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The Dangerous Book for Boys
Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden
Collins, 2007
My Son loves this book
+ Great Book!
+ I knew this stuff but...
+ Brilliant book for boys or girls
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Audubon's Birds Of America (The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio)
Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Virginia Marie Peterson
Abbeville Press, 2005
Spectacular
+ Wonderful little books for gifts
+ Why reorganize a symphony?
This book is spectacular. The images are breathtaking, and the quality of their presentation is nothing short of superb. Wow!!!
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The Man Who Would Be King (Dodo Press)
Rudyard Kipling
Dodo Press, 2005
Large Format for easy reading. Works from the well known British author and poet and creator of 'The Jungle Book'
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Measuring the World: A Novel
Daniel Kehlmann
Pantheon, 2006
Exploration by introspection
+ Wonderful!
+ Measuring the world: metrics in parallel
+ The world according to two unhinged scientists
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Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass
Isak Dinesen
Vintage, 1989
Charming, Oblique
+ In Her Hands Education...Was A Great Noble Conspiracy...Pupils Were By Privilege Admitted
+ the wildness and irregularity of the country
+ The Best Autobiography I've ever read
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The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company
John Keay
HarperCollins UK, 1993
Tea, Silk, Spices and Stiff Upper Lips
+ A Grand Society
+ good writer - book could have been better
+ A daunting task admirably done...
+ Detailed, analytical and entertaining history
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How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa (Dover Books on Travel, Adventure)
Henry M. Stanley
Dover Publications, 2002
Victorian time-travel
This is a great book for those who would like to experience how Victorian men viewed Africa as well as what a great safari would have involved. As it is a day-by-day account, some of the geographical descriptions feel a little repetitive, but can be skimmed over without detracting from the ...
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A Journey Around My Room (Hesperus Classics)
Xavier de Maistre
Hesperus Press, 2004
Interesting but not great.
I like this book, and it is interesting, but it's not worth the money. I would recomend it if you got it from the library.
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The Jungle Books (Signet Classics)
Rudyard Kipling
Signet Classics, 2005
Review of Jungle Book BARNES & NOBLE Version
+ Super Reader
+ Heart pounding Tale
+ Heart pounding Tale
+ A Nicer read
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Henderson the Rain King (Penguin Classics)
Saul Bellow
Penguin Classics, 1996
"Is it any wonder I had to go to Africa?"
+ Earlier, unfocused Bellow
What do Saul Bellow, Joni Mitchell, Sonic Youth, Counting Crows, and the X-Files all have in common? In his novel, Henderson the Rain King (1959), Bellow (1915-2005) blends philosophy and comic adventure to tell the story of 55-year-old Eugene Henderson who, despite his wealth, is unhappy with ...
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The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton
Fawn McKay Brodie
W. W. Norton & Company, 1984
Towering Individual of the 19th Century
+ A Fascinating Life Well Presented in this Biography
+ Indiana Jones in the flesh...
+ Intriquing and Sometimes Painful
+ WONDERFUL BIOGRAPHY - I AM GRATEFUL FOR THIS ONE
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Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind
David Quammen
W. W. Norton & Company, 2003
Great Read...but some will hate it.
+ A Beautiful Good-bye to our Hitherto Competitors
+ Great, facinating book
+ Land Eating Mammals
+ Heavy on context, light on gore
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Walton Ford: Tigers of Wrath, Horses of Instruction
Steven Katz, Dodie Kazanjian
Harry N. Abrams, 2002
A gorgeous book about a brilliant painter
+ Like Audubon combined with Kafka
+ Amazing!
+ Brilliant and Important Contemporary American Artist
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Heart of Darkness (Norton Critical Editions)
Joseph Conrad
W. W. Norton, 2005
"Mistah Kurtz--he dead." An influential work on five 20th century seminal works
+ Book Review
+ Norton Critical strikes again
+ After all these years, ...
+ The Devil Froze From Fear
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A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier
Diana Preston, Michael Preston
Walker & Company, 2004
Pleeeze don't call him "pirate!" He was just along for the ride ...
+ exquisite mind,exquisite book
+ Well-written bio of an interesting guy
+ Amazing!
+ Book that takes you around the world
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