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Richard III (Folger Shakespeare Library)
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
Classic Shakespeare (i.e., sheer genius)
+ Portrait of a villain as an old man
+ Fast and Easy
It may not be Hamlet, but Richard III is still one of the finest works of literature ever created, in any medium. It's a classic piece of Shakespearian (and therefore, literary) character development, full of irony, wordplay, nuance, tension, imagery, and jaw-dropping poetic virtuosity. ...
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Peace Like a River
Leif Enger
Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002
A gem on every page
+ PEACE LIKE A RIVER
+ Deserves more than 5 stars!
+ A great read - "Peace Like A River"
+ different voices of characters
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Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology
Eugene H. Peterson
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005
Christ Plays In 10,000 places
+ A good, thought-provoking book by a knowledgeable theologian and educator..
+ A vibrant and concrete God-focused life
A wonderful book with many new insights into God's interaction with his people. Concrete examples of daily living for God. God can only relate to us as humans by using the exact time, place and method of His Creation...as planned by Him. Once we realize that we were created to interact with God, ...
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After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory, Third Edition
Alasdair MacIntyre
University of Notre Dame Press, 2007
Nietzsche or Aristotle? the question is the same 20 years later.
+ Cut out the Marxist Thought and this would be a Masterpiece
+ The Enlightenment as perceived by a typical reactionary
I am rather flabbergasted that the only review on this page thus far is one comparing Alisdair MacIntyre to radical islamists. That is rather disconcerting as the author's roots, as others have already noted, come from the 1960-70's British Labour movement and from a very deep, very thought-out ...
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Purity of Heart: Reflections on Lust and Love
Sam Torode
Philokalia Books, 2004
A "must-have" primary source for Catholic Studies reference
+ a good introduction
+ "Anyone who looks on a woman lustfully..."
Purity of Heart: Reflections on Love and Lust is the second book of a four-part series, "Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body in Simple Language." These transcribe a series of the pope's fifteen-minute talks, given from 1979 to 1984, which draw upon the Bible to offer an antithesis to the ...
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The Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways That Jesus Is the Way
Eugene H. Peterson
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007
Spiritual Portraits and the Purification of Means
+ Life Changing Freshness!
+ Never read a book that has moved me like this one has
+ The Jesus Way
+ An insightful and timely book.
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The Far Side of the World (Aubrey Maturin Series)
Patrick O'Brian
W. W. Norton & Company, 1992
Unexpected plot twists and delightful travelogue make this my favorite O'Brian novel so far
+ Great Novel!
+ Poor Editing
+ O'Brian is one of the great treasures in modern literature
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Treason's Harbour (Aubrey Maturin Series)
Patrick O'Brian
W. W. Norton & Company, 1992
Naval Warfare in the Mediterranean and Espionage on Malta
+ Interesting Installment
+ Treasons Harbour
+ Espionage takes center stage in ninth Aubrey-Maturin novel
+ Interesting Twists, Enhancing the Realism
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The Ionian Mission (Aubrey Maturin Series)
Patrick O'Brian
W. W. Norton & Company, 1991
The Ionian Mission (Aubrey Maturin Series)
+ a standard pleasure
+ Intrigue and action
Husband loves this guy and is too busy reading to write a review. I think he is now on the 7th or 8th of the series
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The Ox-Bow Incident (Modern Library Classics)
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Modern Library, 2001
An American classic and a classic Western
+ Classic novel about mob justice
+ Tink-tink-a-link went the meadow lark
+ Shows the Dangers of Mob Justice
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Excalibur (The Arthur Books #3)
Bernard Cornwell
St. Martin's Griffin, 1999
An EXCELLENT ending to a good trilogy.
+ Not just for Arthur legend freaks
+ Amazing!
+ Excellent Arthurian retelling
+ Arthur Books
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Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner: "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" and Other Essays
Frederick Jackson Turner
Yale University Press, 1999
Turner's "Frontier Thesis" Unfiltered
This is a very useful collection of ten essays by University of Wisconsin/Harvard University historian Frederick Jackson Turner written through out his career. Edited and introduced by John Mack Faragher, this book is a very fine entrée point to the thought of Turner. The first of the essays ...
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The Rule of Saint Benedict
Saint Benedict
Liturgical Press, 2001
HARDCOVER WITH INBOUND RIBBON MARKER, LARGE PRINT AND DATED FOR PUBLIC READING IN COMMUNITY OR IN PRIVATE
+ Great format and binding.
I especially with my ancient eyes appreciate the large print, as well as the traditional dating of the chapters and selections for regular reading, once through three times a year.
This is also the well known and traditional translation into English as done by an Oblate of Saint John's sixty ...
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Preaching the Lectionary: The Word of God for the Church Today
Reginald Horace Fuller, Daniel Westberg
Liturgical Press, 2006
The best single volume for preaching the three year cycle
+ The very best lectionary commentary for preachers!
Reginald Fuller's work has been indespensable for my preaching as an R.C. Priest. His introductory notes on homily preparation and homiletics should be set reading for all aspiring preachers in a liturgical context. I use this book for is it's very clear presentaion of relevant background biblical ...
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The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats, Vol. 1: The Poems, 2nd Edition
Scribner, 1997
The reason to buy this edition
+ Excellent Volume
+ Complete but costly
+ A "must have" book
+ Yeats enthusiast here
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