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People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)
Howard Zinn
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
Not the only history book you'll ever need but...
This is probably the most important history book you'll ever read. Contrary to the opinion of those who disapprove of this book through their important Amazon reviews, I (a Zinn fan) do not consider myself a communist, libertarian, socialist, Democrat or Republican. ...
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Awesome book!
This book arrived right on time. It was in excellent condition. I really enjoyed the story.
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The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)
Barbara Kingsolver
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
Amazing!
I started this book after I had surgery as a way to pass time and I regret not reading it earlier. Poisonwood Bible contains the rich story of a family of a reverend, his wife and four daughters. Each daughter brings her own perspective to the novel and I love the ...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2002
A Teenager's Perspective of To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird is a relief after the numerous tedious pieces of "classic literature" forced upon us by our county's curriculum. This book interlaces themes related to both adulthood and childhood which parallel the stage of our lives which we ...
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Brave New World (P.S.)
Aldous Huxley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
You know what is REALLY totalitarian?
What is: that this book has readers who are FORCED to read it. More than ironic. It's stupid; stupid and evil.
Review: Amazing for being published so early in the last century. Otherwise, simple, accessible prose and a story usual to the genre. Worth a read.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.)
Betty Smith
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Don't wait as long as I did
This book was very popular when I was in eighth grade (1968.) Lot's of the girls were reading it. While I read books that were considered "girl" books then for some reason I avoided A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Thirty years later I picked it up in the bookstore and ...
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel
Milan Kundera
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1999
Poetic and lyrical
How to explain a book into which one sinks? It deftly captures all the nuances, both positive and negative, of falling in love, out of love and back again. Yet it is not a love story, not in the sense that one would imagine. It is so much more; it is written with such ...
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
A book for all people.
One Hundred Years of Solitude is said to be a work so wonderful, It should be required reading for the entire human race, and I must say I completely agree. The novel follows the progression of the Buenida family and Macondo, the town that grows along with the people ...
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The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell (Perennial Classics)
Aldous Huxley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2004
Politically Incorrect, Yet Spiritually Relevant
Aldous Huxley was ahead of his time. And yet, he was right where he needed to be. In a time when modern society had not quite caught on to the mind-expanding powers of psycho-active drugs, psychology was still interested in how they might be used in a beneficial way. ...
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Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
Aldous Huxley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
A snapshot of today
When I read this book I saw a snapshot of what is actually happening today. How ironic someone would have know this was going to happen so many years ahead of time.Excellent reading and I don't normally read fiction.
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The Bell Jar (P.S.)
Sylvia Plath
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
Dark passage
I read this strange but powerful little book many years ago--after going through a very rough time in my late adolescence. I don't know what it is about this book, but something opened up for me that I am not sure I can describe. It seems the author here, though really ...
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Harper Perrennial Modern Classics)
Annie Dillard
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2007
An exceptional guide for opening eyes to the strangeness and wonder of nature
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RUJWZWQT3VC40 I've been meaning to try my hand at video reviews ever since they were announced, but this is my first. It was fun to make, and turned out to be a nice way to practice shooting and editing. My hope is that ...
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (P.S.)
Steven Pinker
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2007
Just plain fun.
I give this book five stars not because its reasoning is impeccable, or its writing everywhere beautiful, or its theme always engaging and irresistible. In none of these dimensions is it flawless. But I would nonetheless recommend it without reservation to all readers, ...
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Our Town: A Play in Three Acts (Perennial Classics)
Thornton Wilder
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2003
The Face of Eternity and the Mind of God
By most accounts Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) considered himself a teacher rather than a writer--a curious situation given than he won numerous literary awards, including three Pulitzers. Among these prize-winners was OUR TOWN, first staged in 1938. It is generally ...
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
Harper Lee
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Simply Essential Reading Vividly Encapsulates Depression-Era Racial Hatred in the Deep South
Some books so fluidly transcend the stories they contain that the characters and setting almost become incidental to the universal themes they express without contrivance. Such a book exists in Harper Lee's masterful 1960 novel, one of the most revered pieces of ...
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