The Turmoil |
Booth Tarkington (1869 - 1946) |
Publishers Weekly #1 Best Seller for 1915.
Tarkington was a widely read and prolific multiple Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and dramatist.
The story uses a tale of two families following different trajectories but linked by romance to provide a glimpse of the changes induced by industrialization and urbanization.
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The U.P. Trail |
Zane Grey (1872 - 1939) |
Publishers Weekly #1 Best Seller for 1918.
An epic novel set against the construction of the Union-Pacific Railroad between 1864 and 1869 and the introduction of the telegraph.
Full of wonderfully drawn characters and a central romantic thread.
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Dance of Gods III: Spell of Fate Notes on The Dance of Gods |
Mayer Alan Brenner ( - ) http://www.mayerbrenner.com |
Plot-lines collide and family secrets are revealed in the third book of Mayer Alan Brenner's "Dance of Gods" series. Originally published by DAW Books, the books are a witty and intelligent science / fantasy crossover.
"Ya gotta love a series with a hero named 'Maximillian the Vaguely Disreputable'. READ THIS SERIES, shouts your FAQmaker, it's fast and furious, and fun..." -- The Recommended Fantasy Author List
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A Personal Record |
Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) |
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Almayer's Folly |
Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) |
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Ethics |
Aristotle (384BC - 322BC) |
In The ethics Aristotle examines the nature of virtue and the purpose of life. He believed virtue could be understood only through action - one had to be virtuous to know virtue. The work surveys all the areas of human concern; courage, generosity, honour, justice, friendship, wit, etc. Aristotle's ideas dominated western thinking until the renaissance. The Ethics is considered to be one of Aristotle's most accessible works. |
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Faust |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749 - 1832) |
In an attempt to attain absolute human happiness, the brilliant scholar Faust makes a pact with the devil, Mephistopheles. If Mephistopheles becomes Faust's servant on earth to grant him all desired happiness, in return Mephistopheles may possess Faust's soul after death. A tale of human hubris, delusion and destruction. |
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