Review:What a strange fascinating narrator! While Jane Eyre will always be my favorite of Charlotte's novels, Villette holds its own. I admit the narration will not be for everyone. Often the side characters take on brighter more perceivable places in this story than it's hero, yet it is still compelling. I highly recommend this novel, and it's intriguing and and illusive narrator. Read more

Review:In "Red Gold," the fifth book of his loosely-connected Night Soldiers novels - all of which have featured different protagonists - author Alan Furst breaks form and returns us to the world of Jean Casson, the character at the center of the preceding volume, "The World at Night."

It is late 1941, and having, in the name of love, forfeited a chance to escape occupied France, former film producer Casson is living on the margins of Paris under an assumed name. He has lost the woman for whom h... Read more

Review:A five star read! I would recommend it to anyone interested in the background of the famous painter and painting and the climate of pre-world war two Austria, as well as the measures taken to restore the painting to its rightful place. Read more

Review:The author put lots of thinking on how the people in that period lived. He described people's thought processes vividly. The turn of the story was unexpected at the first thought. Then one would realize that it was in human nature to develop that way. Read more

Review:The author put lots of thinking on how the people in that period lived. He described people's thought processes vividly. The turn of the story was unexpected at the first thought. Then one would realize that it was in human nature to develop that way. Read more

Review:Portable Edition-- What does this mean?
The portable edition of Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, Portable Edition (11th Edition,is broken up into four(4) smaller books, each covering one of the units in the standard edition. The pages in the portable edition are the same as in the standard edition-- meaning,even though the book is smaller vertically, the words on the page will still be the same as in the standard edition. Keep in mind the original/standard b... Read more

Review:Most people think of Lewis as just writing Narnia and a few christian books, but his life was very deep and interesting. My 10-yr son read this book over the summer and really enjoyed it. The reading level is about 14-yrs old. Read more

Review:The novel carries an air of eloquence that allows the reader to float through the pages. It is a quick read pleasant for bedtime stories. My only caveat is the connection between race and a woman scorned by her husband. It appears the author wanted race to take the primary antagonistic role. It by the middle of the the novel, clearly the woman's emotions towards love are the lesson. Read more

Review:Good stories written in an entertaining fashion. If you like listening to the Moth, you'll like this book too. I wasn't sure how story telling to an audience would translate to the written page, but the editors did a good job picking and putting the stories in printed format. Read more

Review:Joe Lansdale's sharp Texan wit combined with the hilariously compelling relationship between the two protagonists Hap (a white, disenfranchised 60's idealist) and Leonard (a black, homosexual Vietnam vet) has all the spontaneity of Vincent and Jules in Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction'. I could have enjoyed reading 200 pages about these two going for burgers and a trip to the grocery store - the comedic and biting exchanges between them are that rich - however Lansdale weaves a tapestry of mystery and ... Read more