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The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (Bantam Classic)
John Milton
Bantam Classics, 1999
Good "mid-sized" version of "Milton's Works."
+ Extremely Helpful!
I recognize that Milton is second to Shakespeare in linguistic craft and mastery, and, wanting to round our my literary experience, I searched for month to find a lovely, hardbound, guilt-edged "Complete Works of Milton" to match my lovely, hardbound, guilt-edged "Complete Works of Shakespeare." ...
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Handel: Water Music; Music for the Royal Fireworks
George Frederick Handel, Kevin Mallon
Naxos, 2006
Sparkling, vibrant and authentic
+ Simply Splendid
+ Also Available as SACD
+ best version ever ?
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The Iliad and The Odyssey
Homer
Wilder Publications, 2007
Must have - Great book
The text is excellent (it's the Iliad after all!) and the illustrations are nice. I live in Ireland and they're included in so it's really a nice Kindle book.
Thumbs up for Homer!
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Mozart: The Freemason Musics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Martin Haselböck, ...
Novalis, 1995
Personal opinion
As an organist in a Masonic Lodge, I have in interest in what Mozart had composed for use with the Masonic ritual. While the music presented here is of interest, I find that the material presented here would not be used currently.
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Faust (Bantam Classics) (English and German Edition) (Part I)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Bantam Books, 1988
Mephistopheles, master of the one-liner
+ Faust . . . Whew!
+ A classic classic
I'd guess this is a book that reveals itself more thoroughly in experiences you have after reading it, so reviewing it now may be premature. There are many `big ideas' here, but I can't relate to the suggestion from one reviewer that Faust `held his morals under the worst circumstances' It seems ...
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Essay on Man and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)
Alexander Pope
Dover Publications, 1994
Crown jewels in Pope's diadem
+ NIce
+ Great Collection, Incredible Value
+ One of Pope's best.
+ The classic master of English verse
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Essential Mozart: 32 Of His Greatest Masterpieces
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Neville Marriner, ...
Decca, 2001
Good times
+ top tunes
I just cant say enough about this collection. It used to be that you had to spend a fortune to get Mozart's best hits; a few on each album. Now, you can buy them all at once and dirt cheap! very nice
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William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, Deluxe Edition
William Shakespeare
Gramercy, 1990
In defense of Shakespare
+ Tales of the bard
+ A Rose By Any Other Name
I posted these comments in response to one of amazon's top 500 reviewers whose review can basically be summed up as "Shakespeare is old hat, I don't like him, and therefore he deserves to be forgotten." Since I have seen other reviews of Shakespeare on amazon that take the form of "Shakespeare? ...
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That Printer of Udell's
Harold Bell Wright
BiblioLife, 2008
The Printer of Udall's
+ Beautiful
+ Human nature hasn't changed much since 1902
+ Standard HBW Quality
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Dr. Faustus (Dover Thrift Editions)
Christopher Marlowe
Dover Publications, 1994
Great book
+ I am always disappointed with this play
+ A great read of a classic work
+ Ah, good and bad
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Handel - Messiah - Mormon Tabernacle
George Frideric Handel, Eugene Ormandy, ...
Sony, 1991
I feel it
+ Mormom Tabernacle Messiah
+ holiday classics
+ Great Customer Service
+ Cried like a baby when I saw the cover...EUREKA!
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Poor Richard's Almanack
Benjamin Franklin
Peter Pauper Press, 1980
Give em Hell Franklin!
+ A nice book but with only four Rockwell Illustrations
+ A wealth of timeless knowledge
+ Wit and Wisdom Indeed
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Tales from the Thousand and One Nights (Penguin Classics)
Anonymous
Penguin Classics, 1973
Fantastic Tales
+ Amazing!
+ A Fantastical World To Be Lived Through These Pages
+ A lifetime of entertaining stories
+ Enjoyable easy reading to take you away to fantasy land.
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Ragged Dick and Struggling Upward (Penguin Classics)
Horatio Alger Jr.
Penguin Classics, 1985
Ragged Dick - "rags to riches"
+ Two Great Stories, One Little Book
+ Banana's in Pajamas
+ An entertaining read promoting self-reliance and hard work
+ Horatio Algier Jr. - Honesty and Hard Work Will Always Pay
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That Printer of Udell's
Harold Wright
Pelican Publishing, 1996
The Printer of Udall's
+ Beautiful
+ Human nature hasn't changed much since 1902
+ Standard HBW Quality
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