books by Secker and Warburg     books:       Down and Out in Paris and London (The Complete Works of George Orwell)93 reviews George Orwell Secker & Warburg, 1986 To Write Well, One Must Live & Experience It in all its Reality. Orwell began as an idealist and remained one until his untimely death at the age of 48 from tuberculosis. In most of the photographs I can find of the great writer, he always has a smoke in his mouth, typing away, while a white haze of thoughts, ideas, nicotine and tar surround him, like a dangerous muse. Eric Blair or Orwell was of the writing school of thought that in order to write with ...             Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven110 reviews Sherman Alexie Secker & Warburg, 1994 That's How I Do Life Sometimes By Making The Ordinary Just Like Magic... -Sherman Alexie Halfway through this book I emailed the friend that bought it for me to tell him how much I was loving it. I then asked him "How the hell am I supposed to review this?" His reply was to explain that "He needs a new star, a category for 'Holy Sh!t, that one hit me hard.' But they don't make the Holy Sh!t category on Amazon." That pretty much says it all. The truth is I was blown away by ...             Invisible Cities86 reviews Italo Calvino Secker & Warburg, 1975 Reads like poetry A ruler of an empire so vast he has never seen most of it, and a foreign traveler who describes for him the cities he has visited. The narrative voice is poetic, even nostalgic, and the story derives from a conversation between Kublai Khan and Marco Polo, a conversation which is interrupted by a series of vignettes describing the many fantastical cities that Marco Polo has seen, dreamed of, or ...             Disgrace336 reviews J.M. Coetzee Secker & Warburg, 1999 Why J.M. Coetzee emigrated from South Africa Disgrace is not about a rape. It is not about an University professor having affairs with students. The fact that he is 50sh, the fact that he has a daughter running a kennel in the countryside are not relevant. The book is about the condition of living as a white in South Africa today. The rape is not an ordinary rape, it is a bloody premeditated vengeance on an innocent victim who must leave ...             Animal Farm: A Fairy Story1154 reviews George Orwell Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1971 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 ...             A Separate Peace767 reviews John Knowles Secker & Warburg, 1973 Great Buy I'm usually concerned about purchasing items on line, especially books. I can honestly say that this experience was worth it. I would recommend this seller to anyone interested in purchasing good quality books at extremely reasonable prices. Buy with confidence, I did!             All the King's Men175 reviews Robert Penn Warren Secker & Warburg, 1974 The Web Of Things I put off reading this novel for almost twenty years from when it was first recommended to me for the simple reason that I dismissed as a "political" novel and, ergo, not of the first water. - How wrong can a prospective reader be?!? - To begin, this is not a "political" novel, per se, and the character of Willie Stark, as compared with the odyssey of Jack Burden, not very gripping. As another ...             The Source142 reviews James A. Michener Secker & Warburg, 1965 Another great I am a lover of historical fiction and this book is one of my favorites. I highly recommend it for anyone familiar with some of the history but even more so for those looking to learn more about the evolution of religion.             Cadillac Desert94 reviews Marc Reisner Secker & Warburg, 1990 Ahead of its time This was a return engagement to "Cadillac Desert", as I had read the original in the 1980s, amazed at the time, considering it a premier example of thorough history and analysis in a subject about which few people knew much at all. What could have been a "dry" subject was actually quite gripping and informative, and fortunate to have many participants in key moments still available. In that ...             Nineteen Eighty-Four (The Complete Works of George Orwell, V. 9)1383 reviews George Orwell Secker & Warburg Ltd, 2003 The Greatest Love Story of Our Time. 1984 is a social commentary on history and the appalling state of public policy and society generally told through a love story that resonates with a deep familiarity for all modern readers.             The Name of the Rose272 reviews Umberto Eco Secker & Warburg, 1992 Excellent This is a very beautiful novel, the first 50 pages are bit hard to digest as the writer delves deeply into Christian theology, but go ahead and there awaits you an incredible novel about a priest and his neophyte trying to solve a murder that takes place at a monastery in the world that is just on the verge of tipping to the Renaissance period. I found in-depth discussions on various sects of ...             Foucault's Pendulum393 reviews Umberto Eco Secker & Warburg, 1989 I can add little to the other wonderful reviews Okay, this WAS a hard book to read. So much going on and so many references to cults and phenomina. Reading this book is more of an education than an entertainment. But what fun! Eco is a true literary genius, in the same class as his italian brethren of musical fame. Baudolino is perhaps his most engaging, with rushdie-esque fableture, but the pendulum is penultimate. Facing a ...             The Adventures of Augie March (Alison Press Books)59 reviews Saul Bellow Secker & Warburg, 1985 Excellent writing What can I say other than this novel is a true 20th Century American classic. The use of language is incomparable.             What Should I Do with My Life?309 reviews Po Bronson Secker & Warburg, 2003 Excellent not-self help book; beyond sentiments and cliches I love this book. It did not "change" my life. It did afford me a lot of insight into how people actually change their lives, beyond sentiments and cliches of self help books. It reads like a novel. And it is certainly not all about white over educated or indulgent people - anyone who states this clearly has not even flipped through the chapters! It tells stories of poor and rich, immigrants, ...             Homage to Catalonia (The Complete Works of George Orwell)93 reviews George Orwell Secker & Warburg, 1986 A Supplement and an Obituary "Homage to Catalonia" has long passed from the shelf for current events to the shelf of primary historical sources. No one can study the Spanish Civil War without encountering it. On that basis, it's a five-star book; all primary sources should get five stars. As a reading experience, it's not without weaknesses, which the earlier review by H. Schneider examines cogently. I refer you to that ...             Season of the Machete43 reviews James Patterson Secker & Warburg, 1978 Season of the Machete by James Patterson This is probably the only Patterson book that really freaked me out. Quite a bit of gory material, but still a book you had a hard time putting down.              search for books adventures, alison, animal, augie, books, cadillac, catalonia, cities, complete, desert, disgrace, eighty, eighty-four, fistfight, foucault, george, heaven, homage, invisible, london, machete, march, nineteen, orwell, pendulum, ranger, season, separate, should, source books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen camera & photo: i-nique (Canon Powershot G7 G9) i-nique traditional soft Napa (BLACK) ... we recommend Why J.M. Coetzee emigrated from South Africa home  impressum - about us