Showing posts with label book review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book review. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Happy (Belated) Birthday, USA!

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Truly, you do not look a day over 225! A few years ago, a Canadian youth, with all the candor and innocence of a twelve-year-old, asked me...
Thursday, July 01, 2010

From Sparrow: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

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A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy O'Toole Penguin Modern Classics (2000)         It's pretty sweet when an author can find an...

From Sparrow: Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician

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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt Random House Trade (2003) About half-way through my readi...

From Sparrow: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

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Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (Penguin Books, 1938) Have you ever wanted to "tidy up" the world about you? Do you have a ...

From Sparrow: Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (Penguin Books, 2004) I am currently re-reading Vanity Fair . It is one of those sprawling 19t...

From Sparrow: Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

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The Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases by Martin H. Manser (Checkmark Books, 2002) Have you ever been at a loss to fin...
Thursday, June 14, 2007

Summer Reading (Had Me a Blast)

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The burning question on every mind this summer is, "What are the crazy libertarian types reading on the sandy shores of the countries w...
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Saturday, July 01, 2006

Booknotes and Summer Reading Ambitions

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I would love to write a review of Thackeray's Vanity Fair , but I fear that I may never actually finish the book. It is seriously dense....
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