Borges Collected Fictions
 From Amazon.com: Although Jorge Luis Borges published his first book in 1923--doling out his own money for a limited edition of Fervor de Buenos Aires--he remained in Argentinian obscurity for almost three decades. In 1951, however, Ficciones appeared in [... more]
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The Complete Henry Bech
Updike's best fiction, with one large caveat: I've always considered Updike much more valuable for his superlative book reviews than for his, to my mind, more-sizzle-than-steak fiction. (If you dig past the nostalgic plethora of period detail in the [... more]
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Signet Classics Babbitt
a period piece but a good one: As some other readers have noted, this is not Lewis's best work (I always liked "It Can't Happen Here", Lewis's story of how fascism could have come to America) - but I liked it. I am not sure Lewis has much of a [... more]
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View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems
From Amazon.com: True, the gentlemen of the Swedish Academy have made more than their share of bloopers. But when they bestowed the Nobel Prize upon Wislawa Szymborska in 1996, they got it right, rescuing a major poet from minor obscurity. Two previous [... more]
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20th Century Babbitt
a period piece but a good one: As some other readers have noted, this is not Lewis's best work (I always liked "It Can't Happen Here", Lewis's story of how fascism could have come to America) - but I liked it. I am not sure Lewis has much of a [... more]
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Merton Miller on Derivatives
To leverage or not to leverage?: Accidently I met this book on the lecture-the one about the risk management.I guess Merton Miller is a great story teller. And most of them are full of wisdom and financial philosophy. The M & M theory is one of the [... more]
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Oxygen: A Play in 2 Acts
A Breath of Fresh Air: Science is exploration, both systematic and creative, and as such, it is an activity innate to humans. "Oxygen" offers an insider's glimpse into two facets of science often shrouded in mystery, but filled with expressions [... more]
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The Battle That Shook Europe: Poltava and the Birth of ...
I couldn't put it down!: This book was an incredible read! It was especially interesting to read about the Battle of Poltava from the Swedish perspective. Most authors view the battle from the Russian perspective. Englund certainly takes a defeatist [... more]
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