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Ethan Frome (Signet Classics)
Edith Wharton
Signet Classics, 2000
A Truly Beautiful Book - but have some Prozac on hand...
"Life, is the saddest thing, next to death." Edith Wharton
This brief peek into the lightless lives of Ethan & Zeeny Frome and Mattie Silver left this reader thankful that the novella wasn't very long. After all, how much bleakness can one person take? While I was perusing this one, I kept ...
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Letters to a Young Contrarian (Art of Mentoring)
Christopher Hitchens
Basic Books, 2005
Timeless Advice - Not for the Fair Weather Patriot
+ The Need to Be Irritating
+ A Truly Interesting...
+ Inspiring Advice for the Ignorers of Status Quo
+ Timeless Advice - Not for the Fair Weather Patriot
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A Rumor of War
Philip Caputo
Holt Paperbacks, 1996
Excellent look into front line Vietnam
+ Well written and engrossing
+ Real life account
+ Remebering Vietnam - A Review of "A Rumor of War"
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Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
Mara Leveritt
Atria, 2003
Great Read
+ Ignorance, Poverty, and Pain
+ Fascinating
+ Bizarre and astonishing case; excellent reporting
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post office: A Novel
Charles Bukowski
Ecco, 2007
Bukowski was a funny guy!
+ Work Sucks
+ Love him or hate him... he's funny
+ Brilliant. Buy this book and borrow it to you friends.
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Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World (American Empire Project)
Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian
Metropolitan Books, 2005
the hobo philosopher
+ Good intro
+ Good intro for new readers of Chomsky
+ Delighted to get an update from one of the most articulate and perspicacious political writers of our time.
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Thomas Jefferson: Author of America (Eminent Lives)
Christopher Hitchens
Eminent Lives, 2005
History is a tragedy, not a morality tale
If you need an extremely well-written, concise, sympathetic, balanced and reasonably complete introduction to Thomas Jefferson, Hitchens has produced just the thing. Hitchens does particularly well where Thomas Jefferson's views mesh with his own - namely on religion and the disestablishment ...
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A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love
Richard Dawkins
Mariner Books, 2004
Nobody does it better, but . . .
+ Always something more to learn
+ Dawkins addresses some myths
+ Dawkins revealed
+ Refreshing and Thought-Provoking
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A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics)
Charles Dickens
Penguin Classics, 2003
Rewarding
+ A Tale for our time...if you have the patience.
+ Long. Boring.
+ Dickens at his best
+ Great book with help of Wikipedia
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
Signet, 1963
One Flew East, One Flew West
+ Must Have
+ great quality!
+ McMurphy as the Metaphor for the Terrorist Suspect
+ Tale of emancipation (unless you are a feminist)
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The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
Back Bay Books, 2001
Young and foolish
+ A classic book for young minds
+ Where do the Ducks Go?
+ Holden May Be Many Things...But Boring Isn't One of Them
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Tales of Ordinary Madness
Charles Bukowski
City Lights Publishers, 2001
Tales of Ordinary Madness
+ Bits and Pieces.
Charles Bukowski, brutally honest, as usual. This book was pretty good but not as good as his poetry.
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: A Novel
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005
A Horrifying Portrayal of Soviet Communist Oppression.
+ Required reading for any study of the Soviet Union
+ An awesome expression of life.
+ You will see bleakness yet signs of life in the Gulag.
+ The Lifting of Stalin's Shroud.
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Communism: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
Richard Pipes
Modern Library, 2003
History for the history impaired
+ Communism: A History (Review)
+ Communism: A History by R. Pipes - Book review
+ An Exceptional Introduction
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Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984
Simon Reynolds
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
Absolutely fab!
+ Great for the newbie - frustrating for the fans...
A great book. Makes you want to dust off those old vinyl records and rejoice again at those wonderful sounds.
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