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Black Elk Speaks, by John G. Neihardt
Black Elk Speaks By John G. NeihardtThis book is written by John Neihardt, but in truth it is given to him by Black Elk; Neihardt writes the book with Black Elk in true collaborative fa...
 
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The Surrounded (Zia Book), by D'Arcy McNickle
The Surrounded by D'Arcy McNickle There is so much to love about this novel and so much more to say. I will try to be brief in my comments :D'Arcy McNickle is half white and half Native American Indi...
 
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The least complicated description of Junichirō Tanizaki‘s The Makioka Sisters is that it is an old-fashioned twentieth century saga.  Unlike other epics chronicling a family throug...
 
- reviewed by pcontino
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The least complicated description of Junichirō Tanizaki‘s The Makioka Sisters is that it is an old-fashioned twentieth century saga.  Unlike other epics chronicling a family throug...
 
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Bill Buford looks like an old soccer goalie: slightly ravaged, but wily, with a glint of madness in his eyes, cloaked by a genial-looking half-grin.  So it is no surprise that his first b...
 
- reviewed by JonIrwin
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Hitchens makes the case that religion spoils every part of our lives and society. Powerful stuff.
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The autism "logo" is a multicolored jigsaw puzzle with the pieces scrambled. Read this book to see why.
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Reading this now. Our Latin American future canon. On the shelf with Garcia-Marquez. Anti-Magical Realism.
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The movie fascinated me so I devoured the book. A terrific read, haunting and well-researched.
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This was the textbook for by Book Publicity course at Emerson, taught by Lissa Warren.
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The Ha-Ha, by Dave King
This is Dave King's debut fictional novel, and it is superb. It is centered around Howie, a Vietnam Vet. He became disabled in the war and has been trying to rebuild his life ever since. His disabi...
reviewed by sbarranca
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the novel that took this series to a whole new level. Not only is it more complicated, dramatic, and suspenseful than the first three, but it is also the found...
reviewed by sbarranca
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Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson
This is a quiet book, with a subtle, quiet impact. Thankfully, such low-decibel works are still receiving attention in the world of smash-'em-ups and steamy scandal, where much of our entertainment l...
reviewed by JonIrwin
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The Tortilla Curtain, by T.Coraghessan Boyle
The Tortilla Curtain has skyrocketed to the top of my all-time favorite books. The blurb on the front cover caused my hand to select...
reviewed by BLNicholas
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Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson
I wanted to like this book; I really, really did. I thought something set in a post-9/11 world that still has elements of cyberpunk--I could TOTALLY get on board with that. And yet...This book disap...
reviewed by tinapickles
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