Book Reviews
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The King James Bible – King James I
The King James Bible – King James I – 1611 Reviewed by: Michael Sympson Date: 17 September 2001 I was nine, when for the first time I had read the Bible from cover to cover, but I never read it in any...
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth – Jules Verne
Journey to the Centre of the Earth – Jules Verne – 1864 Reviewed by: Gretchen Date: 5 January 2005 Unless you have a world atlas and a book on geology, you may find this book a bit bland. There isn’t a...
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Poems and Prose – Gerard Manley Hopkins
Poems and Prose – Gerard Manley Hopkins – c. 1863 Reviewed by: Michael Sympson Date: 9 October 2001 Highly instructive As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame; As tumbled over rim in roundy w...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea – Jules Verne
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea – Jules Verne – 1870 Reviewed by: Gretchen Date: 5 January 2005 One of Jules Verne’s best. There seems to be a bit more attention paid to the human condition with ...
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All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Maria Remarque – 1929 Reviewed by: Linda Date: 5 May 2002 “This book should be neither accusation nor confession.” This is how this classic by Remarque sta...
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The History of Rome – Theodore Mommsen
The History of Rome – Theodore Mommsen – 1854 Reviewed by: Michael Sympson Date: 13 December 2001 First a word about Theodor Mommsen. He came to Roman history with a background at the bar and as an MP...
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Death in Venice – Thomas Mann
Death in Venice – Thomas Mann – 1912 Reviewed by: Lale The title “Death In Venice” might lead some of us to imagine this book to be a murder-mystery with hide and chase in the narrow, dark back alleys and canals of...
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Doctor Faustus – Thomas Mann
Doctor Faustus – Thomas Mann – 1947 Reviewed by: James F. Welch Date: 20 February 2003 I find Mann to be an interesting writer, but his prose and ideas are often dense and need a lot of concentration. This ...
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The Magic Mountain – Thomas Mann
The Magic Mountain – Thomas Mann – 1924 Posted by Lale on 27/4/2005, 10:50:11 I think there is enough material in this book to keep us off the streets for a while. The passages below: I simply found these excerpts i...
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Der Kleine Grenzverkehr / Der Kleine Mann – Erich Kästner
Der Kleine Grenzverkehr and Der Kleine Mann – Erich Kästner – 1949/1967 Reviewed by: Claus KREBS P. “Der kleine Grenzverkehr” (DkG) and “Der kleine Mann” (DkM) are two entirely different bo...
