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- 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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Thomas Carlyle’s Sartor Resartus
Book Review Title: Sartor Resartus Author: Thomas Carlyle Publisher: Oxford University Press Date: August 1, 2008 (original book publication 1836) ISBN: 978-0199540372 Structure of the book: an Editor-Biographer writes about a German Professor-Autobiographer (Herr Teufelsdröckh). The background is that the … Continue reading
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Jean Findlay’s Life of C. K. Scott Moncrieff
Book Review Title: Life of C. K. Scott Moncrieff Author: Jean Findlay Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Date: March 10, 2015 ISBN: 978-0374119270 They say hereditary talents sometimes skip a generation. In this case it skipped three or four generations. … Continue reading
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James Kirke Paulding’s The Dutchman’s Fireside
Book Review Title: Dutchman’s Fireside Author: James Kirke Paulding Publisher: College & University Press Date: 1966 (first published June 10, 1831) ASIN: B00QOB429E Paulding’s 1831 novel has two distinct, overlapping story arcs: In the first, the hero is initiated … Continue reading
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Lottman’s Flaubert: A Biography
Book Review Title: Flaubert: A Biography Author: Herbert R. Lottman Publisher: Little Brown & Co Date: January 1, 1989 ISBN: 978-0316533423 This biography of Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) is a great story and Herbert Lottman is a great storyteller. Flaubert finished … Continue reading
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Remarque’s book All Quiet on the Western Front
Book Review Title: All Quiet on the Western Front Author: Erich Maria Remarque Publisher: Turtleback Books Date: January 1, 1975 (orig. November 1928) ISBN: 978-0881039825 [SPOILER ALERT] This review tells you how it ends. The story begins near the beginning … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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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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