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pauln99 rated On Reading Well: 5 stars
On Reading Well by Karen Swallow Prior
Reading great literature well has the power to cultivate virtue. Great literature increases knowledge of and desire for the good …
pauln99 rated Klara and the Sun: 5 stars
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behavior of those …
pauln99 rated The Art of Seduction: 3 stars
The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene
This mesmerizing exploration of the most subtle, elusive, and effective form of power is a masterful analysis of civilization's greatest …
Sense of Style The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century by Steven Pinker
A guide to writing English informed by recent scholarship (linguistics, cognative science, and such like).
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (Apostle Translations of Aristotle, Vol 6) by Αριστοτέλης
An detailed examination of what the best life might be for human beings. In order to anwer this question, Aristotle …
pauln99 rated Daily Robert Greene: 4 stars
pauln99 rated 100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late: 5 stars
pauln99 rated Flowers for Algernon: 5 stars
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Until he was thirty-two, Charlie Gordon --gentle, amiable, oddly engaging-- had lived in a kind of mental twilight. He knew …
pauln99 rated The Buried Giant: 4 stars
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
In post-Arthurian Britain, the wars that once raged between the Saxons and the Britons have finally ceased. Axl and Beatrice, …
pauln99 rated The Socrates Express: 4 stars
pauln99 rated Sweet Spot: 4 stars
pauln99 rated Essays in Love: 5 stars
Essays in Love by Alain de Botton
"Essays in Love is a novel about two young people, who meet on an airplane between London and Paris …
pauln99 rated The Most Human Human: 4 stars
pauln99 rated The death of Ivan Ilyich: 5 stars
The death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy ([Modern library of the world's best books])
This satirical novella tells the story of the life and early death of a high court judge. Ivan Ilych is …