I would love to have more time to read, but life is what it is. With what time I do have, I read a lot of news and occasionally get to read a book. I read English, French, and Arabic.
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Alexandre Dumas’s most famous tale— and possibly the most famous historical novel of all time— …
Another far-fetched adventure tale by Alexanre Dumas. It has its action sequences and its slow spots, but ultimately it's a great story.
Alexandre Dumas’s most famous tale— and possibly the most famous historical novel of all time— in a handsome hardcover volume. …
Stephen Dedalus grows up in Dublin, feeling different from the other boys. His childhood and …
Dubliners is a fine story, even somewhat entertaining at times, but not very memorable, in my experience. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man has a good couple of chapters up front, then it gets extremely dull.
Stephen Dedalus grows up in Dublin, feeling different from the other boys. His childhood and adolescence are shaped by bullying, …
In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden “the first book,” …
Cain, Abel, and Jezebel. Those aren't the characters' names, but the story is based in part on the rivalry between Cain and Abel, as told in ancient Hebrew scripture. My reference to Jezebel is due to a female character who is given little sympathy by Steinbeck, portrayed as simply bad to the bone. I usually find that I don't enjoy Steinbeck's writing style, while I'm reading his stories, but his stories really stick with me. I don't forget them as readily as other things I read. This was my experience with East of Eden.
In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden “the first book,” and indeed it has the …
Les Misérables (, French: [le mizeʁabl(ə)]) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first …
My advice: Read the abridged version. It's rare for me to suggest that, but in Les Misérables, Hugo breaks from the story for lengthy periods of time to engage in what I considered rather dry philosophical discussion. I ended up speed-reading lengthy sections just to get on with the tale.
Les Misérables (, French: [le mizeʁabl(ə)]) is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is …
The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas …
The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written …
The story is incredibly far-fetched, and a few parts -- the prison part, in particular -- go on a bit too long. Still, this is a masterfully written book and a great story, perhaps the ultimate revenge tale. I read it in English but did not make note of the translator, unfortunately. (I believe it was the Penguin Classics version.)
"A ground-breaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America: in one Louisiana prison and …
A critical manifesto on the vulnerabilities of the criminal justice system argues that the modern, sensation-driven media reflects only a …
The award-winning “radically original” (The Atlantic) restorative justice leader, whose work the Washington Post has called “totally sensible and totally …
