Review:"GOD IS DEAD" These words are perhaphs the most famous and most misunderstood words uttered by any modern philosopher. Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the most overlooked and underestimated philosophers in recent memory. He embodies the great ideas of Kierkegaard and Schopenhauer who proceeded him in the founding of the school of existentialism. The difference between them and Nietzsche? Nietzsche can write, his prose and poetry are beautifully written and an excellent alternative to the drab and ... Read more

Review:I was sorely disappointed in this book, having heard from several people how good it was. Unlike most of the nonfiction work I have read, Queen Elizabeth is made out in this story to be an indecisive romantic simpleton who had to be lead to every important decision she made by the men surrounding her. Instead of masterfully playing the field to keep alliances as most historians feel she did, she is portrayed as whining and indecisive about her lovelife as well, controlled totally by Robert Dud... Read more

Review:I enjoyed this portrayal of Katherine Howard and Anne of Cleves in this book. It certainly is a different concept to previous Philippa Gregory novels. I also appreciated the narrative of Jane Boleyn, right up to her beheading! Read more

Review:In her previous work, Gregory told the story of Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry Tudor, as seen through the eyes of her lesser-known sister, Mary. In this follow-up work, Gregory uses a completely fictional character, Hannah Green, to follow the reign of Queen Mary, the once-beloved daughter of Henry who was declared illegitimate and exiled before finally coming into her inheritance. Hannah, a young girl of 14, is the queen's "fool" because she has the gift of second sight. She came into roya... Read more

Review:Written especially for those who love their history delivered in the novel format. Gregory always includes wonderful research information in her epilogue and bibliography. Great story well told. I always learn something new from this author. Read more

Review:Texts are fragile and all too easily lost to oblivion. Horrific acts that forever erase cultural memory can often result from unforeseen and uncontrollable natural acts, such as fires. Fires eat ideas. A catastrophic fire in a historical library has culture for lunch. Such random conflagrations could even out-censor Big Brother. Luckily, humanity still possesses "Sir Gawain and the Green Night" because a 1731 fire did not engulf a manuscript known as "Cotton Nero A.x." Dating to the time of Chau... Read more

Review:This book will make you love mythology again, or will serve as an excellent introduction for those who are unfamiliar. Visual presentation is superb, from typography to color composition. I also have one of the earlier editions that don't have the illustrations, but the simple presence of colors in this one just makes the book much easier to follow and remember certain portions. Read more

Review:I was pleasantly surprised how many times I laughed out loud during the first half of this novel! There is some fine black comedy. At first. During the second half of the novel things are not so funny, in fact quite bleak. What seemed coldly humourous in Undine Spragg at first, slowly and steadily reveals the disturbed mind of the narcissistic sociopath, a full blown clinical case. Undine is downright frightening, and makes for a chilly, yet strangely delicious read. Once again, Warton's ... Read more

Review:I don't deny that Kafka has a very out-of-the-box way of writing, but to be honest it didn't do it for me. While I wouldn't recommend it to someone looking for a light/fun read, if you're looking for something that will test your grip on reality, I'd take a gander. Definitely gets you talking. Read more

Review:A great Russian classic but in the traditional Russian genre. Very descriptive writing of people and places with the "normal" tragic Russian ending. Turgenev easily captures the soul of Russian writers of the 18th century. Read more