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Selected Poems (William Carlos Williams) 6 reviews
William Carlos Williams
New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1985
So much depends upon...
+ Pictures from Brueghel ...
+ Red Wheel Barrow--lots more going on than meets the eye
You know the red wheelbarrow poem? The bloody dumb red wheelbarrow beside those idiot white chickens? Glistening in sunlight? The wheelbarrow, not the chickens. Glistening. Though if plucked and cooked for a good two hours at 275 degrees, the chickens are bound to glisten too.
Fifteen years ...
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Tennyson: Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) 6 reviews
Alfred Tennyson
Penguin Classics, 1992
"His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd..."
+ Best Poet Ever (In my opinion.)
+ A superb collection!
+ 'Tho much is taken, much abides' Ulysses above all
+ The great British poet laureate of the Victorian age
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The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century1168 reviews
Thomas L. Friedman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006
Approachable for all readers, essential for understanding our flat world. This book should be on everyones "must read" list
+ Friedman is a True Patriot!
I found the first section (263 pages) difficult to plow through - I come from a software / engineering background and found the techie speak in the first section dry. Understandably this book was written for a broad audience, and this section was a prerequisite for the remainder of the book as it ...
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Think for Yourself!: An Essay on Cutting through the Babble, the Bias, and the Hype (Speakers Corner)4 reviews
Stephen Hindes
Fulcrum Publishing, 2005
a thorough and credible introduction to logic and argument, but there was no pitchers nor anything about FRODO and the RING
+ An excellent introduction to critical thinking.
+ Excellent Introduction to Critical Thinking
+ Can logical thought be taught in 200 pages or less? YES
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The Lovely Bones97 reviews
Alice Sebold
Little, Brown and Company, 2006
Quit whining
+ Lovely Bones = Lovely Book
+ Try and understand
+ Surprising
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1984 (Signet Classics) 1372 reviews
George Orwell
New American Library, 1961
A Warning, A Prediction...A Terrifying Truth
+ Ninteen-Eighty-Four: Still a Classic
+ Perfectly Horrific
+ Still Relevant
+ Timeless classic on the dangers of communism/big government
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Collected Poems: Auden17 reviews
W. H. Auden
Vintage, 1991
Auden of the anthologies
+ My favorite poet
+ Auden's collected poems
+ I;m Willing to go with Joseph Brodsky
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The Misanthrope and Tartuffe8 reviews
Moliere, Richard Wilbur
Harvest Books, 1965
"Sincerity in excess / Can get you into a very pretty mess"
+ Plays For A Non-play Reader
+ A CLASSIC!
+ The misanthrope and the religious hypocrite
+ Brilliant Balletic Comedy & Translation
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The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library)14 reviews
William Shakespeare
Washington Square Press, 2004
Oh that crazy merchant
+ A play about racism or business ethics?
+ Remembering history
+ An Indictment of Both Religions?
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Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion60 reviews
Edward J. Larson
Harvard University Press, 1998
Amazingly descriptive, and entertaining.
+ Monkey trouble.
+ Outstanding Book About Science and History
+ The Facts, yes--but still more Drama than Debate
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Life of Pi1841 reviews
Yann Martel
Harvest Books, 2003
no words can describe how good this is!
+ engaging, imaginative, thought-provoking
it breaks down all barriers of imagination and offers a breathtaking understanding of life through a story of simple transition from innocence to maturity...something each adult reader can relate to. be prepared for the more graphic details in the second and third section of the book which are a ...
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The Shape of the Journey: New & Collected Poems7 reviews
Jim Harrison
Copper Canyon Press, 2000
Cabin Poem
+ LIKE WALKING THROUGH A BEAUTIFUL FOREST
+ Jim Harrison has shaped my life as a writer
+ Unbelievable.... imagine hugging a bear.
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Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order 110 reviews
Robert Kagan
Vintage, 2004
Great Keagan
+ America is from Mars, Europe is from Venus
As usual, great perception and excellent writing. There is much in this book to guide future political decisions such as recognition that the world is no longer monopolar. We've blown that, and now it is tripolar with another trio waiting in the wings.
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The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon50 reviews
Richard Zimler
Overlook TP, 2000
The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon:a great historical novel
+ A great novel
+ great reading
+ In the Name of the Kabbalist Uncle
+ Vivid and Disturbing
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Selected Poems: Expanded Edition: Including selections from Day by Day3 reviews
Robert Lowell
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007
Shared reading experience
+ this is all you need
+ Get the new 'Collected Poems' instead
This is a good book. The revised edition (which this is) contains a wide and well-chosen selection of Lowell's poetry. He notes in the foreword that he tried to choose possible sequences rather than just greatest hits out of context. This effort is visible and the book flows together like almost ...
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Dover Thrift Editions)61 reviews
Oscar Wilde
Dover Publications, 1990
Brilliantly Funny
+ Hilarius!
+ Honestly...
+ Brilliant and Witty
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The Sky, the Stars, the Wilderness6 reviews
Rick Bass
Mariner Books, 1998
Nature writing at its best
+ WIldness both savage and subtle captured and held before your eyes
+ Both savage and beautiful
+ The Myths of Bears will be a classic!
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Life of Pi1841 reviews
Yann Martel
Harvest Books, 2003
no words can describe how good this is!
+ engaging, imaginative, thought-provoking
it breaks down all barriers of imagination and offers a breathtaking understanding of life through a story of simple transition from innocence to maturity...something each adult reader can relate to. be prepared for the more graphic details in the second and third section of the book which are a ...
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Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion60 reviews
Edward J. Larson
Harvard University Press, 1998
Amazingly descriptive, and entertaining.
+ Monkey trouble.
+ Outstanding Book About Science and History
+ The Facts, yes--but still more Drama than Debate
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Tennyson: Selected Poems (Penguin Classics)6 reviews
Alfred Tennyson
Penguin Classics, 1992
"His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd..."
+ Best Poet Ever (In my opinion.)
+ A superb collection!
+ 'Tho much is taken, much abides' Ulysses above all
+ The great British poet laureate of the Victorian age
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