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Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel 2478 reviews
Arthur Golden
Vintage, 1999
MEMOIRS OF A MASTERPIECE
+ The best book by far
+ Excellent Portrayal of Geisha Life
+ Definitely Worth Reading
+ Memoirs of a Geisha
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest359 reviews
Ken Kesey
Signet, 1963
One Flew East, One Flew West
+ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
+ Must Have
+ great quality!
+ McMurphy as the Metaphor for the Terrorist Suspect
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The Hours 533 reviews
Michael Cunningham
Picador, 2002
All in a Day
+ Beautifully Written and a Joy to Read
+ More than it's given credit for
+ an intriguing, multi-layered saga that Mrs Woolf would enjoy
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Their Eyes Were Watching God406 reviews
Zora Neale Hurston
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1998
Southern Florida in the early 20th century and one black woman's story
+ A Beautiful Piece of Literature
+ Among the Most Influential African-American Novels of the 20th Century
+ Dreamy little novel
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1984 (Signet Classics)1373 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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A Home at the End of the World: A Novel97 reviews
Michael Cunningham
Picador, 1998
Compelling story of friendship and love
+ Tragic. Beautiful. Intimate.
+ I Really Enjoyed This
+ So much better than the movie
+ Engaging story of family, friendship, love
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Selected Poems 11 reviews
E. E. Cummings
Liveright, 1994
"life is more true than reason will deceive"
+ not even the rain has such small hands
+ e.e. rules!!!
+ EEEEEEEEECAPITALEEEEEEEEEE
+ It's e.e. cummings for heaven sakes
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Le Petit Prince (French Language Edition)68 reviews
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Harvest Books, 2001
AMAZING
+ Incroyable!
+ great book
+ Great Condition, Fast Delivery, Excellent Price
+ Easy reader
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Flesh And Blood59 reviews
Michael Cunningham
Touchstone, 1996
Even Better the Second Time Around !
+ Good book, albeit on a topic that is a bit overdone (spoilers)
+ Good but familiar...
+ Incredible language, decent plot
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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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Raise the Roof43 reviews
Pat Summitt
Broadway, 1999
Pat Summit is the best
+ Champion once more.
+ A must leader for all basketball fans
+ the best book ever
+ Fabulous!
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Mrs. Dalloway153 reviews
Virginia Woolf
Harvest Books, 1990
Better the second time around
+ Perfect in every way
+ Clarissa's Day
+ Woolf' Best
+ Woolf in Her Prime
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower1268 reviews
Stephen Chbosky
MTV, 1999
Freakin' Awesome
+ Thoughtful coming-of-age story
+ Pretty good.
+ Left wanting to know more...
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)5870 reviews
J. K. Rowling
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2003
excellent audio books!!!!!!!!!
+ I reread all the books this summer
+ The best
+ Literature!
+ Excellent audio-book!
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The Great Gatsby1119 reviews
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Scribner, 1995
As American as apple pie...
+ The Summer of '22
+ The Great Gatsby
+ An intimate, touching story that deserves its praise while still being thoroughly relevant despite its age; a solid "A"
+ Gatsby Believed in the Green Light
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The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)1419 reviews
Barbara Kingsolver
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
A Gem of Postcolonial Literature
+ An Eye Opener
+ A book for the Colonialists, not the colonised: for Westerners, not Africans
+ The Poisonwood bible
+ A Retrospective
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Flowers for Algernon: Student Edition437 reviews
Daniel Keyes
Harvest Books, 2004
Flowers for You by Johanna Ramm
+ A moving story
+ For all the haters out there
+ For book clubs or teens
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The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes24 reviews
Langston Hughes
Vintage, 1995
poetry that is food for the soul......
+ Langston Hughes, Personal history
+ The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
+ Our finest American poet finally properly and comprehensively collected, with corrected chronology and annotations
+ This guy blows me out of the water
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Good Poems for Hard Times20 reviews
Viking Adult, 2005
Buy one for yourself and one for a friend
+ Good Poems for Hard Times
+ poetry
You will be pleased to have this book in your collection of "keepers"! It will make you laugh, cry, and delight in the wonderfully creative use of the English language and the poetic form. If you forgot that poetry can be moving and delightful, you will really appreciate this collection!
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 916 reviews
Dave Eggers
Vintage, 2001
A dizzying book
+ I really liked it, but it's not for everyone - 4 1/2
+ A.H.B.W.O.S.G. Review
+ The Work of A Staggering Genius
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