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Chaucer, Melville, Nathanael West, Wiliam Vollmann
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resipiscent rated The Age of Extremes: 3 stars
resipiscent rated The Guns of August: 5 stars
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Published to immediate acclaim in 1962 and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1963, The Guns of August is …
resipiscent rated Foul perfection: 3 stars
resipiscent rated The bridge in the jungle: 4 stars
The bridge in the jungle by B. Traven
Regarded by many as B. Traven's finest novel, The Bridge in the Jungle is a tale of a simple, desperately …
resipiscent rated The book Of Dolores: 3 stars
resipiscent rated The Rainbow Stories: 4 stars
resipiscent rated The Death Ship: 5 stars
The Death Ship by B. Traven
The Death Ship (German title: Das Totenschiff) is a novel by the pseudonymous author known as B. Traven. Originally …
resipiscent rated 1493: uncovering the new world Columbus created: 3 stars
1493: uncovering the new world Columbus created by Charles C. Mann
From the author of 1491 -- the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas -- a deeply engaging new history of …
resipiscent rated In the Naga's wake: 3 stars
resipiscent rated Yevgeny Yevtushenko: 3 stars
resipiscent rated Hospital of the Transfiguration: 5 stars
resipiscent rated The manuscript found in Saragossa: 5 stars
Jan Potocki: The manuscript found in Saragossa (1996, Penguin)
The manuscript found in Saragossa by Jan Potocki (Penguin classics)
A set of tales within a tale of a wandering a French army officer's encounters of the supernatural as he …
resipiscent rated The Coroner's Lunch: 2 stars
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #1)
Laos, 1975. The Communist Pathet Lao has taken over this former French colony. Dr. Siri Paiboun, a 72-year-old Paris-trained doctor, …