The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, ...
 Welcome to the Inferno: Although Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler are better known today, James M. Cain (1892-1977) is at least their equal--and many consider that he bested both in his finest novels, which combined sin-blacked characters, sordid [... more]
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (Everyman's Library ...
A Keepsake Treasure: This popular version of the tale of highwayman Robin Hood is artfully written, and can be easily appreciated by adults as well as youngsters. The text is colorfully rendered, and the story is as fresh as when the first odes [... more]
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A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (Everyman's Library ...
"...it had the effect of a vision." - from the Introductory: Hawthorne's gentle, charming collection of classic myths retold for the children of his day is a neglected classic. Addressing the reader in personable Victorian fashion, his prose is [... more]
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Brideshead Revisited (Everyman's Library)
Amazon.com Review: A departure from Evelyn Waugh's normally comic theater, Brideshead Revisited concerns the tale of Charles Ryder, a captain in the British Army in post-World War I England. Unlike Waugh's previous narrators, Ryder is an intelligent man, [... more]
$18.00
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Waugh Abroad: The Collected Travel Writing (Everyman's ...
A Welcome Return: All of Waugh's travel books have been out of print for years, with the exception of brief excerpts he included in an anthology called "When the Going Was Good." (Which is well worth reading if for nothing other than Waugh's [... more]
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland: with The ...
Author: Samuel Johnson Author: James Boswell Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 941.140730922 EAN: 9780375414183 ISBN: 0375414185 Number Of Pages: 528 Publication Date: 2002-03-26 Release Date: 2002-03-26 [... more]
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The Three Musketeers (Everyman's Library Children's ...
What started as a chore, became quite enjoyable: I have put off reading this book for years... mainly because of its size, and the fact that it was written in French, and I just didn't want to put that much work into anything. I finally convinced myself [... more]
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The Confessions (Everyman's Library)
Very deep and laborious reading, but well worth it: St. Augustine was the first, and is arguably the most influential, of the major Christian apologists. In a time when Christianity was gaining momentum in the Roman Empire but was still mostly confined [... more]
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Volumes 4-6)
Amazon.com Review: British parliamentarian and soldier Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) conceived of his plan for Decline and Fall while "musing amid the ruins of the Capitol" on a visit to Rome. For the next 10 years he worked away at his great [... more]
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-3 ...
Amazon.com Review: British parliamentarian and soldier Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) conceived of his plan for Decline and Fall while "musing amid the ruins of the Capitol" on a visit to Rome. For the next 10 years he worked away at his great [... more]
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The Histories (Everyman's Library)
Amazon.com Review: Since the release of the film version of Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient, there has been renewed interest in the Histories of Herodotus--the book the dying patient treasures so much. The writings of Herodotus are the ground zero [... more]
$25.00
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Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects ...
Fantastic book on Renaissance art and architecture.: This is possibly one of the best reads for anyone studying or interested in Renaissance art and architecture. Vasari lived in the times of the people he describes and knew many of them personally. He [... more]
$65.00
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