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- Lionel Thomas Biography of Willibald Alexis
- James Hilton’s Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Mark Cousins’ Story of Film
- Andrey Platonov’s book Chevengur
- Thomas Carlyle’s Sartor Resartus
- Jean Findlay’s Life of C. K. Scott Moncrieff
- James Kirke Paulding’s The Dutchman’s Fireside
- Lottman’s Flaubert: A Biography
- Remarque’s book All Quiet on the Western Front
- Thomas Friedman’s book Thank You for Being Late
- Stanley Turkel’s book Built to Last
- Lee Edwards’ book William F. Buckley
- Christopher Alexander’s book A Pattern Language
- David McCullough’s book Brave Companions
- Azar Nafisi’s book Reading Lolita in Tehran
- Hal Shows’ Essay Collection The Bandshell Project
- Summary of the 2021 Biography of Philip Roth
- Review of Wolfram Eilenberger’s Time of the Magicians
- David Lowenthal’s book
The Past is a Foreign Country - Stendhal’s The Life of Henry Brulard
- Simon Winchester’s new book Land
- Anhinga Press Poetry Anthology North of Wakulla
- Harry Morris’ Landmark Study—Last Things in Shakespeare
- Thomas E. Ricks’ new book First Principles
- Gustave Flaubert’s Sentimental Education
- Lionel Trilling’s Book The Liberal Imagination
- The Battle of Hastings: and Literature Hasn’t Been the Same Since
- Kotsilibas-Davis’ Biography of Maurice Barrymore
- On Great Literature (Featuring T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets)
- Plato’s Phaedo and Its Theory of Forms: Conversations and Language Games
- P. V. LeForge’s Principle of Interchange
- Bennett Cerf’s At Random
- Myrtle Scharrer Betz’s Yesteryear I Lived in Paradise
- Daniel Defoe’s The Storm
- Bennett Cerf’s Great German Short Novels and Stories
- John Sitter’s Literary Loneliness
- Hintikkas’ Investigating Wittgenstein
- Oliver Bullough’s Moneyland
- Ernst Junger’s Storm of Steel
- R. Bruce Bickley’s Joel Chandler Harris: A Biography and Critical Study
- Walter Cronkite’s A Reporter’s Life
- Oleg Kalugin’s Autobiography Spymaster
- Fred Allen’s Much Ado about Me
- No Applause—Just Throw Money; Trav S.D.’s Book that Made Vaudeville Famous
- Robert Sherman’s Autobiography Chapters of My Life
- Book Review of Sonification and the Aesthetic Dimension
- Simon Callow’s “Alternative Autobiography” My Life in Pieces
- Dick Van Dyke’s Autobiography
- Tom Nichols’ The Death of Expertise
- Jeff Haden’s The Motivation Myth
- Simon Callow’s Biography of Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World
- Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s Novel The Leopard
- World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal’s Autobiography
- Lock and Dixon’s Biography of Patrick Brontë: Man of Sorrow
- Notes on Kant and Critique: New Essays in Honor of W.H. Werkmeister
- Georg Henrik von Wright’s Wittgenstein
- The Honored Guest
- Book Review of The Secret Lives of Codebreakers
- Book Review of Henry Adams’ The Education of Henry Adams
- The Ides of March
- Charles Dickens 203
- Poe 206
- Book Review of Henry Adams’ Mont Saint Michel and Chartres
- Shakespeare 450
- Book Review of Brian Murphy’s Root of the Wild Madder
- The Albert Effect
- Book Review of Pearls from Sand
- Book Review of Peer Reviews in Software: A Practical Guide
- Jay McInerney’s 1990s Masterpiece Brightness Falls
- Oscar Wilde: After Hard Labor
- Book Review of Michael Holroyd’s Revised Biography of Lytton Strachey
- Book Review of Henry James’ Lesser-Known Novel Confidence
- The Two Daisy Millers of Henry James
- Book Review of John Cheever’s Stories
- On T. S. Eliot’s poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
- Book Review of Thomas Wolfe’s novel Look Homeward, Angel
Category Archives: Book Reviews
Azar Nafisi’s book Reading Lolita in Tehran
Book Review Title: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books Author: Azar Nafisi Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Date: December 30, 2003 ISBN: 978-0812971064 Nafisi’s book is a biographical reflection mostly upon her experiences teaching Western literature (the modern … Continue reading
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Hal Shows’ Essay Collection The Bandshell Project
Book Review Title: The Bandshell Project Author: Hal Steven Shows Publisher: Black Bay Books Date: June 11, 2015 ISBN: 978-1514264546 Collections of essays are among my favorite kinds of books. Hal Shows’ The Bandshell Project is a great example. The … Continue reading
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Summary of the 2021 Biography of Philip Roth
Book Review Title: Philip Roth: The Biography Author: Blake Bailey Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1st Edition (Hardcover) Date: April 6, 2021 ISBN: 978-0393240726 This biography of Philip Roth (19-March-1933 – 22-May-2018) presents a mix of Roth’s personal and … Continue reading
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Review of Wolfram Eilenberger’s Time of the Magicians
Book Review Title: Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Philosophy By: Wolfram Eilenberger Publisher: Penguin Books Date: August 17, 2021 ISBN: 978-0525559689 Eilenberger tells four stories in tandem that cover roughly the years … Continue reading
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David Lowenthal’s book
The Past is a Foreign Country
Book Review Title: The Past is a Foreign Country Author: David Lowenthal Publisher: Cambridge University Press Date: 1985, 1988 ISBN: 978-0521294805 Lowenthal launches an in-depth investigation into our relation to the past in this book. He discusses many angles and … Continue reading
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The Past is a Foreign Country
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Stendhal’s The Life of Henry Brulard
Book Review Title: The Life of Henry Brulard Author: Stendhal (Henri Beyle), Trans. from the French by Catherine Alison Phillips Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Date: February 20, 1925 (written 1835) ASIN : B000MMIJYK (ASIN for a more recent available … Continue reading
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Simon Winchester’s new book Land
Book Review Title: Land Author: Simon Winchester Publisher: Harper Date: January 19, 2021 ISBN: 978-0062938336 Simon Winchester’s new book Land is aptly titled because it is so general in its study of land. The story moves from measuring the size … Continue reading
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Anhinga Press Poetry Anthology North of Wakulla
Book Review Title: North of Wakulla: An Anhinga Anthology Editors: Donna Decker and Mary Jane Ryals Publisher: Anhinga Press Date: September 1, 1989 ISBN: 978-0938078302 The poetry anthology North of Wakulla fulfills and rewards the reader with its outstanding assemblage … Continue reading
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Harry Morris’ Landmark Study—Last Things in Shakespeare
Book Review Title: Last Things in Shakespeare Author: Harry Morris Publisher: Florida State University Press Date: January 1, 1985 ISBN: 978-0813007946 The book is an eschatological analysis of several Shakespeare plays: Hamlet Othello King Lear Macbeth Romeo and Juliet A … Continue reading
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Thomas E. Ricks’ new book First Principles
Thomas E. Ricks’ new book First Principles Book Review Title: First Principles Author: Thomas E. Ricks Publisher: HarperCollins Date: November 10, 2020 ISBN: 978-0062997456 Ricks’ First Principles gives us insight into the literary and philosophical factors that influenced the Founding … Continue reading
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Gustave Flaubert’s Sentimental Education
Book Review Title: Sentimental Education Author: Gustave Flaubert Publisher: Penguin Classics Date: October 26, 2004 ISBN: 978-0140447972 With our busy schedules a lot of us have to keep an eye out not to miss those fleeting chances to get in … Continue reading
Lionel Trilling’s Book The Liberal Imagination
Lionel Trilling’s The Liberal Imagination comprises fifteen essays that range in time from 1946 to 1948. The book was first published in 1950. The collection provides a potpourri of intellectual refinements on the state of American literature in the late … Continue reading
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The Battle of Hastings: and Literature Hasn’t Been the Same Since
The lifestyle of everyday people didn’t change much in the old days when their government was overthrown. Sometimes, a healthy invasion really enhanced a culture. The conquerors added their art and music and literature to the existing culture and suddenly … Continue reading
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Kotsilibas-Davis’ Biography of Maurice Barrymore
Book Review Title: Great times, good times: The Odyssey of Maurice Barrymore Author: James Kotsilibas-Davis Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Inc. Date: January 1, 1977 ISBN: 978-0385049535 Author Kotsilibas-Davis is primarily a biographer, but he approaches his writing like a novelist. … Continue reading
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