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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)
J.K. Rowling
Scholastic Paperbacks, 1999
Excellent!
I love this book, but lost it, so I had to order another one. I have the complete set now, and have to read them at least once a year or so. IT is a great start to the Harry Potter series. Thank you.
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The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression
Stéphane Courtois, Nicolas Werth, ...
Harvard University Press, 1999
Review of Reviews
I read this book some time ago and it engaged me big time, so I was surprised to see the number of negative reviews here. I read each of them carefully to see what those reviewers didn't like. Several of them mention the evils of Capitalism and how many deaths ...
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Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920's (Perennial Classics)
Frederick L. Allen
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2000
Contemporary AND historical!Recently while doing research for an exhibition on the 1920s, I purchased this fabulous little book
Recently while doing research for an exhibition on the 1920s, I purchased this fabulous little book called Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s. Historian Frederick Lewis Allen wrote it in 1931, before Prohibition was even repealed!
I bought it because I ...
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Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
Vintage, 1989
Read It First, Then Read The Reviews
Most of the enjoyment with this book is the discovery of Nabokov's creation. Frankly, I suggest that you skip the reviews here, close your eyes for the moment and simply read the book. Read the comments later. If you want some preliminary comments, here are my ...
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Faust I & II (Goethe : The Collected Works, Vol 2)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Princeton University Press, 1994
The Reviews fail to note....
The most important thing all of the reviews fail to note is that Stuart Atkins was one of the greatest Goethe scholars of the 20th century. I was fortunate enough to take his Faust course almost 40 years ago and it remains one of the high points of my university ...
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The Man Without Qualities Vol. 1: A Sort of Introduction and Pseudo Reality Prevails
Robert Musil
Vintage, 1996
spectacular and profound
Musil's book is one of the twentieth century's two masterworks-- the other being Proust's "A La Recherche." Musil and Proust are the Modernist embodiment of Adorno's dictum that the conceptually challenging artwork must also necessarily be aesthetically radical.
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Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
Blackstone Audiobooks, 2005
Written in the basement of the UCLA library
I do not want to tell much of the story, as the unfolding is part of the intrigue. However now that houses are fire proof the purpose of firemen is performing a service by burning books to maintain the happy social order.
Naturally one fireman goes awry after ...
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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
Bill Bryson
Broadway, 2004
No problem for Bryson
I like language and its ability to allow the communication of complex and profound ideas as well as making it possible the get a coffee from Starbucks. This book, born out of Bryson's need for clarity as a newspaper reporter, is a wonderful read. Although laid out ...
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Public & Its Problems
John Dewey
Swallow Press, 1954
A Most Important Book
Derived from a series of lectures Dewey gave in 1927, The Public and Its Problems touches on virtually all the major political philosophy questions of our day. One marvels at its continued relevance into the 21st Century. Dewey, arguably the United States' greatest ...
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Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
Del Rey, 1987
Great book for teenagers
I purchased this book for my teenaged son to do an English class book report. He was impressed by the way the author was able to imagine the future considering this was written in 1953. I do not recommend for under the high school level.
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The Man Without Qualities Vol. 2: Into the Millennium, from the Posthumous Papers
Robert Musil
Vintage, 1996
Nothing less than five stars!
The last reviewer obviously does NOT appreciate Musil in any true sense. There are no "unnecessarily longwinded, only somewhat interesting, conversations" --the reader who thinks this way has definitely ignored Musil's central concept of "Essayismus," which is ...
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Idea Of A University: Philosophy (Notre Dame Series in the Great Books)
John Henry Newman
University of Notre Dame Press, 1990
Simply Amazing
If you are looking for a book that will change your life .. This is the one!!!!!
What is real education?
What is perfection?
Blows the theories of education to pieces.. Defines what makes a human ... a Human!!... A must read!
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GradeSaver(tm) ClassicNotes Fahrenheit 451
Erin Mackey
GradeSaver, LLC, 2006
GradeSaver(TM) ClassicNotes are the ultimate study guides, written by Harvard students for students! Each note includes: * An author biography * An in-depth chapter-by-chapter summary * A short summary * A character list and related descriptions * A list of themes * A glossary * Historical context * Two academic essays * 100 quiz ...
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The Idea of a Party System: The Rise of Legitimate Opposition in the United States, 1780-1840 (Jefferson ...
Richard Hofstadter
University of California Press, 1970
One is Too Few, and Three are Too Many
What with the current flap in Florida over the Presidential election, and the concomitant party posturing, I pulled down this book to get some perspective on the silliness of political parties. But, in a low-key way, the author leads me to believe that our system is ...
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Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
HarperVoyager, 2004
It was a pleasure to burn....
I can't believe that some people could read this book and not understand why it is important. This book is a classic for a reason. Underneath the dystopian surface are truths- and frightening resemblances to our own society. When I read this for the first time, I ...
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