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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
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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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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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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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Bennett Cerf’s At Random
Book Review Title: At Random Author: Bennett Cerf Publisher: Random House Date: March 5, 2002 (origin. 1977) ISBN: 978-0375759765 Bennett Cerf founded Random House in 1927. It was privately held until going public in 1959. Over the next couple of … Continue reading
Myrtle Scharrer Betz’s Yesteryear I Lived in Paradise
Book Review Title: Yesteryear I Lived in Paradise: The Story of Caladesi Island Author: Myrtle Scharrer Betz Publisher: University of Tampa Press Date: October 1, 2007 ISBN: 978-1597320337 Myrtle Scharrer Betz wrote Yesteryear in 1981. She describes her father’s life … Continue reading
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Daniel Defoe’s The Storm
Book Review Title: The Storm Author: Daniel Defoe Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition Date: May 31, 2005 (First published 1704) ISBN: 978-0141439921 The Storm is centered on a hurricane that hit England, including London, on November 26–27, 1703. The … Continue reading
Bennett Cerf’s Great German Short Novels and Stories
Book Review Title: Great German Short Novels and Stories Editor: Bennett A. Cerf Publisher: Modern Library Date: 1933 ASIN: B000BTPSYS This collection of German short novels and stories includes works by Thomas Mann (Death in Venice), Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe … Continue reading
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John Sitter’s Literary Loneliness
Book Review Title: Literary Loneliness in Mid-Eighteenth-Century England Author: John Sitter Publisher: Cornell University Press Date: 1982 ISBN: 978-0801414992 For a critical study of a literary period, this book is a gem for readers who love history, literary insights, and … Continue reading
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Ernst Junger’s Storm of Steel
Book Review Title: Storm of Steel Author: Ernst Junger Publisher: Penguin Classics; 1st edition Date: May 4, 2004 ISBN: 978-0142437902 Ernst Junger’s Storm of Steel tells the story of the author’s experiences as a special forces soldier, then as an … Continue reading
R. Bruce Bickley’s Joel Chandler Harris: A Biography and Critical Study
Book Review Title: Joel Chandler Harris Author: R. Bruce Bickley, Jr. Publisher: Brown Thrasher Books, The University of Georgia Press Year Published: 1978 ISBN: 978-0820331850 Professor Bickley does a magnificent job bringing out the heart and soul of his subject, … Continue reading
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Walter Cronkite’s A Reporter’s Life
Book Review Title: A Reporter’s Life Author: Walter Cronkite Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf> Date: December 16, 1996 ISBN: 0-394-57879-1 Walter Cronkite’s autobiography fascinates on at least two levels: 1. the storied life of a well-traveled and internationally acclaimed television journalist; … Continue reading
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Oleg Kalugin’s Autobiography Spymaster
Book Review Title: Spymaster Author: Oleg Kalugin Publisher: Basic Books, Perseus Books Group Date: 2009 ISBN: 978-0465014453 Spymaster is an espionage thriller. It is also a true story—it is the autobiography of Oleg Danilovich Kalugin, Soviet General and head of … Continue reading
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