Vanessa rated Harry Potter Boxed Set (Volumes 1-4): 5 stars
Harry Potter Boxed Set (Volumes 1-4) by J.K. Rowling
Young wizard-in-training Harry Potter has had his hands full during his first four years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and …
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Vanessa rated Season of migration to the North: 3 stars
Season of migration to the North by al-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ, Tayeb Salih, al-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ (African writers series -- 66.)
King Lear by William Shakespeare (A Shakespeare children's story)
King Lear is one of the greatest tragedies by Shakespeare. The play is focused around Lear, the aging King of …
Vanessa rated The Ground Beneath Her Feet: 3 stars
Vanessa rated The Satanic Verses: 5 stars
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Just before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked jetliner explodes above the English Channel. Through the falling debris, two figures, …
Vanessa rated Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead: 4 stars
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard (An Evergreen original -- E455)
Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told …
Sonnets by William Shakespeare
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, …
Vanessa rated Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: 5 stars
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (The Raven King, #1)
"Two magicians shall appear in England. The first shall fear me; the second shall long to behold me..."
The year …
Vanessa rated The Library Shakespeare: 5 stars
The Library Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
Contains 44 works:
PLAYS (37) All's well that ends well Antony and Cleopatra As you like it Comedy of errors …
Vanessa rated The Norton Shakespeare: 5 stars
Vanessa rated The Catcher in the Rye: 2 stars
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Story of Holden Caufield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism. Holden, knowing he is to be expelled …
Vanessa rated The time traveler's wife: 4 stars
Audrey Niffenegger: The time traveler's wife (2005, MacAdam/Cage)
The time traveler's wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Audrey Niffenegger's innovative debut, The Time Traveler's Wife, is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an …
