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By: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Norilana Books
February 10, 2007
I haven't actually had a chance to read the book yet, but there are plenty of reviews out there. I can say that aesthetically this is a beautiful edition. I hope that penguin continues to reprint classic novels in this style... more
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| 2. The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure |
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By: William Goldman
Publisher: Harcourt
October 08, 2007
This was a birthday present for my 15 year old daughter, and she absolutely couldn't put the book down until it was done!... more
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| 3. Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate) |
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By: Gail Carriger
Publisher: Orbit
October 01, 2009
It's the Italian blood, you see. That's what makes Alexia so outspoken and hot tempered. And, of course, it didn't help in the looks department: too prominent of nose, olive-colored skin, and dark hair. All the gift of her dead Italian father and not exactly the sort of thing London society favors. And it certainly does not help that she has spent so much time in her father's library reading... more
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| 4. Stardust | 
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By: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: HarperTeen
December 23, 2008
This book had many differences from the movie that I saw a few years ago, which allows me to appreciate both the book and the movie as two distinct works. I found the plotline of the book to be much more subdued in comparison to the movie. The love between the star and Tristan was not nearly as passionate, nor Victoria Forester quite so much of a snob. The ghosts of the Stormhold brothers were not... more
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| 5. Victory of Eagles (Temeraire) |
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By: Naomi Novik
Publisher: Del Rey
May 19, 2009
Highly recommended for anyone who has read the previous 4 books in the Temeraire series... more
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| 6. The Silmarillion |
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By: J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher: Del Rey
January 12, 1985
The Silmarillion
"The Silmarillion" Author, J.R.R. Tolkien.
The reason I purchased The Silmarillion from Amazon.com was while I was looking for the book Amazon.com showed a couple view's of the book, offered new and used book's I bought new. Amazon.com also showed me other people and site's selling the book even if they were lower in price. Amazon.com was the cheapest thou in... more
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| 7. The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker |
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By: Leanna Renee Hieber
Publisher: Leisure Books
August 20, 2009
This is a great book! It really pulls at the heartstrings and doesnt let you go. I read many, many books and very few of them have hooked my this way. It characterizes Alienation and turmoil without being to dark and dragging. It is more than a paranormal romance it speaks of greater things... more
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| 8. Le Morte Darthur (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) |
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By: Sir Thomas Malory
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
August 05, 1997
From beginning to end, this story braces the imagination, and takes one to a place and time where faith, honor, and courage were central. You just may find yourself admiring and beginning to love some of the knights and damsels you're reading about. When I finished the book and put it on the shelf, it was a lot like saying good-bye to a friend.
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| 9. The New Atlantis |
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By: Francis Bacon
Publisher: IAP
January 20, 2009
It's not what I thought it would be. It seemed to be advertised as an esoteric Rosicrucian document, but it's really just Bacon's portrait of an ideal society. It's true that society has Rosicrucian ideals, but it is mostly a politcal book... more
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| 10. Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, Book 4) |
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By: Naomi Novik
Publisher: Del Rey
September 25, 2007
This is a great read. I was not planning on read this book, since the description did not sound that good. But I am glade I downloaded it to my Kindle, it is a great addition into the series. You, the reader, get to know a bit more about the dragons and the captains inner thoughts and how they think/fill about a topic, such as slavery. I know a bit about this time era (less then I would like, but reading... more
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