| Title, Creators, Comments / Reviews | Ages | Date Added | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Bartleby, The Scrivener : A Story of Wall-Street (Paperback) Author: Herman Melville Publisher: CreateSpace |
N/A |
10/3/2015 Add | |||
| Joshua said: After Moby Dick, this is my favorite work by Melville and one of my favorite works ever. The story of the clerk who prefers not to do his job and refuses to give any reason at all resonates on so many...more tags: Literature , philosophy , culture , religion | |||||
| 1,256 Reviews | |||||
| 2. All the King's Men (Hardcover) Author: Robert Penn Warren Publisher: Harcourt |
N/A |
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| Joshua said: I'm always sorry when I hear people complain that they were forced to read this book in high school. One is too young in high school to appreciate the meaning of the work and, more importantly, it's p...more tags: literature , philosophy , life , culture , America | |||||
| 3,772 Reviews | |||||
| 3. Hamlet (Signet Classic Shakespeare) (Mass Market Paperback) Author: William Shakespeare Publisher: Signet Classics |
N/A |
10/3/2015 Add | |||
| Joshua said: Easily my favorite work in any language. If I were trapped on a desert island and could only choose one work to have with me it'd be Hamlet. I've read it so many times I find myself reciting lines fro...more tags: literature , philosophy , religion , culture | |||||
| 22,710 Reviews | |||||
| 4. The Waste Land and Other Poems (Paperback) Author: T. S. Eliot Publisher: FABER AND FABER |
N/A |
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| Joshua said: The Wasteland is a literary and spiritual adventure. Don't ask what it's about. Just experience it. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is a much better poem as is Preludes but they also don't dare as...more tags: Literature , Philosophy , Religion , Culture | |||||
| 309 Reviews | |||||
| 5. Moby Dick; or, The Whale (Hardcover) Author: Herman Melville Illustrator: Barry Moser Publisher: University of California Press |
N/A |
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| Joshua said: One of my favorite works of all time and, at times, my all-time favorite. Moby Dick, to me, is the Great American Novel. It is America uniquely but universal in its theme and resonance. The story of o...more tags: literature , religion , philosophy , | |||||
| 23,879 Reviews | |||||
| 6. The Great Gatsby (Paperback) Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald Publisher: Scribner |
Young Adults |
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| Joshua said: Gatsby needs no introduction or praise from me. It's a contender for the elusive title of `Great American Novel' - though I don't think it is. It's a pretty great novel though and an unforgettable rea...more tags: literature , history , philosophy | |||||
| 118,444 Reviews | |||||
| 7. A Farewell to Arms: The Hemingway Library Edition (Hardcover) Author: Ernest Hemingway Publisher: Scribner |
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| Joshua said: Hemingway's great love story of WW I may seem to some a little dated today in the depiction of the heroine Catherine but one must try to let go and immerse one's self in Hemingway's world of the early...more tags: literature , war stories , philosophy , religion | |||||
| 15,708 Reviews | |||||
| 8. Dubliners (Dover Thrift Editions) (Paperback) Author: James Joyce Publisher: Dover Publications |
N/A |
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| Joshua said: To me, this is Joyce's masterpiece and the only work of his worth re-reading or maybe even reading in the first place. I'm no fan of Ulysses or Finnegan's Wake which I think are both highly over-rated...more tags: literature , philosophy , travel , Ireland | |||||
| 8,762 Reviews | |||||
| 9. Heart of Darkness (Dover Thrift Editions) (Paperback) Author: Joseph Conrad Publisher: Dover Publications |
N/A |
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| Joshua said: Heart of Darkness is among my favorite works ever written. The story draws a reader in slowly until one is completely living in the world Conrad has created. It's an amazing work to experience as a re...more tags: philosophy , literature | |||||
| 21,648 Reviews | |||||
| 10. The Open Boat (Tale Blazers) (Paperback) Author: Stephen Crane Publisher: Perfection Learning |
Young Adults |
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| Joshua said: A group of shipwreck survivors struggle against the odds to reach land - to say anything more about this story would be to ruin it. It's an unforgettable work, though. Don't think of it as a `shipwrec...more tags: literature , philosophy , classic | |||||
| 2 Reviews | |||||
| 11. Dreamland (Paperback) Author: Sarah Dessen Publisher: Puffin |
Young Adults |
10/3/2015 Add | |||
| Joshua said: Very interesting and well written piece. The narrator draws you into her world effortlessly and holds you there till the last word. A very enjoyable read for anyone interested in good writing and a so...more | |||||
| 5,748 Reviews | |||||
| 12. The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxed Set (Hardcover) Author: Suzanne Collins Publisher: Scholastic Press |
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| Joshua said: The Hunger Games trilogy needs no introduction or praise from me. It's an excellent story well told. I was encouraged to read The Hunger Games by my daughter and couldn't stop reading until I'd finish...more | |||||
| 20,554 Reviews | |||||
| 13. King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table (Puffin Classics) (Paperb... Author: Roger Lancelyn Green Publisher: Puffin |
Ages 9-12 |
10/3/2015 Add | |||
| Joshua said: Excellent edition of the classic tale of Arthur and his knights. | |||||
| 1,131 Reviews | |||||
| 14. The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Hardcover) Author: Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator: Fred Marcellino Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf |
Ages 4-8 |
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| Joshua said: A beautiful book for any age. I've loved this since I was little and still enjoy reading it today as much as I did back then. | |||||
| 36 Reviews | |||||
| 15. Plato's The Republic; (The Modern library of the world's best books. [15... Author: Plato Publisher: The Modern Library |
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| Joshua said: Plato's Dialogues are the foundation, cornerstone, and whole first floor of western philosophy. The later philosopher Alfred North Whitehead famously remarked that all of western philosophy is only fo...more | |||||
| 4 Reviews | |||||
| 16. Our Town: A Play in Three Acts (Paperback) Author: Thornton Wilder Publisher: Samuel French Inc Plays |
N/A |
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| Joshua said: I've heard many people refer to Our Town as "an old chestnut" which they feel has no business being read or performed anymore. This is another book I read at least once a year to settle the mind and r...more | |||||
| 3,111 Reviews | |||||
| 17. The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover) Author: John Green Publisher: Dutton Juvenile |
Young Adults |
10/3/2015 Add | |||
| Joshua said: An excellent work, well-written and engaging and, if you're not crying or at least on the verge by the end of it, you should examine your life to find out what's wrong with you. | |||||
| 229,304 Reviews | |||||
| 18. Marcus Aurelius: The Dialogues [Hardcover] (Unknown Binding) Author: Alan Joseph Stedall Publisher: Shepheard-Walwyn |
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| Joshua said: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is a book I've read at least once a year for many years now. It clears the mind and sets one's present circumstances in perspective. If you've ever read and worked w...more | |||||
| 1 Reviews | |||||
| 19. Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . .: Understanding Philosophy Thr... Author: Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) |
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| Joshua said: Hilarious and insightful introduction to philosophy and the timeless questions philosophy attempts to answer., Highly recommended. | |||||
| 886 Reviews | |||||
| 20. The Sun Also Rises (Scribner Classics) (Hardcover) Author: Ernest Hemingway Publisher: Scribner |
N/A |
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| Joshua said: A book I first read when I was 20 which changes as one reads it through the years but still delivers a fascinating experience. | |||||
| 4,588 Reviews | |||||
| Bestselling order determined by Amazon.com SalesRank(tm) | |||||
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Joshua Mark - Occupation: Writer
- Company: Marist College
- Birthday: December 1
- Locale: United States of America
- Member Since: 10/3/2015
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