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List of Books 3 reviews
Frederic Raphael & Kenneth McLeish
Crown Publishers, Inc., 1988
An excellent list of 'must read' books
+ sadly dated but excellent resource
+ One of two top sources of what are the best books in literat
Never loan this book to anyone! I made that mistake several years ago and now I have to place an out of print order! The authors solicited a number of English and American critics as to what books they would take with them to a desert island. While the selections are strongly grounded in ...
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Great Books 53 reviews
David Denby
Simon & Schuster, 1996
Denby Redux: Thirty Years after Columbia the English Literature major returns to study the Western Canon:
+ Thrilling!
+ Why The Great Books Are Important... and how they 'fit'
+ Great Books
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The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors 31 reviews
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000
Be Prepared to be Astonished
+ Useful and entertaining.
+ Worth Every Penny
+ A Great Reference
+ Fun and Opinionated
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A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books24 reviews
Nicholas A. Basbanes
Holt Paperbacks, 1999
The passions of book- collecting
+ I'm Normal
+ All lauds and honors be added unto this book
It is possible to love books without necessarily loving or caring for what is inside them. It is also possible to love books because one wishes to possess the knowledge, understanding, beauty, that is within them. In this truly epic history of book- collecting and its most passionate and eccentric ...
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Bookmarks44 reviews
Phillips & Nelson Media Inc
Book Junkie
+ First Issue of Bookmarks magazine
+ My favorite resource for English book reviews!
If you are an obsessive reader like me, this magazine was meant for you! I orginally got my subscription as a birthday gift and have renewed it several times. I can't imagine being without this magazine, the reviews are great and I have found several books that I never would have known about on ...
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At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries37 reviews
Estelle Ellis, Caroline Seebohm
Clarkson Potter, 1995
A corner for bibliophiles
+ Valentine's gift for husband
+ Highly recommended
+ For those who really have a lot of books
+ A Must-Have for Bibliophiles
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Novel Destinations: Literary Landmarks From Jane Austen's Bath to Ernest Hemingway's Key West10 reviews
Shannon Mckenna Schmidt, Joni Rendon
National Geographic, 2008
A Collection of Amazing Journeys!
+ Indispensible guide to literary hotspots
+ Oh What a Tangled Web!
+ The travel guide that book lovers have long been waiting for
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Bizarre Books3 reviews
Russell Ash, Brian Lake
Pavilion Books, 1998
Keep this in the bathroom
+ Delightful Finds of A Book Collector
+ A very funny "dip-into" book
This is one of those books which is especially good for those unmentionable moments when you can do little more than stare at the bathroom door. Ash and Lake present their amazing collection of odd (and often unintendedly perverse) book titles like "Suggestive Thoughts for Busy Workers", "The ...
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The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books 9 reviews
W. W. Norton, 2007
THE BEST OF THE BEST
+ Enjoyed browsing this
I stumbled across this wonderful book by accident--well, not quite by accident since as an inveterate list maker myself, I am intrigued by other list makers. But, for me, the lists are not what make this book so important. It's the 544 titles and the concise synopsis of each which help answer ...
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The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought From Ancient Times to Today 4 reviews
MJF Books - Fine Communications, 2004
Enlightening Reading
As a sort of intro humanities course this is certainly worth reading. Martin Seymour-Smith brings to bear a lot knowledge on the books he writes about and more often than not he is able to look at the books and their authors in novel ways. If there is one criticism I have of this book it is that ...
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The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World12 reviews
Guillaume de Laubier, Laurel Hirsch (translator)
Harry N. Abrams, 2003
An invaluable book
+ Beautiful Book
+ Read it first, bought it later
+ the title says it all
+ Beautiful Libraries
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The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English2 reviews
Cambridge University Press, 1988
Excellent resource for teaching or taking college courses.
+ Agatha Christie Meets Charles Dickens
The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English provides a wide array of supplementary reading material to accompany lecture notes or for students to grasp overall concepts of a particular work, author, or literary movement.
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American Writers at Home5 reviews
J. D. McClatchy
Library of America, 2004
Space and Writing
+ An insight into how some American writers lived
+ Gain Insight Into Favorite Authors
+ Going Calling on the Authors of Our American Classics
+ All About Writing Space With Wonderful Photographs
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The New York Public Library's Books of the Century 3 reviews
Oxford University Press, USA, 1996
Charming book
It isn't fair to characterize the entries as "summaries"; they're short, to-the-point statements of why the book was/is important. I particularly liked the "Public's Choice" selections. The cutout illustrations from the exhibit are delightful!
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A Splendor of Letters: The Permanence of Books in an Impermanent World5 reviews
Nicholas A. Basbanes
HarperCollins, 2003
The Last of a Splendid Trilogy
+ An amazing study of issues critical to bibliophiles
+ A Work Of Learning And Passion Celebrating The Written Word
+ Excellence in the Finale
+ Informative and Entertaining
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Patience and Fortitude: Wherein a Colorful Cast of Determined Book Collectors, Dealers, and Librarians Go ...13 reviews
Nicholas A. Basbanes
Harper Perennial, 2003
Love books?
+ A bibliophage is a person who devours books
+ Bibliomaniac Strikes again
+ Librarianship 101 meets The Book Fan
+ Los Angeles Central Library fire -- Biblioteca Alexandrina
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Books that Changed the World: Revised Edition8 reviews
Robert B. Downs
Signet, 1956
Truly Outstanding. Good for a Lifetime of Reading.
+ Thanks
+ Every Once In A While We Need Some Intellectual Stimulation
+ Subjective but informed
+ Most influential in the sciences and social sciences
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A Book Addict's Treasury
Lynda Murphy
Frances Lincoln, 2007
The ideal gift for any book obsessive, A Book Addict's Treasury is an extensively researched anthology of more than 350 quotations and excerpts from a wide selection of writers and thinkers--all on the subject of books.
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Among the Gently Mad: Strategies and Perspectives for the Book-Hunter in the 21st Century11 reviews
Nicholas A. Basbanes
Henry Holt and Co., 2002
A most enjoyable book about books
+ "A shelf of books bespeaks the soul whose hands have put it there."
+ An Indispensable Resource for Any Serious Book Collector
+ Couldn't put it down
+ Wonderful reading, as always
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The lifetime reading plan30 reviews
Clifton Fadiman
Perennial Library, 1988
read the preface for goodness sake
+ Best of the "Best"
+ Ramblings of an English major...
+ If You Were "Sick" That Day, Then Get This Book
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