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Poems of New York (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) 3 reviews
Everyman's Library, 2002
Perfect for NYC lovers
+ Fabulous collection, even for folks who think they don't like poetry
+ Poetry For All
If you are looking for something to read as 9/11 solace, get this book. I can't say enough about how good it is. As a Dorothy Parker fan, I was looking for something about NYC by classic poets, and came across "Poems of New York" by accident. It is a perfect gift book to give others.
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West167 reviews
Dee Brown
Henry Holt and Co., 2001
The True Story of How the West Was Won
+ A Shocking, Monumental Work
+ COWBOYS AND INDIANS
+ Amazing
+ A Classic
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Andy Warhol, 1928-1987: Commerce Into Art (Basic Art)
Klaus Honnef
Taschen, 2000
Andy Warhol is recognized today as the most important exponent of the Pop Art movement. He overturned the traditional understanding of art and placed in its stead a concept that retracts the individuality of the artist. Warhol was a critical observer of American society, exposing his compatriots' consumerism in his paintings ("Campbell-" and "Brillo" series), as well as their fascination for ...
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Edward Hopper: 1882-1967 Transformation of the Real (Basic Art) 2 reviews
Rolf G Renner
Taschen, 1999
A fine summation of an American icon.
While Edward Hopper was an American scene painter, and his work very much a product of it's time, there is something about his choice of subjects, coupled with his very particular point of view, that transcends much of the realism that predated the advent of Abstract Expressionism. Hopper explored ...
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9-11 168 reviews
Noam Chomsky
Open Media/Seven Stories Press, 2001
Important Context for 9/11 that's Hard to Find Elsewhere
This is a collection of talks and interviews so it lacks the political models and theories that Chomsky applies to U.S. politics and media that are found in his larger and more in depth works.
This book is probably best suited for the moderate dissident or progressive who has read only ...
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Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986: Flowers in the Desert (Basic Art) 1 review
Britta Benke
Taschen, 2001
marvelous prints, absorbing essays
If you enjoy the works of Georgia O'Keeffe, this is a book you'll want to savor. The reproductions of her paintings are marvelously printed, and the accompanying essays of O'Keeffe's life and work are erudite and lucid. There are also pictures of O'Keeffe at various stages of her life and ...
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The Bell Jar: A Novel (Perennial Classics)486 reviews
Sylvia Plath
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2000
The most famous book you've never read
+ how did I miss this one??
+ Believe the Hype
+ "To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream."
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Girl, Interrupted429 reviews
Susanna Kaysen
Vintage, 1994
Chase Von, The Last Panther's Review
+ Better than film
+ Personal, but (seemingly) honest memoir
Having PTSD myself from Wars and other things, I thought this was a great movie! I didn't read the book first however and normally I do but from what I gather the movie in this instance was much better than the book...
I have read One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and in many ways this reminded ...
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Scarlet's Walk (Limited Edition w/ Bonus DVD)125 reviews
Tori Amos
Sony, 2002
A journey through America's past and present.
+ excellent
+ Beautiful packaging with an excellent CD.
+ Tori Amos at Her Most Mature, If Not Best
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Prozac Nation (Movie Tie-In)345 reviews
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Riverhead Trade, 2002
Very Helpful In Understanding Depression
+ On The Mark
+ Helpful In Many Ways
I've gone through my share of depression, as many others have before me. As bad as I thought I had it, after reading this book I realize just how lucky I was.
Wurtzel's book was gripping, using very raw and blunt language, which I connected with easily. And such a quick, easy read. Made me want ...
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Travels in Alaska (Modern Library Classics)8 reviews
John Muir
Modern Library, 2002
Muir and Alaska
+ Southeast Alaska, Once Upon A Time
+ Muir in southeast Alaska.
The beauty of this wonderful reprinting is how it shows John Muir as a person, how it helps us to understand the dynamic and overwhelming beauty of Alaska, and the changes in the people of Alaska. Muir's complete, tireless, and joyful commitment to nature comes through on every page. The book ...
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The Mountains of California (Modern Library Classics)5 reviews
John Muir
Modern Library, 2001
Muir, from Shasta to San Diego, but mostly in the Sierras.
+ Sensuous detail and immediacy
+ What inspiration...
+ the world of muir
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Our National Parks
John Muir
Sierra Club Books, 1991
This collection of ten essays extols the beauty, grandeur, and importance of Yosemite, Sequoia, Yellowstone, and other national parks of the American West and urges the preservation of these natural areas. It was this book, published in 1901, that brought John Muir to the attention of his future friend and fellow conservationist President Theodore Roosevelt.
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Ghost World64 reviews
Daniel Clowes
Fantagraphics Books, 2001
Ghost World - special edition hardcover (2008)
+ Please enter a title for your review
+ really interesting
Great fun
Annotations to the comic (front and back covers included!), the out of print screenplay for the Ghost World film
Artwork for the cd soundtrack, and for the Enid doll. Also, some Enid cartoons and all that a fan of the comic (originally printed in Eightball) and film could want
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Poems of the American West (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets)
Everyman's Library, 2002
In this provocative and thoughtful anthology, many voices join in illuminating the remarkably vast and varied American West. The verse collected here ranges from American Indian tribal poems to old folk songs like “The Streets of Laredo,” from country-western lyrics to the work of such foreign poets as Bertolt Brecht and Zbigniew Herbert. Here is the West in all its rich ...
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My So-Called Life (Complete Series)128 reviews
Bmg Special Product, 2002
Havent seen such great writing and directing for a series in years....
+ One of the gems of the 1990s...
+ You feel the joys and pain as though you were one of the characters
This show is phenomenal! I was thirteen when the show ended and too young to understand the depth and brilliance of the show at the time but now in my mid twenties, I am able to appreciate it for all of its complexities and the innovative approach to discussing and revealing teenage thoughts, ...
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Eyes of the Nation: A Visual History of the United States3 reviews
Vincent Virga
Knopf, 1997
An heirloom for every American
+ 2005 Writers Notes Book Award First Runner-Up
+ Fresh and intense look at who we were and are
As the Library of Congress marks our country's history as the U.S.'s continual time capsule; this tome offers a glance into her walls. Beautifully assembled, this keepsake will instill pride in its citizenry. Making selections from myriad possibilities must have been a dire undertaking, but ...
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal1410 reviews
Eric Schlosser
Harper Perennial, 2002
The true world of Fast Food opens before your eyes!
+ By the Author of Outstanding You
+ highest approval
This book is truly interesting in that it explains a process that many consumers thought that they were already familiar with.
This book will explain why:
1) it always seems the person at the register is being "trained".
2) children flock to most fast food joints.
3) the fast food ...
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal1410 reviews
Eric Schlosser
Harper Perennial, 2002
The true world of Fast Food opens before your eyes!
+ By the Author of Outstanding You
+ highest approval
This book is truly interesting in that it explains a process that many consumers thought that they were already familiar with.
This book will explain why:
1) it always seems the person at the register is being "trained".
2) children flock to most fast food joints.
3) the fast food ...
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Poems of the American West (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets)
Everyman's Library, 2002
In this provocative and thoughtful anthology, many voices join in illuminating the remarkably vast and varied American West. The verse collected here ranges from American Indian tribal poems to old folk songs like “The Streets of Laredo,” from country-western lyrics to the work of such foreign poets as Bertolt Brecht and Zbigniew Herbert. Here is the West in all its rich ...
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