A Dictionary of Allusions
 From Amazon.co.uk: The Oxford Dictionary of Allusions provides concise guidance to thousands of references to literature, mythology and the Bible. If you've ever been puzzled by one, it's a good book to have. The allusions are mostly grouped by theme, [... more]
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Childhood's End
The Future of the human race: This book is one of the most important books ever written. It's authored by a man whose statement: "The greatest human tragedy was the hijacking of morality by religion." was contradicted by the book's major idea, [... more]
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The Lollipop Shoes CD
A Sumptuous Box of Chocolates: Think of free spirit Vianne personified in the film version of "Chocolat" by the lovely Juliette Binoche blowing into a small French village on the north wind, tempering the richest, darkest bittersweet chocolate, [... more]
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The Warlords of Nin
I have read this trilogy three times. loved every time!!: these books remind me of the "The lion the witch and the wardrobe" if you liked that you will love these books!!!!:) Adult Quentin & Lawhead "Lite" - not deep, but [... more]
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Handmaid's Tale (Widescreen)
From Amazon.com: Set in a time when a buildup of toxic chemicals has made most people sterile, Volker Schlondorff's film offers a disturbing view of a society under martial law in which fertile women are captured and made into handmaids to bear children [... more]
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Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in 12 Fish
From Amazon.com: Gould's Book of Fish, an extraordinary work of fact-based fiction by Tasmanian author Richard Flanagan (Death of a River Guide) is a journey through the fringe madness of Down Under colonialism. Set during the 1830s in a hellish island [... more]
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The Redshifting Web: New & Selected Poems
The world in a grain of sand: If you don't know Sze's work, this is a good place to start, and if you do it's a fine "Best of" collection with a few new poems added. I liked it a great deal, and kept picking it up and rereading some of the [... more]
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Measuring the World
Genius at work and play: It is not uncommon to find fictional accounts of the lives of famous historical figures, nor of encounters between them. Kehlmann's book is unusual in its choice of personalities and in the way in which he creates an entertaining [... more]
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The Slynx
Riddley Walker's dystopia clumped with Gogol's satire: Having thoroughly enjoyed much of this novel, I wish I could give it a higher rating. It's the ending that deflates what could've ended with a bang: not literally but dramatically. Tolstaya loves her [... more]
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A Place of Hiding
From Amazon.co.uk: In this latest from bestseller Elizabeth George, A Place of Hiding, recuperating from a failed love affair, agrees to accompany her ne'er-do-well brother Cherokee to the Channel Islands to hand-deliver a set of architectural drawings [... more]
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Allusions
Author: Maurice Zundel Binding: Paperback EAN: 9782204063203 ISBN: 2204063207 Publication Date: 2002-07-31 [... more]
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions
From Amazon.com: New Yorker founding editor Harold Ross, according to this book's preface, is said to have asked writer James Thurber once, with bewilderment, "Is Moby Dick the man or the whale?" Well, even Homer nods (Horace). But, Harold! [... more]
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