Posted by admin | Posted in Bestsellers | Posted on 21-02-2009
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I need help choosing a book.?
I have to choose one of these books for a reading assignment. If you see any you recognize and know what it’s about, please add a small description below. Also, if you could, input your opinion on which ones are a good read. Thanks ahead of time.
By James Fenimore Cooper:
-The Last of the Mohicans
-The Deer Slayer
-The Pathfinder
-The Pioneers
-The Prairie
By Gore Vidal:
-Burr (biography)
-Lincoln
By Melville, Herman:
-Moby Dick
-Billy Budd
-Walden by Henry D. Thoreau
-Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
-Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
-The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
-Beloved by Toni Morrison
-Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
-Fools Crow by James Welch
-The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
-autobiography of Bejamin Franklin
-The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
well, i recognize a few of these
but the only one i have picked up was Red Badge of Courage.
I had to read it for 7th grade.
I just pulled it off my shelf.
the corner of page 109 is bent.
There are 223 pages.
hmm…must have gotten bored.
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Herman Melville : Typee, Omoo, Mardi (Library of America) $19.34 This first volume of The Library of America’s complete prose works of Herman Melville includes three romances of the South Seas. “Typee” and “Omoo,” based on the young Melville’s experiences on a whaling ship, are exuberant accounts of the idyllic life among the “cannibals” in Polynesia. They remained his most popular works well into the 20th century. “Mardi” (”the world” in Polynesian) is a mixtu… |
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Moby Dick,(With audiobook,biography and special contents (Annotated)) What are the different from the other books :- Has biography of the author- Original art- Make up a bit for make the content look attractive and easy to read- Audiobook ### (links are in the last page)Special contents- Plot Overview- Character List- Analysis of Major CharactersDescription : Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by Herman Melville, first published in 1851.It is considered to be one o… |
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Melville: His World and Work $8.24 If Dickens was nineteenth-century London personified, Herman Melville was the quintessential American. With a historian’s perspective and a critic’s insight, award-winning author Andrew Delbanco marvelously demonstrates that Melville was very much a man of his era and that he recorded — in his books, letters, and marginalia; and in conversations with friends like Nathaniel Hawthorne and with… |
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Herman Melville $110.95 This unique introduction explores Herman Melville as he described himself in Billy Budd-”a writer whom few know.” Moving beyond the recurring depiction of Melville as the famous author of Moby-Dick , this book traces his development as a writer while providing the basic tools for successful critical reading of his novels. Offers a brief introduction to Melville, covering all his major works Showcases Melville’s writing process through his correspondence with Nathaniel Hawthorne Provides a clear sense of Melville’s major themes and preoccupations Focuses on Typee , Moby-Dick , and Billy Budd in individual chapters Includes a biography, summary of key works, interpretation, commentary, and an extensive bibliography. |
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Herman Melville: The Works $9.95 Includes the works of Herman Melville Includes easy-to-use search and navigation. Includes tap-and-go Table of Contents. Includes: I AND MY CHIMNEYMOBY DICKOMOOREDBURN. HIS FIRST VOYAGETYPEE: A ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH SEASWHITE-JACKET |