The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics
10 best books like The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics (W. John Campbell): More Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason, 500 Great Books By Women, Read, Remember, Recommend (A Reading Journal for Book Lovers), Bizarre Books, A Handbook to Literature, Adolescent Literacy: Turning Promise Into Practice, Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell, Between the Covers: The Book Babes' Guide to a Woman's Reading Pleasures, Dictionary of Theories
| Author | Nancy Pearl |
| ISBN | 1570614350 |
The response to Nancy Pearl's surprise bestseller Book Lust was astounding: the Seattle librarian and winner of the 2004 Women's National Book Award even became the model for the now-famous Librarian Action Figure. Readers everywhere welcomed Pearl's encyclopedic but discerning filter on books...
| Author | Erica Bauermeister |
| ISBN | 0140175903 |
Here is an articulate guide to more than 500 books written by women, a unique resource that allows readers the joy of discovering new authors as well as revisiting familiar favorites. Organized by such themes as Art, Choices, Families, Growing Old, Growing Up, Places and Homes, Power, and Work, this...
Read, Remember, Recommend (A Reading Journal for Book Lovers)
| Author | Rachelle Rogers Knight |
| ISBN | 1402237189 |
The ultimate organizing resource for book-lovers and a self-published hit, Read, Remember, Recommend gives readers a one-stop shop to keep track of their reading. Featuring 60 cross-referenced lists of literary awards and notable picks (Pulitzer, National Book Award, 100 Best Books of the Century),...
| Author | Russell Ash |
| ISBN | 0965887642 |
A unique, long-awaited collection of the world's most unusual books and authors, completely revised and updated from the bestselling original.
Funnier than The Wit of Prince Philip and more fasciniating than Songs of a Chartered Accountant, this is the perfect gift for bibliophiles and lovers...
| Author | William Harmon |
| ISBN | 0130127310 |
It is a handy book that can be read for pleasure. However, the publisher really doesn't need to update it every 3 years to force poor students to buy the new editions. In this 10th edition the editor admitted there was little substantial he could add. In fact, he mentioned his children suggested three new...
| Author | Kylene Beers |
| ISBN | 0325011281 |
A study guide is available for this title. Click here to download (PDF, 117KB).
This is the time to think boldly about adolescent literacy. So much of what we know about adolescents and their learning has changed in the last decade, and since then both the world of education and the world at large...
Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction
| Author | Jeff Prucher |
| ISBN | 0195305671 |
The first historical dictionary devoted to science fiction, Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction shows exactly how science-fictional words and their associated concepts have developed over time, with full citations and bibliographic information. It's a window on a whole...
Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell
| Author | Vivian Cook |
| ISBN | 0743270991 |
"It is a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word." -- Andrew Jackson
Weird or wierd? Necessary or neccessary? Recomend or recommend? English spelling is fiendish, but that doesn't mean you can't have fun with it.
Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary is at once a celebration...
Between the Covers: The Book Babes' Guide to a Woman's Reading Pleasures
| Author | Margo Hammond |
| ISBN | 0738212296 |
With wit and wisdom, the bibliophile’s Ebert & Roeper recommend more than 600 books based on what women care about most. Between the Covers is organized around their wide-ranging curiosity—about themselves, friends and family, the larger world—and their concerns, from health to sex...
| Author | Jennifer Bothamley |
| ISBN | 1578590450 |
Compiled for the inquiring reader who wants to know more about the increasing number of theories referred to daily in newspapers, magazines and on TV and radio programs, the "Dictionary of Theories" is the first multi-disciplinary reference book to bring together theories, laws, hypotheses, principles,...
| Author | Emma Beare |
| ISBN | 0753714159 |
While I often agreed with the authors chosen, I did not always agree with the specific books of these chosen as their "best" works.
I also personally would have re-arranged the genre sections to have a proper non-fiction section.
..and how come we are doing SF and thrillers, but no horror...
Introducing Critical Theory
| Author | Stuart Sim |
| ISBN | 1840465883 |
Of all the books in the Graphic Guide series, this is perhaps the worst; not because of its subject matter (which is immensely interesting), but because of its structure (or lack thereof).
Normally these books assume you don't know anything about the subject except, perhaps, for a few ideas...
The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors
Since it began in 1995, Salon.com has been showered with awards and praise. Now, its 150,000 devoted readers can devour The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors -- an all-original, A-to-Z guide to 225 of the most fascinating writers of our time, penned by an international cast of talented...
| Author | Robert Kanigel |
| ISBN | 0963124676 |
I’m a retired librarian, so I like books. I really like books about books, and that is what this is. I probably bought it (so long ago that I can’t remember when) because the author bought my old house.
I stumbled upon it in a recent reorganizing project and started reading. To be honest, I didn’t...
A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory
| Author | Raman Selden |
| ISBN | 0582894107 |
Reflecting the continuing change and development in modern literacy theory, the key features of this book includes its clarity, brevity, equal coverage of the main literary theories and useful bibliographies of further reading.
Literature students will find its clearly defined sections...
| Author | Michael Dirda |
| ISBN | 0151012512 |
This is not your father’s list of classics. In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world’s most entertaining books.
Writing with affection as well as authority, Dirda covers masterpieces of fantasy and science fiction, horror...
| Author | David Denby |
| ISBN | 0684835339 |
As September rolls around, do you find yourself longing to go back to school despite the fact that you graduated years ago? Would you remember how to read critically? Could you hold your own alongside today's college students? Would you find the Western literary classics culturally relevant and applicable...
| Author | Rebecca S. Elliott |
| ISBN | 0764134361 |
This very approachable text combines instruction in parts of speech and sentence structure with down-to-earth examples, funny illustrations, and examination of some of the more amusing and peculiar words in the English language. A chapter on clear e-mail communication and etiquette is brand new...
| Author | Michael E. Kraft |
| ISBN | 1568024843 |
This is a fine textbook in public policy--largely because of its coverage of substantive policy areas. It is also hideously overpriced. As a college instructor, I am often stunned by what publishers do to their customers. There are many other texts that are equivalent but much less expensive. As a result,...
Literary Feuds: A Century of Celebrated Quarrels - From Mark Twain to Tom Wolfe
A submarine's deadliest antagonist is another sub. Some of our most illustrious writers have tried their best to sink their enemies, using all the weapons at their command-wit, humor, sarcasm, invective, and the occasional right cross to the jaw. In these eight profiles of quarrels between famous...
Webster's New World Thesaurus
| Author | Charlton Grant Laird |
| ISBN | 0446314188 |
Charlton Grant Laird (1901–1984) was an American linguist, lexicographer, novelist, and essayist. Laird created the 1971 edition of the Webster's New World Thesaurus that became the standardized edition still used today. During his lifetime, he was probably best known for his language studies:...
| Author | David H. Richter |
| ISBN | 0312201567 |
While I enjoyed Richter's introductions to the different sections of the book, and while there were a few theorists/theories that I enjoyed reading, my overall takeaway from this book is that it is out of date. People working in English studies and/or English education today will probably be familiar...
| Author | Holly Ivins |
| ISBN | 1907087184 |
A neat little gift book perfect for any lover of quintessentially 'English' literature, delving into the world of Jane Austen from English Regency manners to creating the perfect Austen dinner party and negotiating the delicate matter of landing a husband. Part of the Pocket Bibles series, a brand...
The Bedside Baccalaureate: A Handy Daily Cerebral Primer to Fill in the Gaps, Refresh Your Knowledge Impress Yourself Other Intellectuals
| Author | David Rubel |
| ISBN | 1402756321 |
Many adults long to make up for an education they either never had or that seemed somehow lacking. Now they can fill in the gaps right at home with The Bedside Baccalaureate series, which speaks directly to this grown-up thirst for knowledge. Filled with color images, extremely readable, and with an...
| Author | Stephen Biesty |
| ISBN | 0679814116 |
The beautiful, lavishly illustrated cross-sections in this book are spellbinding. They reawakened my childlike sense of wonderment & fascination with things BIG. Ocean liners, jumbo jets, earthmovers, castles, cathedrals... the ocean liner is a four page fold out! It is a glorious thing to...
