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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage 392 reviews
Alfred Lansing
Basic Books, 1999
Just Incredible Account ,Absolutely Incredible
+ Great!
+ Good delivery and quality
+ Remedy
+ Amazing Testament into the Power of Leadership
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Cryptonomicon 833 reviews
Neal Stephenson
Avon, 2002
Count me as a fan
+ NOT WAR AND PEACE BUT......
+ Cryptonomicon
+ I would love to BS over martinis with this guy
+ Funny, smart and geeky
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The Old Man and The Sea684 reviews
Ernest Hemingway
Scribner, 1995
The sea giveth...and the sea taketh away
+ Well, he nailed the title . . .
+ the super old man
+ Great transaction
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Flags of Our Fathers (Movie Tie-in Edition)578 reviews
James Bradley, Ron Powers
Bantam, 2006
the horror, the cost, the dignity
+ A must read, but it's an emotional ride...........
+ Excellent
+ Wonderful story of humility
+ Should be required reading for all Americans
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Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)1103 reviews
John Steinbeck
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1993
Capturing
+ One of the most popular books in American Literature-and for good reason!
+ The Greatest 20th Century Novella?
+ Depression-era Greek Tragedy
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Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest424 reviews
Stephen E. Ambrose
Simon & Schuster, 2001
Real American Heroes
+ Great story...
+ It's been said already, but I'll say it again
+ Bravery and Determination was Unsurpassed
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The Haunted Mesa 46 reviews
Louis L'Amour
Bantam, 1988
Great read
I got this book and was used to his Westerns, this story is anything but. It has it all in there. A great story. I would recomend it to anyone that likes to read.
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Interview with the Vampire576 reviews
Anne Rice
Knopf, 1976
Tower of Imagination
+ Love and Angst for all Eternity
+ vampire legend made real
+ this is good stuff for the imagiantion
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The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke237 reviews
Suze Orman
Riverhead Trade, 2007
Very Helpful!
+ The book makes everything clear
+ Fantastic Book
+ the money book for the young, fabulous and broke
+ Awesome for recent grads!
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The Kite Runner2516 reviews
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Trade, 2004
powerful and moving
+ Could Not Put it Down
+ All that an exceptional book should be.
+ heartbreaking tale of loyalty
+ A Masterpiece
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A Time to Kill356 reviews
John Grisham
Dell, 2004
Your Eyes Will Bleed as You Pour Through the Pages
Gwen Hailey calls her husband Carl Lee at work, tells him their daughter, ten-year-old Tonya is missing. Carl Lee isn't all that worried though, because his wife tends to be, well a little protective. However when he gets home he's met with the news that Tonya has been raped by a pair of redneck ...
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Pompeii: A Novel184 reviews
Robert Harris
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005
Explosive thriller
+ Beware Vesuvius is going to Explode!
+ Pompeii
+ Exciting, Fast Paced, Can't Put it Down Read!
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Moby-Dick (Penguin Classics)327 reviews
Herman Melville
Penguin Audio, 1996
Classic for a reason
+ Very Deep
+ a challenge to read and understand; requires some pondering...
+ Get back to the Pequad please!
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As I Lay Dying190 reviews
William Faulkner
Vintage, 1991
Homegoing
+ A Grim, Morbid, and Compelling Tale
+ Now I can get them teeth...
+ As I Lay Dying
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On Writing819 reviews
Stephen King
Pocket, 2002
Don't wait for the muse...show up every day
+ really good stuff
+ Impassioned instruction from the King of horror
+ On Writing by Stephen King
+ Great Resource
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven1608 reviews
Mitch Albom
Hyperion, 2003
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
+ The Five People you will meet in Heaven
+ Worth Thinking About
+ Wonderful
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Watchers445 reviews
Dean Koontz
Berkley, 2003
WOW!!!!
+ Absolutely Awesome
+ I adore this book!! Dean Koontz Rocks!!!!
+ better than the movie!
+ Watchers
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Tales of the South Pacific30 reviews
James A. Michener
Fawcett, 1984
Dreaming of the South Pacific...
+ Almost Like Being There
+ original story at an inexpensive price
I admit I had very little idea what this book was about when I bought it, but it seemed like something I should read while on vacation in the South Pacific last fall. It wasn't quite the island paradise novel that I thought it would be - it really is a book about WWII, in which the islands of the ...
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The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan)305 reviews
Tom Clancy
Berkley, 1992
A Technothriller Classic
+ Clancy's first born novel
+ Easily one of the best
+ Truly a Great Wrok from a Great Writer
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Edgar Allan Poe : Poetry and Tales (Library of America) 6 reviews
Edgar Allan Poe
Library of America, 1984
For the SERIOUS Poe lover.
+ STOP YOUR SEARCH- You've found the definitive Poe collection
+ Quoth the raven
+ The Ultimate Edition for Poe
+ Fine job
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