First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published ...
 Amazon.com Review: The first published stories by 41 famous authors including James Baldwin, William Faulkner, Alice Munro, Kurt Vonnegut, Raymond Carver, Eudora Welty, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Ursula K. Le Guin. In the introduction, Jane Smiley writes, [... more]
$12.95
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Hornblower and the Hotspur
Solid entry in this series...: The third chronological novel is one of the best in the series, in my opinion, because of its fast-pacing and strong character development. Hornblower is analyzed by the author in a very detailed way and the reader gets to [... more]
$14.95
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Mad About the Fifties: The Best of the Decade
Amazon.com Review: Of all the recent collections assembled from the archives of MAD magazine, this volume might be the most interesting. It shows the beginnings of the magazine as a comic book, its transformation into a "slick" three years [... more]
$19.95
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India (Living Wisdom Series)
Making Sense of it all.: Richard Waterstone does an excellent job of making sense of the all the religions and customs of India. Excellents photos and text makes this a must have. Excellent buy: It is a great book for anyone interested in India and its [... more]
$14.95
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The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Inquiry into the ...
interesting!: This was an interesting book which explains much more than who did what. It takes the time to discuss each individual so that you may better understand the phenomenon of the trials as a whole. It helps you understand how a few bored, [... more]
$7.95
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Surviving the Coming Mutual Fund Crisis: How You Can ...
Excellent, hard-hitting, thought-provoking, wake-up call: I can't understand why this book is listed out of print. Why aren't more people demanding this book? Maybe there aren't enough investors yet who are worried about the safety of their money. Just [... more]
$13.95
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Holidays on Ice
Amazon.com Review: Holidays on Ice is a collection of three previously published stories matched with three newer ones, all, of course, on a Christmas theme. David Sedaris's darkly playful humor is another common thread through the book, worming its way [... more]
$8.00
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My Place
Poorly written but interesting: Reading the other reviews on here, I find it interesting to note that just about everyone gives it either 5 stars or 1 star, but there's almost nothing in between. It's quite true that it is a poorly written book - the [... more]
$14.95
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Do What You Are
(Partially) Flawed Framework?: There is a very important section on what's called your Hierarchy of Functions that I believe is flawed. It works for Extrovert types (Exxx), but not for Introvert types (Ixxx). So if you're E, the book is fantastic. But if [... more]
$18.95
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The Frugal Fish Cookbook
300 delicious recipes: The Frugal Fish tells what fish to buy and how to store them. And it's crammed with recipes for fish tha are baked, barbecued, broiled, deep-fried, poached, sauteed, pan-fried or steamed. Plus, it has special recipes for canned [... more]
$9.95
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The Ascent of Man
Inspired many copiers but is still the best...: Previous reviews don't do Bronowski justice. He began as a mathematician; but after being sent to Hiroshima, as part of a team studying the aftereffects of the nuclear blast, he switched to biology. He was [... more]
$29.95
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Classics of Western Literature: Bloom County 1986-1989
Classic BC/O Primer: I'd already owned all of the Bloom County and Outland books, this being my last purchase. I had seen it in the bookstore when it was published, but figured I already had the strips contained therein - why spend the extra money? I [... more]
$12.95
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