| Take These Letters: Follow the Mail Deliverer to the Seven Churches by E. Alan Roberts, 160 pages Brad Snyder 31 March 2006 This is the strangest commentary I've ever read. It was written in the first person from the perspective of the servant delivering the letters of Revelation 2 and 3 to the appropriate churches. I didn't find it incredibly helpful in my study, but it is an interesting approach. | Billy Bathgate by E. L. Doctorow, 244 pages Tony Pisarenkov 25 February 2003 A novel about a boy who joins an infamous New York gang in the waning days of its influence. Quite simply a great book -- good story, compelling characters and beautiful writing. |
Ragtime (1974) by E. L. Doctorow, 334 pages James Donahue 14 May 2009 |
Howards End by E. M. Forster, 271 pages Steve Gadd 01 December 1996 Not "Howard's End" |
The Selected Writings of E.H. Norman by E.H. Norman, 464 pages James Donahue 20 March 2004 Norman was the first professional scholar of Japan in the West, crucial to the success of the 1945 Occupation, and hounded into suicide by Joseph MacCarthy. This edition celebrates the 50th anniversary of his most noted book. |
Karl Barth by Eberhard Busch, 500 pages James Donahue 17 July 2005 The standard bibliography for over thirty years, written by Barth's last secretary and based upon Barth's notes for his autobiography, but also written from inside a theological, European community whose references and names may only mean something to the historian. |
Night Screams by Ed Gorman& Martin H. Greenberg, 342 pages Jeff Gadd 29 July 2002 22 More scary story's from more author's. |
Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition by Ed Regis, 289 pages Steve Gadd 10 November 2009 |
Freud on Women by ed. Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, 375 pages James Donahue 15 February 2003 A helpful compilation and assessment of Freud's writings on women. |
Cambridge History of Japan: Nineteenth-Century by ed. Marius Jansen, 841 pages James Donahue 12 April 2004 Boning up for comps |
Chicago Blues: A New Collection of Crime Stories About the Real Windy City (2007) by Edited by Libby Fischer Hellman, 456 pages Jonathan Misirian 06 June 2008 Excellent collection of 21 short stories. These Chicago writers infuse elements of the Blues in with their stories of deception, gangsters, corruption, betrayal, and greed. |
The Blue Religion: New stories about cops, criminals and the chase (2008) by Edited by Michael Connelly, 374 pages Jonathan Misirian 23 May 2008 Last time I read a short story, probably high school. This collection of police short stories is a great introduction to the genre. 16 different authors assist the anthology in provide the reader with sharp writing, witty dialogue, and serviceable plots. |
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, 364 pages James Donahue 06 May 2002 |
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, 181 pages Kristin Schrock 30 May 2004 I was warned about this book, about how I might spiral into depression after reading it. But I have to say, it didn't seem all that depressing. Ethan pines for the woman who cares for his hypochondriacal wife, but honor forbids him from leaving the wife. Angst and tragedy ensue. The end. |
Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical's Inside View of White Christianity (2006) by Edward Gilbreath, 207 pages Brad Snyder 21 May 2007 Serving as an intern at a multi-racial church has allowed me to work alongside people of different races and denominational backgrounds. With the blessings, though, comes the need for understanding. Gilbreath attempts to help this by outlining an historic and socially-conscious view of the American evangelical church--one whose culture is more lily white and xenophobic than us crackers tend to understand because this same culture also nurtures our ignorance of these facts. |
Philip Dru: Administrator (1920) by Edward House, 299 pages James Donahue 15 March 2007 Lying feverishly, recovering from a bout of appendicitus, Raully reads an old utopian novel about a settlement house worker who learns of a big-business conspiracy to seize the government by stacking the elections and the Supreme Court, and who then rallies the virile youth of the West and the South to rebel against the government, then installs himself as Administrator and painstakingly rewrites the laws to create a just republic, before marrying his gal Gloria and sailing around the world. This book would just be a bad novel, a combination of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, the Jesus Film, and Braveheart, if not for its historical interest. Shortly after writing this expose of his fantasies, the author, Colonel House, met Woodrow Wilson and became his right hand through the most turbulent, centralizing, and aggressive presidency in U.S. history. |
Data Structures by Edward M Reingold and Wilfred J Hansen, 450 pages Steven Krise 11 November 2008 My at work bathroom reading material. Much better than the previous tome I read on data structures: it had a lot of discussion of algorithms, as well, including searching, sorting, and merging. Other titles in the "Little, Brown Computer Systems Series" include 'Personal Graphics for Profit and Pleasure on the Apple II Plus Computer' and 'Computer Games for Business, School, and Home for TRS-80 Level II BASIC'. |
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte, 191 pages Steve Gadd 02 October 2007 |
Visual Explanations by Edward R. Tufte, 151 pages Steve Gadd 17 August 2008 Another classic treatise in design, showing what can go right (arresting a cholera epidemic) and wrong (loss of a Space Shuttle) based on the way information is presented. |
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte, 191 pages Steve Gadd 17 August 2008 A classic of design, and a minor masterpiece of publishing in its own right. |
The Everything Learning German Book by Edward Swick, 305 pages Steven Krise 05 June 2009 A thorough but not overwhelming overview of German syntax and grammar. |
Why Things Bite Back by Edward Tenner, 354 pages Steve Gadd 27 January 2006 This could be an interesting study in the unintended consequences of new technologies, but there are too few examples and too much analysis. Football helmets lead to "spearing" and neck injury, antibiotics breed superbugs, computers create paperwork, prevention of major health hazards leads to chronic conditions. The general trend is that advancing technology solves big problems, leaving us with many small problems that require more vigilance. |
Beautiful Evidence by Edward Tufte, 213 pages Steven Krise 05 October 2008 I couldn't discern the line connecting some of the chapters to the overall theme of the book, but it is forgivable. His statements about sparklines and multimodal presentation of data are consciousness-expanding and his excoriation of PowerPoint is deep, thorough, and interesting. |
Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott, 82 pages Steve Gadd 04 January 1998 Fanciful story of A. Square, whose comfortable existence in two dimensions is interrupted by his encounter with a sphere. |
The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor, 328 pages Micaela Larkin 08 September 2005 |
12 Monkeys by Eizabeth Hand, 210 pages Jeff Gadd 08 February 2002 A weird book and movie but interesting enough. |
Adam, Eve, and the Serpent by Elaine Pagels, 154 pages Steve Gadd 14 July 1996 |
The Origin of Satan by Elaine Pagels, 214 pages Steven Krise 08 July 2003 Starting with the satan being a role played out by angels or gods in Yahweh's court we see how the concept of the intimate enemy is expanded through Jewish and early Christian thought as the faithful confront opposition. The concept finds its fullest expression in the anti-Semitism of the later Gospels and the demonization of the so-called heretics by Irenaeus. |
Pollyanna Grows Up (1915) by Eleanor H. Porter, 308 pages A Bennett 25 October 2005 Not the erotica the title might suggest to some. Pollyanna does indeed grow up--a shocking ten or so years between pages (not even broken by a division in the book). Wholesome, but not boring. I wish all books still had fancy frontispieces. With that classy sheet of rice paper to keep them protected from the title page. |
Red Tape and the Gospel: A Biography of William Paton by Eleanor Jackson, 346 pages James Donahue 01 June 2005 Paton was a major British church figure during the two world wars. Background for my dissertation research. |
Blockade Diaries by Elena Kochina, 109 pages James Donahue 14 January 2004 Couldn't put it down. A woman's daily grind during the siege of Leningrad. Interesting stuff in here on ethics as she devises a new morality in the midst of desolation. |
The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison, 403 pages Mike Gadd 05 June 2002 Not a bad book, but difficult to read. My ignorance of the plight of the Tibetan monk was what slowed me down. I now have a better understanding of the type of issues that give Richard Gere fits. The story boils down to a murder of a Chinese official near a Tibetan prison camp. The prison warden learns one of the prisoners is a former investigator. He wants the prisoner to write up the paperwork in a quick and tidy fashion to keep the higher ups off his back. Stuff turns up and suspense ensues. |
An Untold Story: The Roosevelts of Hyde Park by Eliot Roosevelt, 305 pages Micaela Larkin 03 July 2007 FDR's son psychoanalyzes his parents. |
Getting Over Jack Wagner by Elise Juska, 286 pages Kristin Schrock 18 November 2003 All I need is just a little more time, to be sure, what I feel, isn't all in my mind, because it seems so hard to believe, that you're all I need. |
The Goal: A Process Of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, 337 pages Erik Bauer 27 January 2000 I got this book when I took a production manager position thinking it would be a help to my new job but it actually changed the way I look at traffic jams and long lines at supermarkets and has probably increased my overall stress level. |
Critical Chain by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, 246 pages Erik Bauer 13 August 2000 A follow on to "The Goal." This book is pure program management and has some great ideas, but the practical implementation of these ideas is where I get lost. I might find this useful when when I grow up and get a real job. |
The Historian (2005) by Elizabeth Kostova, 642 pages James Donahue 17 January 2006 Page-turning thriller, as a family of historians track Dracula through Ottoman manuscripts, Balkan monasteries, and Orthodox folk rituals. |
The Historian (2005) by Elizabeth Kostova, 647 pages Jennifer Dear 05 March 2007 |
The Funny Thing Is... by Ellen DeGeneres, 177 pages Julie Gephart 28 January 2004 A few good laughs, but mostly I think she doesn't translate to print very well. |
Emile Zola (1966) by Elliott Grant, 181 pages James Donahue 25 October 2006 Old-time lit-crit, from the times when the middle-class tried to keep up with their European literature to maintain their class status. Remember those days? |
Maid Marian (2004) by Elsa Watson, 307 pages Jennifer Dear 17 July 2007 Dust jacket says, "An irresistible reimagining of the Robin Hood legend." Jen says, "It makes me want to watch' Robin Hood' again." |
Germinal (1885) by Emile Zola, 532 pages James Donahue 02 August 2006 If you ever thought your life was bad. . . .Preparing to teach Western Civ this fall. |
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin, 336 pages Micaela Larkin 08 November 2006 kind of weird book, but not a bad read... what happens if you slept with your best friend from grade school's fiancee on your birthday six months before the wedding? |
Something Blue by Emily Giffin, 368 pages Micaela Larkin 08 November 2006 What if you were the scorned best friend from previous book who went to England to stay with other childhood friend? |
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, 279 pages Kristin Schrock 30 December 2002 I read about this book in an article about Harry Potter: if you liked Harry Potter, you'll like this. Plus, it has darkness. I am all about the darkness. Artemis is a 12 year old criminal mastermind who is scheming to get his family fortune back. The scheme involves stealing some fairy gold. Artemis is a cool character, but we spend too much time with other annoying characters--which is probably so that at least one character will appeal to the young kids reading it. I don't think I won the race for fifth. Next year, Steves, next year. And, Juliette Binoche was in the movie Chocolat--which I didn't see but was innondated with previews. |
Artemis Fowl (2001) by Eoin Colfer, 279 pages A Bennett 31 December 2004 |
Irish Myths and Legends by Eoin Neeson, 126 pages Steve Gadd 04 July 1996 |
The Real Toy Story: inside the rutless battle for America's youngest consumers (2007) by Eric Clark, 255 pages Jonathan Misirian 06 March 2007 The Real Toy Story, failed to live up to its hype. I had thought that this would be a great expose of the toy business, and instead it consisted of average reporting without any real mention of the 'ruthless battle' for children. No surprise to anyone that the toy industry has money as its number 1 goal. The chapters on Barbie don't provide anything more then what we already know.. icon, alien proportions, strict licensing agreements, and a lot of feminist critics....yawn. |
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer, 177 pages Tony Pisarenkov 04 September 2008 The title says it all. Not quite what I was hoping for (I was looking for something more directly dealing with religious cults). Heavy on generalities, very short on examples, colored by the state of the world at the time it was written (1951), but at times still thought-provoking. |
Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and His World of Improvisation by Eric Nisenson, 213 pages Tony Pisarenkov 29 January 2003 For those that like Rollins's music but don't know much about his life and career, this is not a bad place to start, but ultimately the book disappoints. It suffers from the same problems as Nisenson's other work: a tone of extreme adoration and insufficient criticism of the subject, too much basic jazz history aimed at neophytes, an ineffective attempt to discuss race relations, and, above all, the fact that Nisenson is simply not a very good writer. |
The Trumpeter of Krakow (1928) by Eric P. Kelly, 0 pages A Bennett 26 June 2003 Covering 13th-15th century Cracovian history, largely focussing on the reign of Kasimir IV, Cossack and Tartar unrest in Ukraine, and chiefly how it affected the cities of Krakow and then-neighboring Kasimirez. The novel's exploits follow the travels of the Great Tarnov Crystal, culminating in the Great Fire of 1462, and its subsequent loss in the Vistula. Never let a historian write a novel- -unless he agrees to drink a lot whilst doing so. Else the product of his work will likely be drier than the straw that Pan Kreutz used to indirectly conflagrate Krakow of olde--much as the material is here. The plot's only saving grace was, perhaps, that it stirred in me a further interest in the work and writings of Jan Kanty. But even that is currently in doubt. |
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, 356 pages Mike Gadd 21 August 2002 There are some serious and downright shocking problems in the food industry in this country. Too many issues to sum up here. Consider this though: Beef for school lunches is purchased on the basis of lowest price. This beef is the most likely to contain deadly pathogens, as well as pieces of spinal cord, bone, and gristle. Cattle that are diseased or already dead are also used. What''s wrong with this picture? Until 1997 livestock were fed rendered remains of cats and dogs, purchased from animal shelters. Now it''s just pigs, horses and chicken. Cows are not designed to eat meat. They are pumped up with growth hormones to compensate. Slaughterhouses are allowed to inspect their own facilities. Meat that is left hanging too long before being cleaned is sold to other companies to be used under another name. It goes on and on. Not everything I learned is gross, just the parts I''ll remember for a long time. |
The Geography of Bliss (2008) by Eric Weiner, 352 pages James Donahue 10 March 2008 After surveying the current state of the science of happiness (blissology, if you must know), Weiner (sounds like Whiner) sets off on a tour of the world's happiest nations: Switz, Iceland, Thailand, Ashville NC, Bhutan (which measures its Gross Domestic Happiness, not its GDP). With some oddballs thrown in: India (to study with a guru), Qatar (does sudden wealth create happiness), and Moldova (one of the unhappiest places on earth). Entertaining, thought-provoking: travel-lit meets critical treatment of self-help world. Now why wasn't South Bend, Indiana on that list? Oh yeah - we suck! |
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, 249 pages Jeff Gadd 19 August 2002 A book about what it was like for the Germans in WW 1. |
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, 390 pages James Donahue 08 June 2005 Read this gem while on vacation in the Smokies. Larson tells two stories: one about the gleaming success of the Columbian Exposition of 1893, and another about a mass murderer who lived on its borders and preyed on newly-deracinated girls in the big city. I preferred the former, but Jen preferred the latter. Worthwhile read. |
The Virgin by ErikBarmack, 244 pages Kristin Schrock 02 April 2005 I was swayed by the cover blurbs which proclaimed this to be like Nick Hornsby and Bret Ellison. Pshaw! The story of a reality show contestant on a show called "the virgin". Pedestrian and predictable--although there's a shout-out to TWoP. Blah. |
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, 507 pages Steve Gadd 30 June 1998 |
Islands in the Stream by Ernest Hemingway, 435 pages Steve Gadd 25 July 1998 A favorite, left unpublished by the author. |
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway, 208 pages Steve Gadd 30 August 1999 Papa reminisces about being "very poor and very happy" in Paris. |
Winner Take Nothing by Ernest Hemingway, 162 pages Steve Gadd 23 April 2000 A small collection of some of Papa's best short works. |
Green Hills Of Africa by Ernest Hemingway, 304 pages Erik Bauer 25 May 2000 A well written, relaxing sunday afternoon read. I fully intend to make it to Africa to experience a fraction of what Hemingway was able to, before it completely goes down the toilet. |
The Old Man And the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, 118 pages Jeff Gadd 11 May 2002 Great Story. |
Death in the Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway, 278 pages Steve Gadd 09 July 2002 Papa's textbook on bullfighting. Plenty of goring and an occasional anecdote liven up the story. |
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, 314 pages Steve Gadd 30 September 2002 Classic tragedy, a bit flat on the romance. |
The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway, 92 pages Jonathan Misirian 09 October 2005 Hemingway's short masterpiece is an existentialist's dream. Forcing the reader to identify with the lonely fisherman and the absurdity of his life makes this novella an intriguing read. Sparse word choices and minimal dialogue show Hemingway’s skill at constructing a textured story. |
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, 314 pages Tony Pisarenkov 20 November 2005 I used to think that I liked Hemingway. I am not so sure anymore. |
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, 251 pages Steve Gadd 01 August 2007 When I read Hemingway, I hear the voice of Wolfram Kandinsky, who recorded this and several other of Papa's works for Books on Tape. |
The Barbarian Way: Unleash the Untamed Faith Within by Erwin Raphael McManus, 160 pages Brad Snyder 11 December 2006 A 160 page stream of conscious-type sermon about painting outside the lines in the faith. It ranks one great big yawn. |
When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago, 274 pages Jaqi Ross 07 September 2004 Santiago's memoir recounts her childhood in rural Puerto Rico and her teenage years in New York City. |
Professional VB.NET 2nd Edition by Et al, 985 pages Steven Krise 05 April 2004 "This book explains the underlying philosophy and design of the .NET framework and Common Language Runtime, and details the differences between Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET." At least the title isn't all acronyms. Note to Ms Bennett, one of the dozen authors was a women. I'm working on it. |
Gates of Eden by Ethan Coen, 261 pages Mike Gadd 07 March 2004 Here's an example of how reading the book jacket would have come in handy. I was about 100 pages in and the story just wasn't making any sense. I'm all for bringing in new story lines along the way and then pulling them all together in a big finish, but this was getting out of hand. When I finally read the back cover I learned that this was a book of short stories. Duh. It didn't help that I was still in my drug induced fog trying to recover from the plague. |
We by Eugene Zamiatin, 218 pages Steve Gadd 20 September 1995 |
Fun With Milk & Cheese by Evan Dorkin, 96 pages Steve Gadd 05 July 2004 Dairy products gone bad! A half-gallon of milk and a wedge of cheese wreak death, mayhem, and destruction. A comic of dada ultraviolence you won't soon forget! Thanks Ray for the loan. |
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, 351 pages Tony Pisarenkov 09 July 2004 A fascinating and deeply moving story of a young artist's entanglement with an eccentric family of English aristocrats, struggling to understand the world, each other and, above all, the place that religion occupies in their lives. The best novel I've read in a long, long time. |
A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh, 225 pages Tony Pisarenkov 05 July 2006 Brideshead Revisited did more for me, and I agree that the connection between the first and second parts of the book is strained at best (the alternate ending provided free of charge does no better), but Waugh's mastery at creating what are quite possibly the most vapid and despicable characters in all of XX-century literature with a mere flick of his pen comes through loud and clear. |
Decline and Fall (1928) by Evelyn Waugh, 293 pages James Donahue 09 July 2007 Fresh off his conversion, Waugh wrote his first novel to savage the literate 'chatocracy' among whom he had spent his 20s. Brilliant satire: See Pennyfeather mix and mingle with Lady Circumference (and her son Lord Tangent), the underworld of Capt. Grimes and Philbrick, and finally meet his end in a reformed penitentiary after he runs afoul of the League of Nations. |
Vile Bodies (1930) by Evelyn Waugh, 321 pages James Donahue 22 July 2007 "Adam and Nina were suffering from being sophisticated about sex before they were at all widely experienced." |
Black Mischief (1932) by Evelyn Waugh, 240 pages James Donahue 30 July 2007 |
A Handful of Dust (1934) by Evelyn Waugh, 308 pages James Donahue 07 August 2007 Waugh's first non-satirical book is enough to make me despair of modern civilization. There is depressing, and then there is Waugh. Here Brenda Last leaves her traditional husband for no conceivable reason (boredom? silliness? callousness?), beginning a process that leads a country squire family into extinction. |
Scoop (1938) by Evelyn Waugh, 254 pages James Donahue 21 August 2007 Whenever career-driven journalists descend on a rumor-filled Third World nation and have to justify their extravagent expense reports even while they have no real grasp of the country they are in, news will be made. Or at least: "news" will be reported. Here Waugh mocks a group of journalists in the fictional African nation of "Ishmaelia" as they generate the news that they need for the folks back home. Waugh again uses the journey of a straight man (here: Mr. Boot, someone who goes only so he can keep his comfy job writing the "Rural Life" column for the Megalopolitan) to wickedly satire everyone around him. Loosely based on Waugh's experience in 1935 as a foreign correspondent covering the Italo-Abyssian War. |
Put Out More Flags (1942) by Evelyn Waugh, 254 pages James Donahue 23 August 2007 After two years of slugging it out in the Mediterrean with the British Army, Waugh sat down to write a satiric update of his comic characters from previous books. The book is interesting, but seems to fall pretty flat for several reasons. First, the antics of the Bright Young Things are more sinister than comic in a time of war. But more importantly Waugh just cannot write lite anymore. A moral edge is there in the satire that wasn't before. The stories mean something now. Which means: I hope Waugh's next book is something different. Waugh has changed, and his narrative voice needs to change: from satire of the glitterati to ??? |
Brideshead Revisited (1945) by Evelyn Waugh, 351 pages James Donahue 26 August 2007 Waugh's new tone and newfound seriousness create this amazing read! This book was published on the eve of WWI (my own first edition was bought by a Lt. Col in the U.S. Army from nearby Goshen) and tells the story of a WWII officer struggling with the memories of the lost prewar Britain: pastoral, aristocratic, slightly superfluous, lamented. Waugh laments a Victorian world that "were the aborgines, vermin by right of law, to be shot off at leisure so that things might be safe for the travelling salesman, with his polygonal pince-nez, his fat wet hand-shake, his grinning dentures." Here Waugh also deals with his own Catholicism for the first time, though not head on like his contmporaries Greene or Chesterton, but as part of that lost world that Britain turned its back on. Waugh's Catholicism is alien, foreign, unmodern, something that Waugh seems compelled towards but not necessarily in favour of. (Read mostly in one long day waiting for the birth of Calvin Thomas Donahue.) |
The Loved One (1948) by Evelyn Waugh, 164 pages James Donahue 30 August 2007 Waugh returns to satire again, after his brief foray into "lit-era-toor," but moves his aim from the British upper class to their cross-Atlantic successors after WWII. In this short novel a British vagabond falls in love with an embalmer in southern California named Aimée Thanatogenos (named after the evangelist) and gets to see the bizarre American world of death. |
Helena (1950) by Evelyn Waugh, 247 pages James Donahue 07 September 2007 Waugh abandons his previous styles and writes a fictional account of the life of St. Helena, mother of Constantine and discoverer of the True Cross. Waugh manages to write as one of the Faithful without devolving into melodrama or hagiography. I admire the effort, but somehow I did not quite enjoy it. (And I'm sure that Waugh caught much grief for his newfound open faith, perhaps like Anne Rice or Orson Scott Card is catching right now.) This inability to enjoy this book puzzles me. Did Waugh fail when he left his satiric side? Did writing "Brideshead" or living through WWII or just getting older and more religious ruin his edge? Or: Perhaps I am too Protestant, although I'm not sure what that has to do with it. Hmmmm. |
Helena (1950) by Evelyn Waugh, 247 pages Jennifer Dear 10 October 2007 |
Sword of Honour (1952-61) by Evelyn Waugh, 796 pages James Donahue 12 October 2007 Evelyn Waugh's last novel, released slowly over a decade, is loosely based on his own WWI experiences as a forty(ish)-year old volunteer. It portrays the slow maturation of a wealthy dilenttante faced for the first time with life - and death. It begins with a romantic vow to crusade against fascism at the grave of Sir Roger Casement and ends with a desperate quest to save the life of one Jew in Yugoslavia. |
Brideshead Revisited (audio) by Evelyn Waugh, 351 pages Steve Gadd 11 September 2009 Though it was a set of ten CDs and the book read aloud by Jeremy Irons, I am counting the pages I would have clocked with the paperback. |
Ezra Pound Speaking: Radio Speeches of WWII by Ezra Pound, 190 pages Tony Pisarenkov 01 April 2004 What's all the controversy about? Highly anti-semitic, yes, but beyond that, just ravings of a madman. No coherent arguments, no evidence, no critical analysis. You've read one, you've read them all. |