books by Collector's Library     books:       Essays (Collector's Library of Essential Thinkers)8 reviews Francis Bacon Collector's Library, 2006 The Renaissance Socrates It's useless to dig for just one or two epigrams to stand in for the totality of Bacon's penetrating genius in the "Essays." Though it is perhaps fashionable today to detract from him in order to praise Montaigne, it should be clear that Bacon is at least as indispensable. As terse as Emerson is expansive, Bacon's "Essays" are perhaps the most truly Classical (in spirit) prose in the English ...             " Heart of Darkness " and " The End of the Tether " (Collector's Library)385 reviews Joseph Conrad Collector's Library, 2006 Colonialism/Antin-colonialism Joseph Conrad is an amazing writer; he uses the English language of the late 19th and early 20th centuries beautifully, he describes the colonial world at its apogee, he tells engrossing stories but even his seemingly potboiler plots (such as The Secret Sharer) raise disturbingly serious moral issues. All of these qualities are epitomized in The Heart of Darkness. Can anyone read the Heart of ...             The Golden Age of Myth and Legend (Collector's Library of Myth & Legend)2 reviews Thomas Bulfinch Collector's Library, 2004 Incredible book of Legends Okay, first off, you're wondering, what's some kid writing a review for a book like this? Well people, I'm an advanced reader, and I read this kind of stuff. Try asking some other 4th grader to read the un-edited version of the classic tale of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne? This book has an immense collection of old age tales, including stories of Hercules. How many other ...             The Iliad - Complete and Unabridged (Collector's Library)139 reviews Homer Barnes & Noble Collector's Library, 2004 A new perspective, a classic for the general reader Great introduction by Bernard Knox. Very few introductions add anything important to what comes afterward, but this one is even delicious to read, the great subject matters of the Iliad are here explained in terms that reach any person who can read. I hadn't read the Iliad since a lot younger, and I was happily surprised to see so many different aspects that I hadn't noticed before. The ...             Jane Austen (Collector's Library Limited Editions)3 reviews Jane Austen Collector's Library, 2007 A Helpful "life-and-times" of Jane Austen This review was originally written for the hardcover edition, but on the assumption that this is fairly similar, I'll repeat it here. This book is a Companion in the sense that it attempts to give the reader context for reading Austen's work, not in the sense of a reference work listing all her characters, etc. It is perfect for anyone beginning to read Austen's works, especially if they have ...             Candide and Other Stories (Collector's Library)11 reviews Voltaire Collector's Library, 2006 A classic must This was a first source cited in "A Visit From Voltaire" which turned me on to the man with its lightly comic approach to a formidable subject, BUT I have to add that I only understood it bettert after knowing what role Candide played in the political mayhem of his life fighting "infame," and only after I knew more about his social/irreligious context, did I really "get" what he was doing in ...             Varieties of Religious Experience (Collector's Library of Essential Thinkers)50 reviews William James Collector's Library, 2006 Always providing further insight This 1902 publication still takes pride of place as a landmark study and remains one of the most influential books ever on psychology and spirituality. The style is accessible and engaging, consistently interesting with well-reasoned arguments. Religions are not compared; the study is restricted to the experiences of the individual. James considers the feelings, actions and experiences of ...             Complete Works (Collector's Library Editions in Colour) (Collector's Library Editions in Colour)2 reviews William Shakespeare Collector's Library, 2007 This is an excelent compilation of the works of Shakespeare This is the most excelent compliation of the works of William Shakespeare that I have ever seen. The introductions to the works are thorough and the footnotes are easily understandable. I highly recomend this book to any Shakespeare fan             Blue Ribbon Recipes County Fair Winners2 reviews The Cookbook Collector's Library, 1968 The Best Banana Cake Recipe I grew up using this cookbook. My mother ordered it from a book club several years before I was born. Today her copy is worn and ragged. She still will not "turn it loose!" I have been searching for quite some time for a copy of this book! This book has MANY WONDERFUL recipes. My personal favorite is the Spicy Banana Cake submitted by Mrs. Max Miller of Jackson Michigan.             Inferno (Collector's Library)106 reviews Alighieri Dante Collector's Library, 2006 A powerful translation of a masterpiece There have been several excellent translations of Dante in the past few years, all worth reading in their own right. But I retain a special affection for John Ciardi's version, as it's the first one I ever read, at the unprepared & overwhelmed age of 15. I knew of its reputation as a major classic & I was ignorant enough to be unfazed by the prospect of reading it. Well, to say that I was soon ...             The Social Contract (Collector's Library)26 reviews Jean Jacques Rousseau Collector's Library, 2005 Still a Timely Study on Liberty Immanuel Kant had one portrait hanging in his house in Konigsberg. The portrait was of Rousseau. What an honor, to be memorialized while alive by THE leading figure of the enlightenment! Rousseau never coined the term 'noble savage'. This is a popular misunderstanding and outright lie. He was himself though, a seeming savage. He carried on love affairs, abandonded children, spoke of ...             Complete Ghost Stories (Collector's Library)1 review Montague Rhodes James Collector's Library, 2007 Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James After all the fuzz I've heard about the ghost stories of M. R. James, I was somewhat disappointed with this book. Usually I finish a book in a few days, but this took me literally months to complete, I always found some excuse to start another book. I had heard that the author did not like the stories of Lovecraft at all, so I guess that makes me once again end up on Lovecraft's side in the war ...             Alice Adams Booth Tarkington International Collector's Library, 1000 Very good+ International Collector's Library edition; no dj issued; there is a bookplate on the pastedown and glue residue on the flyleaf, otherwise the book is pristine. A novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1922.             The Interpretation of Dreams (Collector's Library of Essential Thinkers)37 reviews Sigmund Freud Collector's Library, 2006 The First step in the Discovery of the Machinery of the Mind Freud believed that every dream would reveal itself as a psychological structure, full of latent significance, often beyond the accessibility of normal consciousness. It was in fact belief in this assumption about a hidden psychological structure that eventually led to the discovery of the unconscious and to the later mapping of the architecture of the mind. The discovery of the unconscious ...             Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Collector's Library)24 reviews Franz Kafka Collector's Library, 2006 Kafka's Best This is a definitive collection of the short work of Franz Kafka, encompassing all of the greatest moods of his writing. The following stories are included. The Judgment is a tale of what is and what is not. A young man reveals, through a letter, that he's engaged. He reveals this to an estranged friend in St. Petersburg, but then things start to unravel as he's undone by his father's ...             Arabian Nights (Collector's Library Editions in Colour)33 reviews Collector's Library, 2007 Universal, Timeless Storytelling The Arabian Nights: Tales from A Thousand and One Nights -translated by Sir Richard F. Burton Though the collection is incomplete (this edition contains only the "most famous and representative" tales from the entirety), the compendium outshines any expectation or foreknowledge of the stories and is choc with the marvelous wit of ancient Arabian storytelling. The stories have an underbidding ...              search for books arabian, austen, candide, collector, complete, contract, county, darkness, dreams, editions, essential, experience, golden, inferno, interpretation, legend, library, limited, metamorphosis, nights, recipes, religious, ribbon, social, stories, tether, thinkers, unabridged, varieties, winners books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Lou Reed/ John Cale: Songs for Drella (Piano Vocal Guitar) we recommend Colonialism/Antin-colonialism leave a comment home  impressum - about us