History & Criticism Books


Walt Whitman: Poetry and Prose (Library of America)Walt Whitman: Poetry and Prose (Library of America)
Best Price: $19.99
As the author of "Of Life Immense: The Prophetic Vision of Walt Whitman," I have many...
Literature: A Pocket Anthology (Penguin Academics)Literature: A Pocket Anthology (Penguin Academics)
Best Price: $23.00
This arguably pocket-sized book has an insane amount of literature rolled into one neat little...
The Field of Cultural ProductionThe Field of Cultural Production
Best Price: $16.18
Bourdieu's analyses of class, taste and culture are seminal and serve as a framework for deeper...
Poetics (Penguin Classics)Poetics (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $4.33
I read these works for a graduate seminar on Aristotle. Poetry appeals to human passions and...
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A MemoirAnother Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir
Best Price: $7.89
I can tell you that this author has embellished little. I avoid four letter words in my books...


Rules for the Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical VerseRules for the Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse
Best Price: $2.50
This is an excellent introduction to formal poetry; not just meter, but rhyme, sonics, and...
The Things They Carried (Cliffs Notes)The Things They Carried (Cliffs Notes)
Best Price: $1.89
"The Things They Carried." This book has many sides to it. In one moment there is...
Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek Book IAthenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek Book I
Best Price: $26.81
The baby Greek reading selections do not adequately prepare a student; the vocabulary seems...
The Bardo of Waking LifeThe Bardo of Waking Life
Best Price: $10.00
An avant garde set of improvisational essays, Richard Grossinger’s The Bardo of...
Living Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, DramaLiving Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama
Best Price: $26.52


Like Shaking Hands With God: A Conversation About WritingLike Shaking Hands With God: A Conversation About Writing
Best Price: $5.30
The transcript of two conversations between writers Kurt Vonnegut and Lee Stringer. Helpful to...
The Star ThrowerThe Star Thrower
Best Price: $4.74
I discovered this writer in college and consistently pass this book out to friends. They must...
Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of ScienceFashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science
Best Price: $7.50
In the depth and breadth of my reading, one of the topics that I find infuriating is when a...
All That Is Solid Melts into Air: The Experience of ModernityAll That Is Solid Melts into Air: The Experience of Modernity
Best Price: $6.08
I first bought this book on a whim during my political science college days, but found great...
CLEP Analyzing & Interpreting Literature (REA) - The Best Test Prep for the CLEP (Test Preps)CLEP Analyzing & Interpreting Literature (REA) - The Best Test Prep for the CLEP (Test Preps)
Best Price: $15.75
not as hepful as I thought it would be to prepare my daughter. wasn't her type of learning style

The Romantic ManifestoThe Romantic Manifesto
Best Price: $3.95
I found the book a brilliantly conceived, but ultimately flawed exploration of a philosophy of...
Handbook to Literature, A (11th Edition) (Handbook to Literature)Handbook to Literature, A (11th Edition) (Handbook to Literature)
Best Price: $36.00
It appears to be a good book. I have not actually used it much, yet. It has tons of...
A Personal MatterA Personal Matter
Best Price: $4.39
This book is a perfect example of how good writing conquers all. It ultimately doesn't matter...
The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic MythThe White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth
Best Price: $8.45
This is a very difficult book to read..and it is meant to be. I believe it needs to be read 2 or...
Dubliners (Norton Critical Edition)Dubliners (Norton Critical Edition)
Best Price: $8.00
This Norton critical edition of The Dubliners is a helpful teachers aid and discussion guide as...

The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford FamilyThe Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family
Best Price: $8.45
Just read this for my book club and OY, OY, OY, did I ever hate it. I really did not find any of...
The Forger: An Extraordinary Story of Survival in Wartime BerlinThe Forger: An Extraordinary Story of Survival in Wartime Berlin
Best Price: $13.38
I was VERY disappointed in this book. One has to read half of the book before finding any...
A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of PunctuationA Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation
Best Price: $7.86
As an incoming freshman entering college, I wanted to find some way to improve my writing. The...
How to Write a Children's Book and Get It PublishedHow to Write a Children's Book and Get It Published
Best Price: $8.62
In just a short time reading this book I have learned so much about writing Children's books,...
Poetry Speaks: Hear Great Poets Read Their Work from Tennyson to Plath (Book and 3 Audio CDs)Poetry Speaks: Hear Great Poets Read Their Work from Tennyson to Plath (Book and 3 Audio CDs)
Best Price: $21.94
Once in every 100 years a book is created which captures, both in written and spoken word, the...

The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)
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In the book, The Call of the Wild and other stories, a dog name Buck is forced to leave his home...
Making Arguments About Literature: A Compact Guide and AnthologyMaking Arguments About Literature: A Compact Guide and Anthology
Best Price: $29.49
this text book is more of an anthology than a textbook. i used it for class (it was a joke) but...
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Light in a Time of DarknessWe Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Light in a Time of Darkness
Best Price: $13.19
I bought this for my sister but read the first half of the book before giving it to her. Now I...
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: And Other Tales of Terror (Penguin Classics)The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: And Other Tales of Terror (Penguin Classics)
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_The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror_, in the Penguin Classics...
Death Be Not Proud (P.S.)Death Be Not Proud (P.S.)
Best Price: $4.99
I was in the Barnes and Noble on Broadway and couldn't find "Death Be Not Proud." I...

A Handlist of Rhetorical TermsA Handlist of Rhetorical Terms
Best Price: $17.06
This book--this excellent book--puts a name on just about every literary device, rhetorical...
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford FamilyThe Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family
Best Price: $8.45
Just read this for my book club and OY, OY, OY, did I ever hate it. I really did not find any of...
The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell StoriesThe Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories
Best Price: $18.03
Many reviews here both positive and negative describe this facinating work in great detail ......
EcotopiaEcotopia
Best Price: $4.00
I rarely read fiction and the initial premise of Ecotopia involving the Pacific NW region...
Dirk Pitt RevealedDirk Pitt Revealed
Best Price: $4.15
Always a joy to order from Amazon.com. Will be doing so again. Always top-notch service.

Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior, Freshly UpdatedMiss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior, Freshly Updated
Best Price: $21.60
Not only does Miss Manners sprinkle each response with her own, unique form of gently biting...
Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and ConsiderationsRilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations
Best Price: $7.88
This translation and selection is really made with love. Yet I could not fail but noticing an...
On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the CollectionOn Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection
Best Price: $19.76
This wonderful work has been indispensible in my research into collections and souvenirs. ...
How Reading Changed My LifeHow Reading Changed My Life
Best Price: $2.79
After eighteen years of being stereotyped as "the book worm," it's good to know that...
Shakespeare & Co.: Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, John Fletcher and the Other Players in His Story (Vintage)Shakespeare & Co.: Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, John Fletcher and the Other Players in His Story (Vintage)
Best Price: $8.54
I have greatly enjoyed this book. It is a quick and insightful read full of interesting...

Undoing GenderUndoing Gender
Best Price: $29.95
Butler, Judith. "Undoing Gender, Routledge, 2004. Living Livable Life Amos Lassen and...
The Air We Breathe: A NovelThe Air We Breathe: A Novel
Best Price: $4.99
Refreshing to step out of the modern world and into a sanitorium for indigent TB patients in...
Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small PlanetHope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet
Best Price: $3.53
This is a very interesting book. It features in one part a detailed description of 2006 Nobel...
Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran HogwartsHarry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts
Best Price: $7.95
After finishing book 7, but before rereading all of the HP books, I wanted to read something...
The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classical Guide to World Literature, Revised and ExpandedThe New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classical Guide to World Literature, Revised and Expanded
Best Price: $5.99
I haven't reviewed a book in a long time because customer reviews so often annoy me. Now I'm...

Running with Scissors: A MemoirRunning with Scissors: A Memoir
Best Price: $6.00
I wouldn't call myself an avid reader per se. Perhaps its simply because there have been very...
Kill All Your Darlings: Pieces, 1990-2005Kill All Your Darlings: Pieces, 1990-2005
Best Price: $13.46
This is a wonderful book. Literally. That is, it is full of wonders. At his not infrequent best...
Kill All Your Darlings: Pieces, 1990-2005Kill All Your Darlings: Pieces, 1990-2005
Best Price: $13.46
This is a wonderful book. Literally. That is, it is full of wonders. At his not infrequent best...
All Year Round (Lifeways)All Year Round (Lifeways)
Best Price: $16.26
I just got this book, so I have not had the chance to make any of the wonderful-looking crafts...
CaneCane
Best Price: $6.64
This is the most amazing book. I am so sad that Jean Toomer did not write any other fiction.

The BeginningThe Beginning
Best Price: $0.75
I would really like to see her books made into movies. Her stories are so good. My...
In Fact: The Best of Creative NonfictionIn Fact: The Best of Creative Nonfiction
Best Price: $8.99
I love the book, thank-you. It also got to my university in time for the beginning of the...
A Room with a View (Bantam Classics)A Room with a View (Bantam Classics)
Best Price: $2.54
Edward Morgan Foster (1879-1970) lived a long life as a Cambridge don and world traveler....
If You Liked School, You'll Love WorkIf You Liked School, You'll Love Work
Best Price: $8.21
Irvine Welsh means to shock, but usually there is a point to it all. Previously, he's written...
Greek GrammarGreek Grammar
Best Price: $38.00
Herbert Weir Smyth's grammar book for the New Testament language is the top of the line for...

Diane Arbus: A BiographyDiane Arbus: A Biography
Best Price: $11.49
Not only could I not put this book down, it made me miss Diane Arbus terribly once I had...
    
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