Review:Semi-autobiographical account of Twain as greenhorn tenderfoot dude among Indians, miners, cowboys, and the natives of the Sandwich Islands. His telling of a coming flood as if it ranked second only to Noah's sticks with me 43 years after reading it. Just ordered the Kindle version to revisit Twain's fantasyland of life viewed through nonstop ironic humor. Read more

Review:Autobiography of Mark Twain - 100th Anniversary Edition Buying what I thought was the new Mark Twain autobiography, this book arrived. Same title, looks authentic, but appears to be an outside instant publishing effort which slipped its product onto the Amazon catalog. Telltale evidence: printer's mark on back page: "24 March 2011" -- just a couple of days before I ordered the book.

The book itself is f... Read more

Review:Very different from most of his writing, although the circumstances previous to the writing had certainly colored his outlook. Still, very worthy of reading because of the different angle from which it is written. Read more

Review:True
one of Lorea's best lines is,
"agony, always...
agony"
think of this when you
kill a cockroach or
pick up a razor to shave
or awaken in the morning to
face the sun
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"sometimes all we need to be able to continue
are the dead
rattling the walls
that close us in."
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"it felt like screaming in a madhouse
the madhouse of my world"
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A Cat is a Cat is a Cat
"he [Beethoven] did fine
for what he was
but I wouldn't want<... Read more

Review:I purchased this book for my daughter's first birthday. I have always loved this poem and was so excited when I found it in a picture book. Susan Jeffers does a great job illustrating. The pictures are beautiful. I plan to give my daughter a special book each year and I am so glad I was able to start with this one. Read more

Review:Classic civil war battle novel. The language is fairly poetic and written after the civil war, but I thought it brought the war to life. It tells a story about a man's personal journey as a soldier in the civil war. It's his fears, his passions, his courage, selfishness, and all from one man's viewpoint. Read more

Review:Although the price tag may seem excessive... this collection of poems and drawings from Burton is a tribute to his mad genius. I owned this before, lost it to a friend who borrowed it (forever), and recently rebought it because I was eager to read it again. It's not long, or involved, and there isn't a hint of plot. This book is, in fact, tiny and short, but well worth it, even if you have to buy it twice. Read more

Review:The photography and the aesthetic of this book are beautiful. It might be worth having just for the sake of having something so pretty. As for the poetry- I was a little disappointed. Based on what I'd seen of Gregson's work floating around on the internet, and the many good reviews, I had high hopes. But all the poems are very short, with little substance, and many seem to be very minimally different versions of the same love poem. A couple did stand out to me (not that I can reference them as ... Read more

Review:Enjoying every page Easy Rawlings is a smart man. I like the way he gets the information he needs by thinking and using his head. I look forward to reading all of the books in the Easy Rawlings series. Mr. Mosley is quite a writer. Invest the time and money, the rewards will be many. Read more

Review:A lot of veiled homoerotic imagery, much of which today would be considered borderline pedophilia. Bogged down by repetitive illusions to the Greek ideals of beauty. Not on narrative par with Buddenbrooks or The Magic Mountain. Best suited for those who wish to say they've read all of Thomas Mann's work. Read more