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Rainbow Six 1439 reviews
Tom Clancy
Berkley, 1999
Rainbow Six is five stars!!
+ Good but weak ending
+ A little far-fetched, yet the action is so dramatic that you don't notice
+ Good story
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The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815 14 reviews
N. A. M. Rodger
W. W. Norton, 2006
Generally a resonse to negative reviews
+ The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815
+ Superb
+ We'll all be going back to this one...
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy663 reviews
Douglas Adams
Del Rey, 1995
Comic work of genius
+ One of my all-time favorite books
+ My go-to gift for 12 year old boys
+ improbably great
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The Masters of Deception: Gang That Ruled Cyberspace, The 76 reviews
Michele Slatalla
Harper Perennial, 1996
The Masters of Deception
+ Still fun to read 10 years later...
+ Good book on hackers sub-culture
+ ONE OFF THE BEST BOOKS I EVER READED
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The History of Pirates23 reviews
Angus Konstam, Virginia Mariners Museum
The Lyons Press, 2002
The History of Pirates
+ Good Introduction to Pirates
+ Good but not very indepth
+ Here's fine stuff for the gallows
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Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills212 reviews
Charles Henderson
Berkley, 1988
Just wow,
+ Marine Sniper
+ Delighted and Impressed!
+ A truly great story.
+ Great read
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Catch-22832 reviews
Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 1996
Lighthearted and comical, yet dark and meaningful
+ 25 words or less
+ Incredible
+ Great Characters Living With Death
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Cat's Cradle375 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut
Dell Publishing, 1998
Surreal yet all too close to the truth...
+ Great Storytelling
+ Still relevant to this day
+ WONDERFUL BOOK
+ The master of Cat's Cradle
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Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam82 reviews
Mark Bowden
Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006
Bowden Delivers a Masterpiece
+ The Final Word on the Iranian Hostage Crisis
+ Masterpiece
+ Bowden at his best
+ ***You will Think you Were There While it Happened!****
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The Catcher in the Rye2785 reviews
J.D. Salinger
Little, Brown and Company, 1991
review
+ If You Really Want to Hear About It...
+ Disillusion
+ Make a little time for a classic
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I, Robot213 reviews
Isaac Asimov
Spectra, 1991
The man on the Hill
+ An okay re-read 20+ years after originally reading
+ Robotics in action
+ I, Robot
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Seize, Burn, or Sink: The Thoughts and Words of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson 1 review
Steven E. Maffeo
The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2006
Magnificent ... A Great Read and a Reference You Will Return to Often
From: CAPTAIN RICHARD WOODMAN, "Elder Brother" of UK Trinity House and author of over 30 nautical books, including the "Nathaniel Drinkwater" age-of-sail series:
"Monumental, magnificent, what an achievement! Captain Maffeo has extracted from Nelson's correspondence the opinions of the great ...
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Johnny Got His Gun290 reviews
Dalton Trumbo
Bantam, 1984
A brilliant novel that hasn't dated at all, sadly.....minor spoilers...
+ Unforgetable and Haunting
+ The quintessential anti war book written in 1939.
+ Heartwrenching, one book you will never forget.
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Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book)545 reviews
Neal Stephenson
Spectra, 2000
SNOW CRASH by Neal Stephenson
+ A Really Fun Cyberpunk Novel
+ I think I enjoyed it
Snow Crash is a cyberpunk science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson, originally published in 1992. It involves virtual reality and computer science, religion (particularly ancient Mesopotamian religions, Sumerian in particular), linguistics, and philosophy.
Stephenson writes in the present tense, ...
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City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, Volume 1)289 reviews
Tad Williams
DAW, 1998
Great Writing filled with Mystery, Suspense, and Wonder
+ Loved it!
City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, Volume 1) is an extremely well written book written for the indulgent, imaginative reader. This book is not for the impatient or action-addicted. Though this book is not devoid of fast paces and action, it mostly goes at its own pace. The book is written to ...
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Brave New World729 reviews
Aldous Huxley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1998
Open the book and open your eyes
+ This book is more enjoyable with some soma!
+ Frighteningly Prophetic
+ Dystopia, i long for thee
+ Good Book
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The Robert Ludlum Value Collection: The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum4 reviews
Robert Ludlum
Random House Audio, 2005
Robert Ludlum Value collection
+ Book or Movie?
+ Good item
These CD's are great. I have most of Ludlums books but it is nice to be able to listen in the car or at home without having to look for the book.
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Iliad and Odyssey boxed set38 reviews
Homer
Penguin Classics, 1999
An Excellent Read; A little wordy, but a good set of books
+ Accessible cornerstone of Western literature
+ Highly readable translation
+ Wonderful
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Enriched Classics)13 reviews
Alexandre Dumas père
Pocket, 2004
ABRIDGED version of the classic story, good resources in back
I am reviewing the Pocket Books Enriched Classics version of the novel The Count of Monte Cristo. At about chapter 30, I was hooked on the story and reading reviews and doing research on it. At that point I discovered the Pocket Books version is an ABRIDGED version with about 70 chapters. The ...
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The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)333 reviews
Neal Stephenson
Spectra, 2000
Brilliant
+ Dated and yet... still a good time.
Absolutely one of the best science fiction novels I have ever read. Mind blowing in its scope and vision. It's images and idea will stay with you long after you read the last page.
I only wish Neal Stephenson would continue to explore the world created in The Diamond Age.
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