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Invitation to the Classics: A Guide to Books You've Always Wanted to Read (Masterworks Series)Invitation to the Classics: A Guide to Books You've Always Wanted to Read (Masterworks Series)
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While there are many "guides" to the Classics out there, this one is one of my husband...
Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art (Wheaton Literary Series)Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art (Wheaton Literary Series)
Best Price: $7.91
Glad to get this book.One of my daughter's favorite authors.Got it for her after the author...
The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Classics)The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Classics)
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I had never heard much about 'The Mill on the Floss' before reading it, but I enjoyed other...
AntigoneAntigone
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I'm sure that the readers of this review are not so much concerned with purchasing...
Necessary Shakespeare, The (2nd Edition)Necessary Shakespeare, The (2nd Edition)
Best Price: $55.00
Contains all the essential plays in an accesible manner. Good book and not as bulky as some.


Possible LivesPossible Lives
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This is a great book. Given the negative attacks regularly heard about the American education...
The Old Man and the SeaThe Old Man and the Sea
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I'm usually concerned about purchasing items on line, especially books. I can honestly say that...
The Essential KierkegaardThe Essential Kierkegaard
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With a dizzying series of pseudonyms, from Climaticus to Anticlimaticus, this book selects from...
Gargantua and Pantagruel (Penguin Classics)Gargantua and Pantagruel (Penguin Classics)
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I discovered Rabelais while reading Durant's Story of Civilization. After reading such a strong...
The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Package 1: Volumes A-BThe Norton Anthology of American Literature, Package 1: Volumes A-B
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Seller would not accept return or even respond when informed about it being the wrong product.


Envy (New York Review Books Classics)Envy (New York Review Books Classics)
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I was surprised to read several overenthusiastic reviews on this page - I think the book...
The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in AmericaThe Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America
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The pastoral image is alive and well, certainly in my mind anyway! As an airline pilot...
Requiem, Mass.: A NovelRequiem, Mass.: A Novel
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... all of this makes for a great book - one that I expect will pop up many times in my thoughts...
AyaAya
Best Price: $10.25
Reading "Aya" was truly a unique experience for me. Having enjoyed the graphic novels...
Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses [Revised and Expanded Edition]Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses [Revised and Expanded Edition]
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This book was a shock to me. It's not just a book of annotations, it's also a history of...

The New Bloomsday Book: A Guide Through UlyssesThe New Bloomsday Book: A Guide Through Ulysses
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I like the Bloomsday guide because it helps the reader understand Ulysses. It is good to see...
The Life of Emily DickinsonThe Life of Emily Dickinson
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If you are looking to buy just one biography of this great poet, this is the one to buy....
Jane Austen For Dummies (For Dummies)Jane Austen For Dummies (For Dummies)
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This is an awesome book. Everything you ever wanted to know about Jane Austen, her novels and...
The UnfortunatesThe Unfortunates
B.S. Johnson's The Unfortunates is a remarkable book. The novel is broken into 27 pamphlet-sized...
How English Works (2nd Edition)How English Works (2nd Edition)
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Oedipus Trilogy (Cliffs Notes)Oedipus Trilogy (Cliffs Notes)
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If you are in a hurry to complete your report, it will help you so. But don't forget to read...
The Portrait of a Lady (Penguin Classics)The Portrait of a Lady (Penguin Classics)
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Rich people and the traps that they set for themselves. I had a hard time relating to the...
Momentos cumbres de las literaturas hisp?nicas: Introducci?n al an?lisis literarioMomentos cumbres de las literaturas hisp?nicas: Introducci?n al an?lisis literario
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While there are many introductions to Spanish literature, I would not rate this among the best. ...
Faust (Bantam Classics)Faust (Bantam Classics)
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This is truely a classic and brings into focus the fickleness of the human nature. The language...
Ten Plays by EuripidesTen Plays by Euripides
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I had read some of his work in another version and wasn't very impressed. I am holding him to...

The Riverside Anthology of Literature, Third EditionThe Riverside Anthology of Literature, Third Edition
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The book is like most other literature books, this one was meant more for college. Containing...
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Volume 1: Inferno (Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri Reprint Series)The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Volume 1: Inferno (Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri Reprint Series)
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I found this edition of Dante's most famous book of the Divine Comedy to be excellent in all...
The Mentor Book of Major American PoetsThe Mentor Book of Major American Poets
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Other reviewers have noted that this an aging book. It's a fair criticism, but this is still a...
Cranford (Penguin Classics)Cranford (Penguin Classics)
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This novella has a good deal of charm and real feeling--I don't think you'll soon forget Miss...
Literature Across Cultures (5th Edition)Literature Across Cultures (5th Edition)
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This thematic introduction to literature including both traditional and contemporary writers,...

Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking, Seventh EditionAsking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking, Seventh Edition
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This book is very helpful at opening up ones mind to alternatives by asking questions. Not just...
The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Fiction (Bantam Classics)The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Fiction (Bantam Classics)
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The Turn of the Screw and Washington Square are novellas. Daisy Miller is intermediate in length...
The Iliad (Cliffs Notes)The Iliad (Cliffs Notes)
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If you are in a hurry to complete your report, it will help you so. But don't forget to read...
A Rhetoric for Writing TeachersA Rhetoric for Writing Teachers
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This book really helped me a great deal. I was able to apply Lindemann's knowlege to the way I...
The Norton Introduction to Literature, Media EditionThe Norton Introduction to Literature, Media Edition
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It was excellent! The description was accurate, and the included cds were unharmed. Thank you...

Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's OrientalismDefending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism
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The book is OK (like any book, I guess), but Ibn Warraq is way too serious about the subject, in...
The Portable Walt Whitman (Penguin Classics)The Portable Walt Whitman (Penguin Classics)
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Whitman is the great American poet. Emily Dickinson has a greatness more metaphorically striking...
IberiaIberia
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IBERIA is non-fiction memoir of Michener's experiences in Spain. I read the book before I went...
Joseph Andrews/Shamela (Penguin Classics)Joseph Andrews/Shamela (Penguin Classics)
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Henry Fielding (1707-1754) was a man of the world. Though Fielding became a jurist in the last...
The Prince (Cliffs Notes)The Prince (Cliffs Notes)
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Clearly, in my opinion, this book should be purchased along with 'The Prince' for first time...

Crescent: A NovelCrescent: A Novel
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Reading Diana Abu-Jaber's novel, Crescent, we can fly with her on a magical carpet to Iraq and...
High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or NeverHigh Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never
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The title story in this collection is that of a stowaway hermit crab that Kingsolver...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (Penguin Classics)Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (Penguin Classics)
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I just finished reading "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the...
Writing Today: brief  with student access to CatalystWriting Today: brief with student access to Catalyst
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Feminist Theory: A Philosophical Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies)Feminist Theory: A Philosophical Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies)
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Feminist Theory: A Philosophical Anthology addresses seven philosophically significant...

Harper American Literature, Single Volume Edition (3rd Edition)Harper American Literature, Single Volume Edition (3rd Edition)
Best Price: $91.72
No anthology of United States literature is going to be ideal for every student, teacher, or...
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. B: The Romantic Period through the Twentieth Century and AfterThe Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. B: The Romantic Period through the Twentieth Century and After
Best Price: $28.50
The Norton Anthology contains a large, varied, comprehensive sampling of English Literature by...
Harper American Literature, Single Volume Edition (3rd Edition)Harper American Literature, Single Volume Edition (3rd Edition)
Best Price: $91.72
No anthology of United States literature is going to be ideal for every student, teacher, or...
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. B: The Romantic Period through the Twentieth Century and AfterThe Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. B: The Romantic Period through the Twentieth Century and After
Best Price: $28.50
The Norton Anthology contains a large, varied, comprehensive sampling of English Literature by...
The Life of Olaudah Equiano (Dover Thrift Editions)The Life of Olaudah Equiano (Dover Thrift Editions)
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In the later parts of 1700s some opposition of slavery was developed due to horrendous accounts...

The Art of Fiction: Illustrated from Classic and Modern TextsThe Art of Fiction: Illustrated from Classic and Modern Texts
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I purchased "The Art of Fiction" as a companion to other reading materials required...
Perrine's Sound and Sense: An Introduction to PoetryPerrine's Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry
This book came to me in a short amount of time. It was also in perfect condition. Thanks.
The Pillow Book of Sei ShonagonThe Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon
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Most old books are about people and things that are alien to our modern lives. When I read...
Longman Anthology of World Literature, The, Compact Edition (Damrosch Series)Longman Anthology of World Literature, The, Compact Edition (Damrosch Series)
Best Price: $54.00
The Upanishads (Penguin Classics)The Upanishads (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $4.00
This is the only effective translation of the "Himalayas Of The Soul" I have met ;...

Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Best Price: $6.71
Book is uninteresting and bad structured. It isn't clear, what is target group of this book. It...
    
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