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The Conde Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys: Great Writers on Great Places
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I was disappointed in this book because the stories are so lifeless. There are a lot of facts about each destination but it falls extremely short of inspiring travel. I think the people who wrote the chapters need a little excitement in their lives...but I'm not sure where they'll get it if Greece, Italy, England and South America don't evoke enough em... »
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Harper Perrennial Modern Classics)
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I first read this book in High School. I was impressed but 8 years later re-read the book to my younger sister for a class she was taking. She wasn't getting much from the book. But as I read it to her, I realized how supreme this book is among American Lit.
Dillard's book is the result of relentless observation. Chapter by chapter she rad... »
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Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
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The depth of Benjamin's pessimism has, I think, been underestimated.
"The story is told of an automation constructed in such a way that it could play a winning game of chess, answering each move of an opponent with a countermove. A puppet in Turkish attire and with a hookah in its mouth sat before a chessboard placed on a large table. A sy... »
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A Man Without a Country
Not denying that KV was a giant of late 20th century American letters. This is like reading an amusing rant from a guy who knew his best was behind him. A... »
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Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories
Interesting true stories told well. One story offering some insight into the man? A departure for Palahniuk but one of my favorites of his.... »
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A Room of One's Own
Surprisingly, this long essay about society and art and sexism is one of Woolf's most accessible works. Woolf, a major modernist writer and critic, takes ... »
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