Review:I bought this book because one parent showed me their copy and I was hooked by what I saw. I had to have my own copy. This will help the students I tutor with their struggle with the subject of World History. SUPER informative and easy to understand. Read more

Review:I promised myself that after her last book "The Old Wine Shades", I would never again buy one of Ms. Grimes books until they were available at a bargain price. Did I listen to myself? No! And the result is that I am still frustrated at the continuing change in the characters I loved in the earlier books. Come on. Do the faithful readers of this series really believe that Richard Jury is as sex crazed as Ms. Grimes has written here? Why Ms Grimes? Do you think this will sell more books? May... Read more

Review:Heard so much about Graham Greene since school days that eventually I bought the book from Amazon to satisfy my curiosity. It was a letdown.

Every character seems to be drinking and drinking on every conceivable occasion. Probably because of the alcohol, the dialogues are fuzzy and meandering. The story is supposed to be hilarious, with the British intelligence chiefs going gaga over the design of a vacuum cleaner that they thought represents some secret device. And when the hero (the vac... Read more

Review:tHIS IS mILTON'S CONTINUATION OF pARADISE lOST. pARADISE IS REGAINED UPON cHRIST'S ENTRANCE ON THE EARTH. iT BEGINS WITH cHRIST;S BAPTISM wHERE sATAN IS PRESENT AND WHO FOLLOWS cHRIST INTO THE DESERT AND TEMPTS HIM TO SHOW HIS POWER BY TURNING THE STONES INTO BREAD. i USED IT IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEASON OF LENT AND THE FORTY DAYS Christ fasted in the desert. Read more

Review:tHIS IS mILTON'S CONTINUATION OF pARADISE lOST. pARADISE IS REGAINED UPON cHRIST'S ENTRANCE ON THE EARTH. iT BEGINS WITH cHRIST;S BAPTISM wHERE sATAN IS PRESENT AND WHO FOLLOWS cHRIST INTO THE DESERT AND TEMPTS HIM TO SHOW HIS POWER BY TURNING THE STONES INTO BREAD. i USED IT IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEASON OF LENT AND THE FORTY DAYS Christ fasted in the desert. Read more

Review:I was a little disappointed. It was the same formula' someone of the main characters charged with murder. Hester has been on trial' Monk has been on trial Oliver has been on trial, the only one left out has been
Scuff and that's probably the next book. By the way in this book Hester felt bad because she had not had any contact with her brother. Clearly in former books Hester was living with Charles when she met Monk. In another book Charles asked Hester for help to find out what his wife was... Read more

Review:Cleverly's novels deserve to be better known in America. I am very fond of this one
because Joe Sandilands is such a great character.Seances were very popular in the 1920s. Cleverly conveys wonderfully the physical attraction of Simla but also the feeling that the English people living there all have something to hide.
Cleverly conveys the effects of a train crash on those involved. Read more

Review:I've enjoyed reading all of Elizabeth Gaskell's books. She teaches some good lessons about how we should treat one another. The fact that we don't have the end of the story isn't such a bad thing. Life is kind of like that. Read more

Review:...I totally enjoyed the experience. The cover is beautiful and that's why I picked up the book in the first place. I had heard about him and the Satanic Verses and Midnight's Children, but had never sought to read them. I will now. He writes very languid, flowing verse that seem more like prose or poetry. The dialogue is exceptual and thought-provoking. I enjoyed the exchanges between the Sultan and his most "honorable advisor" (esp. how to prove there is no God) and the fable quality of the no... Read more

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