Review:A masterpiece.

Writers of sex could all benefit by reading the carriage scene where the reader is aware of what the couple in the carriage are doing and yet the reader never once gains a look inside.

Oh, I am not saying anything against the writing of open door sex scenes. I am just saying that Gustave Flaubert created more sensuality though only writing of what happens outside of the carriage. The reader sees the couple getting into the carriage, the driver and horses and the ext... Read more

Review:Like french movies, this book was not about happy endings and a happy storyline. It was a sad, raw, human book. As much as I was disgusted by the actions of the some of the characters, I still enjoyed every minute of reading this book because the storyline is interesting and has a great flow. Read more

Review:This useful book is an indespensible compliment to the "Master & Commander" series. So many places like "Isle de France" are not found on modern maps, and details of 1805 Port Mahon in Minorca are necessary to understand the actions there which are thinly disguised accounts of actual events.

I also recommend "Harbors and High Seas" by this author and "Lobscouse and Spotted Dog" by Anne Chotzinoff Grossman and Lisa Grossman Thomas. Aubry eats as much as fights. Now you can imagine (an... Read more

Review:This historical romance set in the 1950's during the time when being an unwed mother was shamed for some people. Setting of on her own Maribeth meets Tommy who's going through a tragedy of his own. The Gift is a very heartwarming, compassionate and inspirational book. Everyone faces difficult decisions in life and some are very hard to deal with. Then the loss of a child can bring about a state that no one is prepared to deal with. Maribeth had to make decisions based on what would be best. ... Read more

Review:I ordered a LARGE PRINT book and received a regular print paperback. I returned the paperback, and received another regular print paperback (the exact style I had just returned). I gave the regular print paperback to my Grandfather because it was Father's Day, and now, I'm not sure he can read it because the print is too small.

Needless to say, I am disgusted that my first order AND my second order were NOT correct. What a waste of time and money. Read more

Review:In Knut Hamsun's Hunger, the narrator and protagonist roams the streets of Kristiania (Oslo) and searches for food and later lodging. A writer of questionable success, he submits his writings to a journal but rarely gets the story accepted. Without money, he often doesn't eat for days.

As we read the novel, we dwell into the mind occasionally delusion of a man trying to maintain his dignity in poverty. Though he had no food, he gives money to children and vagrants. And though he fancies a... Read more

Review:Sorry, Rach, but I'm very disappointed in this book. Other reviewers had commented on the lack of a decent amount of pictures and I will have to agree. As a matter of fact, there are even less than that. There are less than a handful and, like other reviewers, I like to see what the finished "product" is supposed to look like. The title implied to me that this would be a family meal type cookbook. Sunday dinners include everyone, right? I find that a very good percentage of the recipes are f... Read more

Review:It's a love story, and it has everything: bandits, highwaymen, corrupt judges, criminal masterminds, heroes, villains, faithful friends, lovers, betrayals, robbery, murder, mines, runaway carriages, and beer for breakfast. It's written in classic 19th-century prose style, so don't be put off by the slow start. Slog through it, tough it out, fall it love with the great John Ridd and the beautiful robber's child, Lorna Doone. Set in Exmoor, it's based on historical events. The Ridd farmhouse exist... Read more

Review:Written during the Great War, the individual and the social are both given poetic attention, deep feeling, spiritual power.. Are you a loner, with few best friends, inquiring, seeking? You found the book(s) written for you by Hesse. Read on. One of his earlier books, maybe the first major one, Demian, was for me one of Hesse's last to read, after the more famous and in chronological order, Siddhartha, Steppenwolfe, Narcissus and Goldmund, The Journey to the East and The Glass Bead Game.. Kind of... Read more

Review:What a delightful, charming story has been written by Antoine Laurain. It will long be remembered as a favorite of mine. The twist at the end has thoroughly captivated me. I can't wait to read more of Laurain's works. Read more