A Family of Doctors
 My initial exposure into the field of medical literature: In general I am a mystery and true crime buff. However, a friend of mine whose taste in books I have always admired, strongly suggested I read this book, and I promptly did. It was difficult for [... more]
$21.00
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Hostage to Fortune: The Troubled Life of Francis Bacon
Amazon.com Review: For modern readers--especially those in the sciences who revere him as the father of the inductive method--Francis Bacon (1561-1626) is the model of an English Renaissance man whose towering intellectual achievements somewhat [... more]
$35.00
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Remembering Ahanagran: A History of Stories
Workmanlike look at Irish immigration in the 1930s: This is the same book published in hardcover with a different cover and the subtitle "storytelling in a family's past." I did not find White's actual content all that engrossing. His historian' [... more]
$13.00
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Elements of Semiology
A terse, dense book on struggling with symbols: Semiology had its birth with Saussure and the publication of his lecture notes by students in 1916, entitled Course in General Linguistics. Semiology was to be a general science of signs, of which [... more]
$5.70
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Flesh and Blood
Very disappointing: I was really looking forward to reading this book after seeing a brilliant stage adaptation Off-Broadway several years ago starring the amazing Cherry Jones as Mary. For some reason, this lengthy novel that follows generations of an [... more]
$22.00
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The Accident
To be or not to be: As usual, Elie Wiesel has taken the experiences of his life in the concentration camps and instilled those experiences into his main character. As he says in his introduction the story springs from his imagination, "I speak for [... more]
$9.00
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American Negro Short Stories
Awesome Compilation of Short Stories: I purchased this book for my African & African American Literature class and it is fantastic. The readings are very diverse and help to increase your understanding and awareness of Black Culture. Binding: [... more]
$10.95
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How the Other Half Lives
NOT the right edition - get the DOVER: Riis was before all else a photojournalist, and this his major body of work. As such, the fact that there even exist editions which do not contain quality reproductions of the photos astounds me. This edition only [... more]
$8.95
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The Grandissimes
Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780809000258 ISBN: 0809000253 Publication Date: 1988-08 [... more]
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'Tis Pity She's a Whore.
Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780809011131 ISBN: 0809011131 Publication Date: 1978-06 [... more]
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Cinema As a Graphic Art
A MUST FOR VISUALLY ORIENTED FILMMAKERS: First, I actually gave this book only three stars because of my purchase: I bought a used 1970s edition with some wear (used-very good, said the seller), but honestly, I never read it was indelibly underlined up [... more]
$2.95
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The Price We Pay: The Case Against Racist Speech, Hate ...
Terrorist Sympathizer: I wonder if Stuteville even read the book, because the authors--and most other academics and lawyers who argue hate speech can be punished--clearly argue that it's not a matter of "just being offended." In fact, check out [... more]
$15.00
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