Edward Gibbon
The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It ... [... more]
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Travels Of Marco Polo
 Essential Travelogue, could have been better presented: I have read this book while traveling in China by train. It is a very interesting description of past times, and essential reading for those interested in historical geography. Several points need [... more]
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Introductory Letters On Psychoanalysis
best intro to the thought of a great humanist: Here you can witness Freud not as the straw man stereotype that so many despise but as a warm, humorous man with a great deal of vision. The man you encounter in this book is so different from what you would [... more]
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Etcetera Unpublished Poems Of E E Cummings
ee cummings is amazing: As a long time ee cummings fan, I found this book to be just as wonderful as the rest of his writing, although this one isn't as well known. If you can appreciate his artistic use of words, you will not be disapointed by etcetera. [... more]
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Conquest Of Happiness
Common sense, exceptional writing: You can forget your highlight pen. What sentence would you neglect to underline? I defy you to find one. Russell's passage describing the fatigue caused by restless worry hit extremely close to home. And his passage [... more]
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Bridge
not easy poetry, but worth the struggle: I'd suggest reading Samuel R. Delany's essay (in Longer Views) and accidentally catching a program on PBS about Hart Crane after your first read of it. It helped me tremendously. An epic poem which explores [... more]
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Using What She Had: The novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is highly funny and full of mischief. Lorelei Lee is a likable character who knows what she is doing and uses her hair color to her advantage. She does like her gentlemen friends and above all else [... more]
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Collected Poems
What it means to be human: ROBERT HAYDEN (1913-1980) was the first African-American to be appointed Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position now titled the U.S. Poet Laureate. He won numerous prizes and awards during the last decade of [... more]
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Soldiers Pay
Overshaddowed, but still extraordinary: Many people who review this book give it a bad rating because they have read Faulkner before and expect his writing to be of a certain style and intellectual caliber. Perhaps this book is not quite up to the level [... more]
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Selected Poems Of E E Cummings
e.e. rules!!!: One of the great poets of the 20th century gets a nice treatment here. A few of my favorites were not included (disappointed!!), but all in all this is a solid, representative anthology. It's e.e. cummings for heaven sakes: It really is a [... more]
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Fernhurst Qed And Other Early Writings
Author: Gertrude Stein Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780871401618 Edition: Reissue ISBN: 0871401614 Number Of Pages: 214 Publication Date: 1996-05-02 Release Date: 1996-05-02 [... more]
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Collected Poems
What it means to be human: ROBERT HAYDEN (1913-1980) was the first African-American to be appointed Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position now titled the U.S. Poet Laureate. He won numerous prizes and awards during the last decade of [... more]
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