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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (P.S.)
Neil Gaiman
Harper Perennial, 2007
neil gaiman--great as always
+ Fragile and Upsettling things
+ Wonderful Imagination
Whether you've read Neil Gaiman before or not, I recommend reading this collection of short stories. They are cleverly written dark fantasy stories that really appeal to one's imagination.
Not only are the stories all great, but the book also contains an Introduction where Neil gives brief ...
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The Republic (Penguin Classics)
Plato
Penguin Classics, 2003
Best Translator of Plato
+ The Rhetoric
+ A classic approach....
+ The Republic Should Be Required Reading For All Students
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The Captive & The Fugitive: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. V (Modern Library Classics)
Marcel Proust
Modern Library, 1999
The Prisoner / The Fugitive
+ Beautiful
+ In Search of Lost Time 01 Way By Swanns
+ Captivating masterpiece
+ What sex is Albertine?
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The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)
Homer
Penguin Classics, 2006
A great translation.
+ For the Love of Homer
+ =
+ Older and Wiser
+ Definitive translation of Homer for 'the rest of us'
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The Mismeasure of Man
Stephen Jay Gould
W. W. Norton & Company, 1996
What can I say, it is SJG!
+ Cogent Analysis on the Misuses of Intelligence Testing
+ The Mismeasure of Man
+ One of the most important books I own
+ Necessary Book During the Current Testing and Accountability Crisis
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Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Richard Bach
Delta, 1998
Best book ever written
+ a 1st step on a great journey
+ BEST BOOK YOU MAY EVER READ
+ an inspirational way to look at life
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics)
James Joyce
Penguin Classics, 2003
challenging but worth it
+ good intro to joyce
+ Up For A Challenge ?
As many do, I read this in preparation for tackling Ulysses, in which Stephen Dedalus makes a return appearance. This has been called Joyce's most accessible work, however I found Dubliners faster paced reading personally.
The style of the book changes as the title character matures from a young ...
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Dante's Paradiso (The Divine Comedy, Volume 3, Paradise) (The Divine Comedy)
Dante Alighieri
Digireads.com, 2005
Medieval vision of the afterlife
This was required reading for a graduate course in medieval history.
"The Divine Comedy" describes Dante's journey through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and Paradise (Paradiso), guided first by the Roman epic poet Virgil and then by Beatrice, the subject of his love and another of his ...
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
Plume, 2003
Cherish your thoughts
+ This Book Deserves More Stars Than Are In The Sky
+ my first Orwell, and I'm already hooked
+ Unbelieveable
+ A Book to Boggle the Mind
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Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
Can Love Conquer All?
+ Shakespeare is forever
+ The supporting actors shine...
+ A Student's Review
+ too good
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Dante's Purgatorio (The Divine Comedy, Volume 2, Purgatory) (The Divine Comedy)
Dante Alighieri
Digireads.com, 2005
Medieval vision of the afterlife
This was required reading for a graduate course in medieval history.
"The Divine Comedy" describes Dante's journey through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and Paradise (Paradiso), guided first by the Roman epic poet Virgil and then by Beatrice, the subject of his love and another of his ...
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Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)
Charles Dickens
Penguin Classics, 2002
Expectations Greatly Exceeded
+ A Novel of tears as well as laughter. An enjoyable classic.
+ Expect Great Things
+ Enjoyably Obvious
+ Marvellous
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Brave New World (P.S.)
Aldous Huxley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Almost a Perfect World
+ Satire at its best
+ Experienceing Scifi for the nerd in you
This book was truly amazing at certain points i was so touched by what i was reading that i was forced to read out loud just to hear these words spoken, Huxley takes commend of the english langage as no other author and creates an almost perfect world if only the savages were included. If this is ...
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In Search of Lost Time, Vol. II: Within a Budding Grove (Modern Library Classics)
Marcel Proust
Modern Library, 1998
Proust Paradox
+ Perception and cognition
+ In Search of Lost Time Volume II Within a Budding Grove (Modern Library Classics)
+ beautiful
+ PROUST: NEED ONE SAY MORE?
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Early Socratic Dialogues (Penguin Classics)
Plato
Penguin Classics, 2005
Wonderful
I cannot say much for how accurate the translation is but this text does provide some dialogs which are hard to get your hands on (in English anyway).
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