books by Buccaneer Books     books:       Wide Sargasso Sea122 reviews Jean Rhys, Charlotte Bronte Buccaneer Books, 1999 Interesting and Exciting Read I read this book because it's on the Modern Library's Top 100 list, so unfortunately I haven't read Emily Bronte's Jane Eyre. I think once I read that book, I'll be able to come back to Wide Sargasso Sea, and understand it on a deeper level. Even so, I enjoyed reading this book, and was intrigued by the mysterious portrayal of the characters. The main character Antoinetta's tragic life, turbulent ...             Brave New World728 reviews Aldous Huxley Buccaneer Books, 1991 This book is more enjoyable with some soma! PROS: A fascinating view of the future. The predictions are sometimes chillingly accurate. For example, soma, the drug of choice in the novel, is present today in the plethora of feel-good drugs (Prozac, Viagra, etc.) "A gram is better than a damn," the futurists instruct. Similarly, the "feelies" are 4D movies (touch included) and are even more engrossing and numbing than today's TV. Just you ...             Pride and Prejudice903 reviews Jane Austen Buccaneer Books, 1976 What a Year for the Bennets As much as this book revolves around three of the four daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, all of those characters revolve around Mr. Darcy - whose personality and character matures and unfolds before you. Neither poor nor rich, the Bennets cannot establish great wealth and comforts for their children - and Mrs. Bennet's hard opinionated character further deprives the lovely lasses of ...             19841373 reviews George Orwell Buccaneer Books, 1982 A Warning, A Prediction...A Terrifying Truth First off, this book is incredible. At 13 years old, I didn't understand every aspect of it, but in a whole, everything made perfect, clear sense. I'm very interested in socialist governments(no, I don't like communist views; I'm a die-hard patriot at 13!), and I consider myself well-informed on up-to-date politics and such. And so, upon reading this book which was recommended to me by one of ...             Where the Wild Things Are365 reviews Maurice Sendak Buccaneer Books, 2005 Imaginative and Amazing Illustrations The illustrations in this book really caught my eye. My favorite one was when all the wild things were howling at the moon. I enjoyed how the text stretches over a few pages and keeps the reader interested.             Adventures of Huckleberry Finn511 reviews Mark Twain Buccaneer Books, 1983 Great book! When addressing controversy think of context. I can't say more on the plot because it's quite obvious what the plot is just from illustrations of the novel. But on the "controversial" aspect of the novel involving the excessive use of the N word, people have to think of the time period that Twain is writing about and when the novel was published. The novel takes place in Missouri (a slave border state) in the 1830s. We use the term ...             The Prince284 reviews Niccolo Machiavelli Buccaneer Books, 1994 The Recipe of the American Corporate State Machiavelli's "The Prince" is a guide of morality-void techniques for acquiring and maintaining political power and ultimately, political fortune. Written nearly 500 years ago, this blueprint for tyranny is just as relevant today. As his compass, Machiavelli uses history, both ancient and contemporary. In 500 years, no one has proven him wrong. Here's a flavor for you innocents out there: "For, ...             None Dare Call It Conspiracy65 reviews Gary Allen Buccaneer Books, 1976 It's not paranoia if they really are conspiring to seize YOUR bank I first reads this shortly after it came out, and it scared the bejeezus out of me. As the decades passed and I learned proper historiographic and journalistic techniques, I realized that "None Dare Call It Conspiracy" was mostly bunk: many of the perceived threads of conspiracy were nothing more than examples of proximity in time and space, the sorts of coincidences which any history is likely ...             Fahrenheit 4511269 reviews Ray Bradbury Buccaneer Books, 1990 A thrilling combination of 50's pulp sci-fi and reflective commentary By my count, this'll be the 1,218th review for this book on amazon, so what could I possibly say that the other 1,217 haven't? But for those few who dare dig this deep to read: I loved the book. I've read numerous novels and thrillers for fun, and also dabbled in more serious, non-fiction as well (check my profile if you want), but this one book managed to bridge the two meta-genres. In Ray ...             Catcher in the Rye2785 reviews J. D. Salinger Buccaneer Books, 1991 review my wife and mom have read it, i'm next. they liked it, except for all the curse wods             Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth179 reviews M. Scott Peck Buccaneer Books, 1993 need all the help I can get I have not read the entire book but I am on a spiritual journey and I found that this book is taking me there.I would love this book on tape which helps me to hear and remember it.I've always said I wanted peace and grace and there is a section on grace which I found that I was looking for. I want to buy the followup book on spiritual growth. I am going to try to find tapes also. The other book ...             Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds56 reviews Charles MacKay Buccaneer Books, 1986 A classic must-read! Very, very insightful! This book identifies and describes phenomena that most would assume to be foreseable and evident when observed as historical event. However such manic human behavior keeps occuring over and over again, which inevitably (as history observes) have destructive consequences. As many others have noted, this book is hard to read and it could certainly be written using much simpler vocabulary and ...             Robert's Rules of Orders75 reviews Henry M. Robert Buccaneer Books, 1993 Parly Pro Which Everyone Should Know As a source, Robert's Rules is the definitive answer to all things parliamentary procedure. I have used this guide in all the work that I have done in the competitive realm of congressional debate. With a competitive use of these rules for academic purposes, changes have to be made to allow for a fuller use for debating teams and individuals. But when any question arises over what certain steps ...             On the Beach206 reviews Nevil Shute Buccaneer Books, 1998 Dead World Walking Having been published over fifty years ago (long before Al Gore "took the initiative in creating the Internet"), On the Beach is a bit dated. But the story, that of the survivors of a nuclear war, seems eerily realistic. The book begins on December 27, 1962, about a year after the end of the "short war," (p 9) "the Russian-NATO war, that had in turn been born of the Israeli-Arab war, initiated by ...             The Stranger528 reviews Albert Camus Buccaneer Books, 1988 American translation brings out stylistic subtleties (This is a review of the Matthew Ward translation; black an dwhite cover) This is a newish translation, done by an American rather than the British translation that had previously been the only English version of this French classic. It seems Camus was heavily influenced by American literature of the period -- Hemmingway, Faulkner and others -- and had written The Stranger, the first half ...             Madeline40 reviews Ludwig Bemelmans Buccaneer Books, 1987 A great children's book "In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines." In 1939, Ludwig Bemelmans began writing stories about a group of girls in a school in Paris, foremost among whom was the irrepressible Madeline. Those books are now considered classics in children's literature, having collected many awards. This is a great children's book, one that my ...             A Tree Grows in Brooklyn553 reviews Betty Smith Buccaneer Books, 1981 One of the best that I have ever read I recieved this as a gift. I had heard of this book before, but when I started reading it, I was completely lost into it and could not stop reading it. it is rich and full of detail, and I can easily say that this book is one of the best that I have ever read.             Animal Dreams155 reviews Barbara Kingsolver Buccaneer Books, 1997 Poetic I am not a fan of poetry, but I enjoy the poetic way Barbara Kinsolver writes about nature, life, relationships and family. This is a thought provoking novel, touching and real.             The Stand935 reviews Stephen King Buccaneer Books, 2004 outstanding vision i just recently reread this book and i am just as "in awe" today as i was 20 yrs ago. the story of good vs evil is a "grab you" and take you for a non stop nail biting ride. i really like the uncut version as you get the little back storys that you did not get 1st time around. i loved mother abigail(the messiah figure)i like that she was all to human ,i liked stu's quiet strength,randall ...             Animal Farm1156 reviews George Orwell Buccaneer Books, 1993 Animal Farm is instructive for our presidential election. 2008 is the ideal time to apply the principles that we have learned from Animal Farm and apply them to November's 2008 Presidential election. Just as Napolean, the pig, instigated a rebellion against the owner of the farm (Jones) by talking about how great things will be once the animals ruled the farm, today we are told by the Obama Democrats that once Bush and the Republicans are thrown off ...              search for books adventures, animal, brave, brooklyn, catcher, conspiracy, crowds, delusions, dreams, extraordinary, fahrenheit, growth, huckleberry, madeline, madness, orders, popular, prejudice, prince, psychology, robert, rules, sargasso, spiritual, stranger, things, traditional, traveled, values, where books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen DVD: The Bridges at Toko-Ri leave a comment home  impressum - about us