books by The Modern Library     books:       Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga (Modern Library)115 reviews Hunter S. Thompson Modern Library, 1999 Hells Angels: a hard to find modern classic. A very high quality production run, hard-bound with illustrated dust jacket etc. of a very hard to find modern classic. Read Thompson as he was before he became a cartoon character like caricature. Succinct and insightful with the acerbic wit front and centre where it belongs. A cracking good read ! Excellent value too in this Modern Libraries edition. Why pay all-kinds of stoopid money on E-bay ...             Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire (Modern Library Paperbacks)61 reviews Amanda Foreman Modern Library, 2001 A Modern Woman In The Eighteenth Century Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, was born in the eighteenth century and died in the early nineteenth century, but her life was very modern in many ways. She was an open activist at a time when women were supposed to stay behind the scenes, a bold and flamboyant hostess who used her social prestige to advance her political agenda, and a beautiful but ultimately self-destructive ...             As I Lay Dying: The Corrected Text (Modern Library)190 reviews William Faulkner Modern Library, 2000 Homegoing One of the most important writers of the twentieth century in any country, William Faulkner could tell a rousing tale. Check your collective memory. You're sitting around the campfire and the the storyteller begins. When it is Faulkner, expect the unexpected. As I Lay Dying. As Dead I Am Carried to My Homeplace. The first sentence: "Jewel and I come up from the field, following the path in ...             In Cold Blood428 reviews Truman Capote Modern Library, 2002 The first true crime book is still the best Truman Capote arguably invented true crime, and still dominates with this spectacular classic. He took years to finish this book, his last book, and it shows in the brilliant prose. This is among my favorite books of all time. I recommend to everyone.             The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Modern Library Paperbacks)159 reviews Edmund Morris Modern Library, 2001 Great biography of a fascinating subject I'll spare the details that others have provided and simply at my 2 cents: This is, simply, a great biography. I found it an incredibly easy read, despite its astonishing depth (and length). The sheer detail and volume of primary sources is fascinating but nothing can outdo the awesomeness of the book's subject matter. Roosevelt springs from the pages and looms like a giant over the history ...             Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness (Modern Library)145 reviews William Styron Modern Library, 2007 Excellent compact book on symptoms of depression I was pleasantly surprized that this small volume gave me a clear grasp of how debilitating this condition can be. I am studying Clinical Psych in grad school and this volume gets to the point of the matter quickly.             A Prayer for Owen Meany (Modern Library)1072 reviews John Irving Modern Library, 2002 Hold onto your hats, this is a wild ride As with other John Irving novels, this one has a sometimes meandering style that is chock full of minutiae. The author is a master craftsman of descriptive language, and it may be initially unclear what many of the details have to do with the evolving story. The book is unquestionably not one that anybody would consider concise, and the content of each chapter goes well beyond the scope of what ...             The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Modern Library Series)64 reviews Modern Library, 1993 Great read I bought this book as a required reading for school. It was very easy to read and covered many interesting topics. I would recommend this book to anyone that is interested in learning more about the urban environment.             Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Modern Library)304 reviews Cormac McCarthy Modern Library, 2001 literary landmark It seems that most of the negative reviews this book receives are holding it to the standards of commercial fiction. This is not commercial fiction, it is not supposed to be a Clint Eastwood western, and it certainly isn't meant for those who ignore the beauty of McCarthy's writing because they think this simile is too vague or that word too archaic. This is a difficult book - it is difficult ...             Basic Writings of Nietzsche (Modern Library Classics)34 reviews Friedrich Nietzsche Modern Library, 2000 Kaufmann Translations with all Footnotes The Birth of Tragedy-75 Aphorism-Beyond Good and Evil-The Genealogy of Morals (3 Essays)-The Case of Wagner-Interpretations/commentaries A great collection, though a strange chronological leap from BOT to BGE. Right for the price and a great review of the later published books of FN. All of Kaufmann's footnotes are maintained. You'll at least want to have had read The Gay Science before coming ...             Of Mice & Men1101 reviews John Steinbeck Modern Library, 1979 The Greatest 20th Century Novella? Although you can read this book in just a few short hours, the relatively few words found in "Of Mice and Men" carry tremendous weight. From the first paragraph Steinbeck manages to paint a vivid picture of the environment, taking great care to simultaneously describe both the beauty of nature and the agony of the story's characters. I'd long considered Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" to be ...             Inferno (Modern Library Classics)106 reviews Dante Modern Library, 2003 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 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (A Modern Library E-Book)508 reviews Modern Library, 2000 Eli Sashihara writes: Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a timeless classic that lives up to its prestigious name. It takes place in an array of locations along the Mississippi river around the time of 1835-45. The story is about Tom, a free-spirited boy, and his numerous adventures with a run-away slave named Jim. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn proceeds Mark Twain's original novel, ...             Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories (Modern Library)102 reviews Truman Capote Modern Library, 1994 Pure Genius Arguably the greatest writer of the 20th century, the only misfortune of Capote's work is that there is not more of it. In this somewhat peculiar collection of stories, Capote demonstrates his command of the written word. While one tale gives the book its title, another story shines even brighter in this collection. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is a legendary work in the cinema, though fewer ...             Crossing to Safety (Modern Library Classics)109 reviews Wallace Earle Stegner Modern Library, 2002 Fabulous! Beautifully written, provocative, and enduring. Hated for it to end. Wanted to reread it immediately.             The Basic Works of Aristotle (Modern Library Classics)11 reviews Aristotle Modern Library, 2001 Good collection of Aristotle After Plato, Aristotle is by far the greatest Athenian Greek Philosopher. A polymathic genius whose interests ranged from poetry to theology to astronomy, physics and biology, Aristotle systematized Western thought and laid down many of the basic rules for argument and rationality which still stick with us today. This collection includes Aristotle's major works including logic, metaphysics, ...             Pride and Prejudice: (A Modern Library E-Book)898 reviews Modern Library, 2000 Classic There isn't much else to say about this book that hasn't been said. One of the best novels ever written, for its humor, plot, and excellent insight into the quirky-but-real relationships of everyday people. Truly a classic.             In Search of Lost Time: Proust 6-pack (Proust Complete)17 reviews Marcel Proust Modern Library, 2003 Moments of the radiance of the eternal caught on paper. If someone told me ten years ago that one day I would read 4,000 pages of dense, hypeliterate ramblings, filled with single sentences that sometimes go on for at least ten pages, I would have thought myself more crazy than the guy who wrote them. Two years after reading all of Proust, incredibly, I find myself longing to spend afternoons again immersed in it. Such is the beauty of this momumental ...             Islam: A Short History (Modern Library Chronicles)139 reviews Karen Armstrong Modern Library, 2002 A must read for every thinking westerner Wow what a great book, that educates the reader on facts most westerners don't know concerning Islam. How many westerners know that Arab businessman named Muhammad is the Prophet Muhammad and that he saw himself not as a holy man but as a leader for the left behind and forgotten amongst him? Or that Islam thru him, began because of how the Christians looked down on the Persians/Arabs, ...             Theodore Rex (Modern Library Paperbacks)200 reviews Edmund Morris Modern Library, 2002 An Excellent Portrait of a Great President Edmund Morris's second book in a projected three volume set about Theodore Roosevelt is an excellent tome, meticulously researched and extremely well-written. The years are pivotal in American history, from 1901 through 1909 as America becomes more involved in world affairs. Roosevelt was a larger than life character in his interests and ambitions. Morris makes superb use of TR's papers and other ...              search for books adventures, american, aristotle, breakfast, chronicles, classics, complete, corrected, crossing, darkness, devonshire, evening, georgiana, history, huckleberry, inferno, madness, meridian, nietzsche, paperbacks, prejudice, redness, roosevelt, stories, strange, terrible, theodore, tiffany, visible, writings 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: Trout leave a comment home  impressum - about us