2009

  • Missing one key piece...
  • DFW's content is not the object of this review. Rather, I am reviewing (and objecting to) the Kindle version of the book, which does not include the marvelous essay, "Host." Although I (now)...
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  • Posted:Aug-17-2009

  • Refreshing ...
  • David Foster Wallace's, "Consider The Lobster," was the type of book I find myself drawn to. It is a collection of essays that DFW wrote without coming across as trying to force feed to his...
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  • Posted:Jul-08-2009

  • Semi-Ugh (updated)
  • I gave this one star, but I should update it to 2. The essay that attracted me first was on English usage, but it seemed daunting to tackle it. But once I got into it, that alone lifted my rating...
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Long before there were creative-writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading... more

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  Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.)

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  • Posted:Sep-21-2009

  • Read this, and go back to the classics
  • I'm only 60 pages into the paperback version, which I just bought a few days ago....and I can't wait to finish it, just so I can go re-read all the classics that I feared, like Moby Dick....
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  • Posted:Jul-03-2009

  • Another similar book
  • I saw some of the preview pages and got the impression that there is a lot of talking around the subject without getting to the nuts and bolts. Comparatively, a book that has a lot more meat and...
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  • Posted:Jul-10-2008

  • Great concept. Poor execution
  • The concept is great. The product did not meet the promise. The presentation style was just too artsy-fartsy, like a bunch of undergraduate girls from the Seven Sisters, sitting around saying "Look...
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No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Hamlet on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an... more

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  Hamlet (SparkNotes No Fear Shakespeare)

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  • Posted:Jan-19-2009

  • No fear? No proper understanding.
  • I'll use one line to show the problem with this text. Many other lines have a similar problem. Shakespeare has:
    
    "Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you,
    trippingly...
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  • Posted:Dec-01-2008

  • A Must have for HS students
  • What is there to say?? If your a person living in the 21st century you probably have no idea the terms used in Shakespeare's time, so its basically hopeless reading the play without a guide such as...
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"Silence I regard as a masterpiece, a lucid and elegant drama." Irving Howe. -- The New York Times Review Of Books more

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  Silence

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  • Posted:Aug-29-2009

  • Faith
  • Based on true events in 17th century Japan when Christianity has been outlawed and its practioners persecuted, 'Silence' follows Father Sebastian Rodriques fate as he illicitly enters Japan with...
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  • Posted:May-24-2009

  • WARNING TO DEVOUT CATHOLICS
  • Endo is a great writer, but devout Catholics will want to avoid this book. Yes, at the time, Endo was reputedly a Catholic. At the end of his life, however, he was writing about reincarnation and...
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  • Posted:Oct-03-2006

  • Textbook-like writings on the persecution Catholics in Japan in the 1600's
  • In the 1600's, Portuguese priests Rodrigues and Garrpe sneak in to Japan to proselytize. Kichijiro, a Japanese Catholic, helps them find a village of Christians, to whom they provide religious...
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The most popular introductory anthology of its kind, Kennedy/Gioia?s Literature continues to inspire students with... more

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  Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (10th Edition) (Kennedy/Gioia...

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  • Posted:Oct-05-2009

  • excellent!! no complaints here..
  • on time and just as it was described on the site..tnx a million..next is hoping to make excellent marks....lols
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  • Posted:Sep-17-2009

  • poor quality and customer service
  • Condition of book was stated wrong on Amazon.I Was supose to recieve a 15% refund but never happened. Recieved the book thank god the cover was still attached poor poor condition for the money i...
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  • Posted:Sep-03-2009

  • Accompanying Software and/or Access Codes for Text Books
  • When a text book - new includes software or access codes, but is not included with the used book that is for sale through Amazon, A statement to that effect should be included in the book...
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Feel bad about not reading or not enjoying the so-called great books? Don?t sweat it, it?s not your fault. Did anyone... more

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  Beowulf on the Beach: What to Love and What to Skip in Literature's 50 Greatest Hits

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  • Posted:Aug-08-2009

  • Seaside or Lakeside
  • I just finished reading this hysterical homage to the classics. And, I found it so enjoyable that I voluntarily read it to a dear friend, who also pronounced it: "thoroughly entertaining."
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  • Posted:Aug-03-2009

  • Gives New Meaning to the Term "Sophomoric"
  • On page 39 of his new book, former web critic Jack Murnighan asks of the authors of the Greek New Testament (and by extension the translators of the Septuagint, where the spelling "Emmanuel"...
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For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 1001 Books You Must Read Before... more

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  1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

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  • Posted:Jul-13-2009

  • I agree this book is misnamed
  • I agree with some other folks that this book should not be called "1001 Books" but rather "1001 Novels." One reason that people compile lists like this one is to get people arguing about what was...
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  • Posted:Jun-12-2009

  • WHY MUST I READ THESE?
  • Recently I have been in a "reading rut" and purchased this book hoping to get some really great recommendations. My first thought after reading the first book suggestion was "why should I read this...
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  • Posted:May-15-2009

  • Excellent resource for what it is, a simple run down of books
  • I was prepared to be annoyed and dislike this book, I was fully prepared to feel let down by its casual reference to various books and eras - but I have come away from it inspired by it. I think it...
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A leading American poet reclaims the realm of criticism in distinctive and impassioned readings of poems and other... more

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The definitive compendium of classic and modern oratory expanded?with a new preface on what makes a speech "great."... more

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  Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History, Updated and Expanded Edition

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  • Posted:Apr-13-2009

  • Excellent
  • I was surprised at how thick this book was when I received it! It's absolutely loaded with speeches, over 200 in all. Speeches are broken down into sections by the type of speech, so if you're...
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  • Posted:Oct-02-2006

  • Shame on Norton! Listen to MLK "I have a dream" while reading this book
  • The text they have in the first edition of this book for the "I have a dream" speech so deviates from the actual speech, it leads you to wonder two things: a) what kind of crappy editors are...
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From one of the world?s premier Shakespeare scholars, author of Shakespeare After All (?the indispensable... more

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  Shakespeare and Modern Culture

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  • Posted:Jan-14-2009

  • Contemporary Commentary on Shakespeare's Classics
  • While bringing to the table an interesting theory that our modern culture and the ideas beset by Shakespeare give birth to one another in an endless cycle, Garber lays down some fairly engaging...
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  • Posted:Dec-21-2008

  • "Every Reader His Own Carver?
  • The ostensible thesis of this book is that "Shakespeare makes modern culture and modern culture makes Shakespeare." This is an odd, far too generous assertion by Marjorie Garber because as she...
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Kathleen Parkinson places this brilliant and bitter satire on the moral failure of the Jazz Age firmly in the context... more

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  The Great Gatsby (Penguin Critical Studies Guide)

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  • Posted:Jun-26-2009

  • E'gads Gatsby
  • Well written and researched book on the Great Gatsby by an insightful and thoughtful scholar. I found it interesting to see her take on a major, popular, male American author during an intriguing...
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  • Posted:Apr-23-2009

  • One of the worst of the so called "classics"
  • This book should be pulled from high school curriculum as it really has no redeeming value. Basically if the Fitzgerald name was not associated with it, it would be out of print today.
    Who...
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  • Posted:Mar-23-2002

  • 3 and a half stars actually
  • The novel is beautiful written. I have one problem is with the theme: money doesn't buy. I don't disagree with that statement, it is just king of obvious. I mean it is not exactly an epiphaney.
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With passion, wit, and good common sense, the celebrated poet Mary Oliver tells of the basic ways a poem is... more

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  A Poetry Handbook

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  • Posted:Sep-08-2009

  • Mary Oliver's Passion for Poetry
  • 
    Mary Oliver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is a lover of language, its sounds and syntax. In her book, "A Poetry Handbook," Oliver shares with the reader her deep feeling for the mechanics of...
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  • Posted:Apr-14-2006

  • Worth a read, but not crucial.
  • I find, if I really need inspiration and great ideas on writing, art and life in general, I get more from Brenda Ueland's, "If You Want To Write". But Ms. Oliver's Handbook offered some good...
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  • Posted:Jun-09-2003

  • Too Technical
  • I did not like this book. I thought it was too technical. Ms.Oliver stresses the structure of the poem too much.
    I know this is important but still it was hard for me to understand. This book...
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When Laura Flynn was a little girl, her beautiful, dynamic mother, Sally, was the center of her imagination. It... more

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The classroom standard for readers and aspiring writers of fiction, The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction offers... more

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  The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction

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  • Posted:Sep-27-2009

  • Confusion!
  • The vendor stated they did not recieve my order from Amazon. Yet Amazon charged my credit care and sent appropriate follow up correspondence. After contacting the vendor who apologized after i...
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  • Posted:Sep-09-2009

  • Very pleased
  • It's a great book though I've only leafed it. I'm very pleased with its state and condition. I'm looking forward to start reading it. I might use it in my MA thesis. Thanks Better World Books.
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  • Posted:Oct-28-2005

  • An extensive collection of shorts from 183x to 187x
  • There are always a few short stories which are favorites. Here's a list of the stories in this book (the Second Edition)
    
    Woody Allen, 'A Giant Step for Mankind'. Sherwood Anderson,...
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Adds twenty-nine new authors to the 1966 collection of short stories that includes ""A Voice From the Wall"" by Amy... more

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  Points of View: Revised Edition

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  • Posted:Apr-05-2008

  • Great Book for Studying Point of View!
  • This book offers an excellent selection of stories written in various points of view. If you want to accent your studies or if you need to see the point of view element in action, this book is the...
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  • Politically correct and not much else...
  • Why revise and update a collection of short stories that included some of the best examples of craft from the last 150 years? To be inclusive, to be fair, to be PC.... What is the ultimate effect...
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The Dharma Bums was published one year after On the Road made Jack Kerouac a celebrity and a spokesperson for the... more

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  The Dharma Bums (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

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  • The Zen Of Jack Kerouac
  • Some of the general points made below have been used in other reviews of books and materials by and about Jack Kerouac.
    
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  • His Most Optimistic Work!
  • I love all of Jack's books, but this is possibly my favorite. I felt it was one of his most upbeat books. Buy this book and read it while standing on your head!
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  • Don't bother
  • I tried to give Kerouac a chance to revive himself after reading his most notable mess 'On the Road.' Now I'm thoroughly confused as to why he's so popular.
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  Aspects of the Novel

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  • Aspects of the Novel is a series of classic lectures on the topic by the great novelist E.M. Forster
  • In the spring of 1927 at Cambridge the Clark Lectures were delivered by Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970). Forster is well known for his Edwardian age classics "A Room With a View"; "Howard's End";...
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  • Bites and Tidbits
  • This dissection of the novel and an exploration of its constructs - its 'aspects', is not a book to read if you are looking for criticism or specific advice or ideas, no matter whether it is...
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  • I've tried for the fourth time to read this book. For the fourth time, I had to give up half-way. This book is just too dense for my simple mind.
    
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