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The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill
Michael O'Mara, 2001
It's one thing to know the right words,but another when and how to use them.
+ Churchill, Quotes
+ An Excellent Picture of the Wit of Sir Winston Churchill
+ I just like old Winston!
+ Wit Beyond Comparison
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The Wisdom Of Confucious
Lin Yutang
Modern Library, 1943
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The Man Who Would Not Shut Up: The Rise of Bill O'Reilly
Marvin Kitman
St. Martin's Press, 2007
Well-worth reading
+ Just a little fact that I would like to put out there....
+ HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT!
The Man Who Would Not Shut Up by Marvin Kitman is a meticulously researched and well-written story of an unusual phenomenon. Kitman has a riveting section on O'Reilly's lawsuit and an historically interesting summation of O'Reilly in the world of TV news. Well worth reading whether one is a fan ...
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The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli
Dante University of America Press, 2003
`Do the ends justify the means?'
+ The Recipe of the American Corporate State
+ An easy read that is full of vital lessons.
+ the prince
+ Classic that's still relevant because of what's happening today
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Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Wordsworth Special Editions) (Wordsworth Royals Series)
William Shakespeare
Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1997
Nice for the price
+ Terrific bargain
+ FABULOUS
Let's face it, there are better editions of Shakespeare out there. You get what you pay for. This is not a top of the line leather edition. For the price, though, you can't beat it. It is what it is, a reasonably priced leather edition of his complete works. No household should be without one.
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If I Stop, I'll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor
John A. Williams, Dennis A. Wiliams
Da Capo Press, 2006
Richard Pryor
+ What happens when the writer misses the joke?
This is the first book I've read on Richard Pryor. I think it is a good book. It is very difficult to convey Richard Pryor's impact on the black community in the 70's and 80's. It is comparable to the impacts Muhammad Ali and James Brown had in the 60's and 70's. This book captures some if not most ...
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Iron Mike: A Mike Tyson Reader
Introduction George Plimpton
Da Capo Press, 2002
Finally
+ Wow this is a compilation of many Tyson prose and it's great.
+ For The Tyson Fan, Hater & Everyone Interested
Well, this book is the best all around book I have seen on Iron Mike, and believe me I have seen and read them all. It finally gives an extensive look on this complex individual. Mike is a genius whose greatness may never be understood for years to come. Every quote you you've ever read about him ...
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FDR
Jean Edward Smith
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008
Fantastic
+ well-written but somewhat superficial
+ A Most Readable Biography
+ Brilliant!!
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The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations (Dover Thrift Editions)
Mark Twain
Dover Publications, 1998
Overpriced
+ MT Fan
+ The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
+ It's still funny, a hundred years later.
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The Beatles Anthology
Beatles, John Lennon, ...
Chronicle Books, 2002
Great Book - Great stories.
+ Great Compilation
+ The best book ever about the fab 4
+ Anthology plusses and minuses
+ excelent purchase
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Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs
John Lydon
Picador, 1995
The Brutal Honesty of John Lydon/Johnny Rotten
+ Interesting Story and Perspective
+ Obviously, it's great.
+ great book
+ My review
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Memoirs of Harry S. Truman: 1945 Year of Decisions
Harry S. Truman
William S. Konecky Associates, 1999
Amazing
+ The One To Have
This memoir, written by Truman because he was badly in need of money, is nothing short of a masterpiece. Truman starts with the days leading up to FDR's death, and makes a special note of how the president looked very ill.
Truman spend two volumes going over his critical eight years in office, ...
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Forty Licks
Rolling Stones
Virgin Records Us, 2002
Excellent, Excellent Compilation!! Missing an album of Material- however...
+ As Good As It Gets
+ Rolling Stones
+ A Strong Compilation
+ GREAT !!!!!!!!
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Touchstone, 2003
How can I give Benjamin Franklin fewer than five stars?
+ The Greatest American, Period!
+ This book will make you a better person...
+ Benjamin Franklin
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Three Times Carlin: An Orgy of George
George Carlin
Hyperion, 2006
Classic "sympathetic contempt" from a legend
+ Very funny book! A compilation of three.
+ People wonder how reading can cause so many laughs...
+ Great, classic Carlin
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