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- 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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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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On Great Literature (Featuring T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets)
Book Review Title: Four Quartets Author: T. S. Eliot Publisher: Mariner Books Date: March 20, 1968 ISBN: 978-0156332255 When you go to pick up a book to read, what normally comes to mind is, “Where’s a good story I can … Continue reading
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Plato’s Phaedo and Its Theory of Forms: Conversations and Language Games
Title: Plato’s Phaedo Author: Plato, Translated by Hugh Tredennick Publisher: London: Penguin Books; First Edition Date: January 1, 1954 ASIN : B0017DM39A My first question upon reading Plato’s Phaedo was, “How and why did Plato invent the Theory of Forms?” … Continue reading
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P. V. LeForge’s Principle of Interchange
Book Review Title: Principle of Interchange and Other Stories Author: P. V. LeForge Publisher: Paperback Rack Books Date: April 1, 1990 ISBN: 978-0962487804 A collection of sixteen stories, Principle of Interchange holds its share of surprises, mostly pleasant surprises. The … 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