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The SpellThe Spell
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Well, I guess the headline sums up my opinion of this book. Trite, unnecessary wordy, overly...
The Mark of the Angel: A NovelThe Mark of the Angel: A Novel
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Ughhh. This was a book club pick. The whole thing is bleak. When there is finally a glimmer of...
A Choice of Shakespeare's VerseA Choice of Shakespeare's Verse
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Shakespeare's best as chosen by the great English poet “According to most...
A Farewell to ArmsA Farewell to Arms
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Chapman's Homer: The Iliad and The Odyssey (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)Chapman's Homer: The Iliad and The Odyssey (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
Best Price: $6.75
It's great having both of these books in one cover. Not sure about the other review. No typos here.


Property OfProperty Of
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I enjoyed this book a lot. It gives an insight into the relationships among gang members. I...
Peter Camenzind: A NovelPeter Camenzind: A Novel
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Peter Camenzind is the earliest fictional work of Great Hermann Hesse who has been always one of...
The Lark.The Lark.
Best Price: $5.00
Although, I haven't actually read the play, I did just see it performed in Stratford, Ontario,...
Twin TerrorTwin Terror
When liz tries to fill in for her sister at school, while she doing this she's being tortured by...
The Six FoolsThe Six Fools
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We picked up The Six Fools at the Library as part of our ongoing study of myth, folklore and...


WarlockWarlock
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JH is apparently the bard of Michigan and having grown up there I was of course interested....
Iliad: Book OneIliad: Book One
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HOMER: ILIAD I is a reader for the first book of Homer's great war epic with notes and...
Thomas Hardy: The Complete PoemsThomas Hardy: The Complete Poems
Best Price: $26.77
Perfect! What more needs to be said? This collection was delicious and is a treasure for any...
Station IslandStation Island
Best Price: $2.42
"Station Island" is a series of 12 poems in the second section of the book. It follows...
Iliad, Books 13-24(Oxford Classical Texts: Homeri Opera, Vol. 2)Iliad, Books 13-24(Oxford Classical Texts: Homeri Opera, Vol. 2)
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The companion to Monro's first volume, Iliad I-XII, this is classical scholarship at its best...

Love, Death, and the Changing of the SeasonsLove, Death, and the Changing of the Seasons
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A pregnant pause between word three and four of one of these sonnets changed my life. Hacker...
A Map to the Next World: PoemsA Map to the Next World: Poems
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What an incredible collection! This collection of poems and autobiographical stories is full of...
Queen of the Slayers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)Queen of the Slayers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
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Like many, many others, I really wanted to like this book. It was very appealing to see how the...
The Burning: The Unseen Trilogy, Book 1 (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel crossover)The Burning: The Unseen Trilogy, Book 1 (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel crossover)
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Take some shadowy unseen monsters, add in a young gang of vampire worshippers, two poltergeists...
Rich Are DifferentRich Are Different
I think our closest modern writer to the great Anthony Trollope is Susan Howatch. While...

The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (Mammoth Book of)The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (Mammoth Book of)
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I have to credit my good friend Tom for hooking me onto this one. Incredibly compiled collection...
Slow Emergencies: A NovelSlow Emergencies: A Novel
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For many years, Lin has had to sacrifice her dream of having a successful career as a...
Dry Lips Oughta Move to KapuskasingDry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing
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I wrote this book back in '86 to cover a debt incurred during a rousing game of Kaiser in the...
Scooby-doo Reader #07: Snack Snatcher (level 2) (Scooby-Doo, Reader)Scooby-doo Reader #07: Snack Snatcher (level 2) (Scooby-Doo, Reader)
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We got this after reading numerous Scooby Doo chapter books from the library. My kids are 7...
Hauntings (Smallville, Book 3)Hauntings (Smallville, Book 3)
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Hauntings was a good addition to the series and one well worth reading. The only reason I did...

Aquamarine And Indigo - Water TalesAquamarine And Indigo - Water Tales
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I would give the Aquamarine part of this book a 4 because..... When i first read it i kind of...
Poems of Gerard Manley HopkinsPoems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Gardner and MacKenzie have compiled a fine collection of Hopkins' juvenalia, mature work, and...
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Stories That Scared Even MeAlfred Hitchcock Presents Stories That Scared Even Me
This short story collection contains some jewels and duds. The stories are either American or...
Mystical PathsMystical PathsLong Way Home: The Unseen Trilogy, Book 3 (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel crossover)Long Way Home: The Unseen Trilogy, Book 3 (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel crossover)
Best Price: $6.88
This line about sums this book up : He looked grateful at the fantastic four, Slayer, Slayer,...

Notre-Dame of Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)Notre-Dame of Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
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The book is brilliant. The caracthers are complex, except for that La Esmeralda, the city of...
The Veil of SnowsThe Veil of Snows
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In "Veil" Mark Helprin and Chris Van Allsburgh offer up a mythic tale which, while...
Time Must Have a Stop (Coleman Dowell British Literature Series)Time Must Have a Stop (Coleman Dowell British Literature Series)
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At the centre of this book is a marvellous attempt to describe what happens to the 'soul' after...
Little BrothersLittle Brothers
Every 5 years creatures emerge from an underground cavern to feed. It just so happens that 5...
The Complete Works of O. Henry - Thirteen Books in One - 286 Stories and Poems.The Complete Works of O. Henry - Thirteen Books in One - 286 Stories and Poems.
"The Cisco Kid had killed six men in more or less fair scrimages, had murdered twice as...

Two on a Tower (Penguin Classics)Two on a Tower (Penguin Classics)
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When you look at faded photographs of the aged Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) the elderly gentleman...
The Book of Fours (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)The Book of Fours (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
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I really enjoyed this book because it was exciting, different, and had many new characters. It...
The Homeric Hymns; A Verse TranslationThe Homeric Hymns; A Verse Translation
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I found the translations included in this book beautiful and clear. A good example that...
The Oxford Book of Children's Verse in AmericaThe Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America
Best Price: $12.00
I remember this book from when I was young. Now I share it with my children, and always buy it...
Foundations of Fear (Tor Horror)Foundations of Fear (Tor Horror)
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...convinced me that horror fiction wasn't just a "slum" genre, that it was in fact...

The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved and The Well-Beloved (Penguin Classics)The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved and The Well-Beloved (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $5.48
The Pursuit of the Well Beloved was a serial published by the prolific pen of England's famed...
A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (Everyman's Library Children's Classics)A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys (Everyman's Library Children's Classics)
Best Price: $8.50
In the spring of 1851 Hawthorne wrote to his publisher, James Fields (of the renowned Ticknor...
Notre-Dame de Paris (Oxford World's Classics)Notre-Dame de Paris (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $6.49
This is the second time I've read Notre-Dame de Paris (the first time was with a different...
The Sanctified ChurchThe Sanctified Church
Best Price: $34.99
The Sanctified Church by Zora Neale Hurston I enjoyed this book. I say Ms. Zora spoke truth...
Vintage HughesVintage Hughes
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I just started this and, so far, it's an excellent survey of Hughes's work. Love the vibrancy...

The DarkThe Dark
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I think I may have read a more recent book of Herbert's, but I'm not certain. I do know that I...
The Essential Hardy (Essential Poets)The Essential Hardy (Essential Poets)
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Just the commentary by Nobelist Brodsky (died 1997,God rest his untimely soul) justifies reading...
The WallThe Wall
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The great Jeff Cooper said it best: "Pick up a rifle and you change instantly from a...
GhostsGhosts
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While not the most frightening book I've ever read it does provide its own share of chills and...
Under the Fang (The Horror Writers of America Present)Under the Fang (The Horror Writers of America Present)
Robert R McCammon is one of my favorite authors, I have practically all of his books and have...

Our House in the Last WorldOur House in the Last World
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It brings you into the beautiful world of Cuba and New York City. It gets you nostalgic for...
The Tree of Meaning: Language, Mind and EcologyThe Tree of Meaning: Language, Mind and Ecology
Best Price: $15.95
“Poems, where I come from,” writes Robert Bringhurst, “are spoken...
Heat (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)Heat (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
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The good news is that someone has finally taught Nancy Holder how to write a paragraph more than...
Selected Poems 1966-1987Selected Poems 1966-1987
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Seamus Heaney is an Irish treasure in literature. His works display the "concrete...
CrowCrow
Best Price: $15.13
Eerie, Dark, Without Emotion is Ted Hughes' Crow. This small book of poetry takes us on a...

Works of Victor Hugo: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables (Leatherbound Classics Series)Works of Victor Hugo: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables (Leatherbound Classics Series)
Best Price: $24.97
The Return of the Native by Thomas HardyThe Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
Best Price: $19.95
   
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