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Just So Stories
Rudyard Kipling
Weathervane Books, 1978
Things Every Child Should Know
+ Just So Stories a Wonderful book for all
As a child I read these wonderful stories, read them to my child and now he's reading them to his children. How can you get through life not knowing how the Elephant Got His Trunk or how the Camel Got His Hump. In these days of uncertainty, these questions beg to be answered. Even now, and I'm ...
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Father Brown: The Essential Tales (Modern Library Classics)
G.K. Chesterton
Modern Library, 2005
A Man Of God?
In the twenties, British author Gilbert Keith Chesterton. created the Father Brown stories. A Man of the Church of Rome (Catholic), he became Chesterton's immortal detective. Listening to confessions came in handy in his sleuthing. The many and varied stories were about every conceivable subject ...
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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)
W. W. Norton & Company, 2001
Wow
+ More than a Great Story
+ Fantastic!
+ Intriguing...
+ It's about time I read this!
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The Diary of a Nobody (Oxford World's Classics)
George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith
Oxford University Press, USA, 1998
Loved it!
+ I don't often make jokes...
+ Diary of Mr. Pooter
+ By the by, Mr. Pooter is quite a wit. . . .
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Candide: Or, Optimism (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Francois Voltaire
Penguin Classics, 2005
A fun adventure story
+ Voltaire's Magnum Opus
+ Entertaining
+ "O che sciagura d'essere senza coglioni!"
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Peace Like a River
Leif Enger
Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002
different voices of characters
+ Among best books
+ Great Read!
+ One of my favorite novels ever
+ here's what I saw; here's how it went..
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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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The Little Prince
Harvest Books, 2000
A Time Tested Classic
+ [...]
+ A good book for Adult.
+ Love the BOOK
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A Wild Ride Through the Night
Walter Moers
Secker & Warburg, 2003
An outstanding children's book
+ Walter Moers does it again!
+ enjoyable
This is a must buy for parents who are looking for a book for their kids that has both a great story and is really well written. I read this book at bedtime to my 8 year old and found it almost impossible to put aside for the next night. It is very very funny and maintains a cracking pace ...
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (Barnes & Noble Classics)
Lewis Carroll
Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005
a classic read!
+ Alice in Wonderland...
it should be law that every child read this wonderfully written book, actually that might be going a bit far, but I LOVE this book, it was read to me as a little girl (given it was the Disney version) and later I purchased it again to read as an adult and I still have to same love and excitement ...
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City of Dreaming Books
Walter Moers
Overlook Hardcover, 2007
Magical!
+ If you write something drunk, be sure to read it over the next morning...
+ Best ever! Read now if you have any imagination at all
+ A Saur-ious Read!
+ The Book of all Books
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Modern Library Classics)
Alexandre Dumas
Modern Library, 2002
Revenge is Bittersweet
+ Must rave, this is one of the best
+ Brilliant Classic
+ Wait and Hope
+ (4.5): Revenge the Way it Ought to Be
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Waiting For The Barbarians
J.M. Coetzee
VINTAGE (RAND), 2004
A Fine Allegory on Cruelty and Colonialism
+ Miracles of Creation Too
+ Bleeding what is spoken with what is merely thought
This exquisitely written book may also be the most important thing Coetzee has written. Like many of his other books, it explores the meaning of what it means for people to cause each other pain--this time, in the context of a remote colonial outpost of a "generic" empire. Coetzee is not only a ...
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Mr. Blue
Myles Connolly
Loyola Press, 2005
Simply beautiful
+ The books stays with you.
Mr. Blue is simple, brief, and one of the most powerful stories I've ever read. Yes, Catholic in its symbolism and theology, it's a Franciscan allegory that people who don't understand will award one star and a confused shrug. But for those open to a jewel of a novella that gently pulls us to love ...
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Shardik
Richard Adams
Overlook TP, 2001
Vividly Descriptive and a Real Thrill
+ Timeless and thought provoking, May just open your mind a bit more than you planned!
+ Another Excellent Adventure from Richard Adams
+ A Gripping, Provocative Book
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