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Paradise Lost
Category : Classics
Author : John Milton, John Leonard
ISBN (No Dashes) : 0140424261
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Description : The best story I've read in a long time. Although I disagree with alot of the details and implications, it is an excellent story and isn't completely boring like the Divine Comedy. This is the story about the Fall of Humanity from the Garden of Eden and the war in Heaven. If possible, try to obtain the copy with John Martin's illustrations.
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This book added on : 12-Jun-2003 by IamSquid
Hits: 8789
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Frankenstein
Category : Classics
Author : Mary Shelley
ISBN (No Dashes) : 0553212478
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Description : This book needs no introductions. Read it for yourself, and see what 17 year old girls could write 200 years ago. Then ask yourself again if you think you can write.
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This book added on : 08-Oct-2002 by Kira
Hits: 5112
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1)
Category : Classics
Author : J. R. R. Tolkien
ISBN (No Dashes) : 0618002227
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Description : Three Rings for the Elvin-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all. One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
-J.R.R. Tolkien
If you don't have chills then you need to read this book.
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This book added on : 22-Jan-2003 by Domkitten
Hits: 4546
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The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings
Category : Classics
Author : Marquis Sade
ISBN (No Dashes) : 0802130127
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Description : To me, the Marquis De Sade is one of the most disturbing and demented entities I have ever come across. His talent of expression and writing has however made him one of the most beautiful all the same. I cannot describe the depth that is the Marquis; that can only be experienced by reading. This selection is by far his most violent and stirring, thus I recommend it because it is his most vivid account. I do warn that this is not a book to take lightly. This is not a toy, or a game; it should not be taken literally, nor enacted. But if you want to experience a psychological sensation that only the worst nightmares bring, then I recommend it to you. Don’t get off your meds- remember this is fiction.
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This book added on : 27-Mar-2003 by Sticupus
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Moby-Dick
Category : Classics
Author : Herman Melville
ISBN (No Dashes) : 0671028359
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Description : Herman Melville's peerless allegorical masterpiece is the epic saga of the fanatical Captain Ahab, who swears vengeance on the mammoth white whale that has crippled him. Often considered to be the Great American Novel, Moby-Dick is at once a starkly realistic story of whaling, a romance of unusual adventure, and a searing drama of heroic courage, moral conflict, and mad obsession. It is world-renowned as the greatest sea story ever told.
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This book added on : 08-Oct-2002 by Monolycus
Hits: 3037 Rating (details):
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Brave New World
Category : Classics
Author : Aldous Huxley
ISBN (No Dashes) : 0060929871
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Description : "Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto of Aldous Huxley's utopian World State. Here everyone consumes daily grams of soma, to fight depression, babies are born in laboratories, and the most popular form of entertainment is a "Feelie," a movie that stimulates the senses of sight, hearing, and touch. Though there is no violence and everyone is provided for, Bernard Marx feels something is missing and senses his relationship with a young women has the potential to be much more than the confines of their existence allow. Huxley foreshadowed many of the practices and gadgets we take for granted today--let's hope the sterility and absence of individuality he predicted aren't yet to come.
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This book added on : 08-Oct-2002 by Monolycus
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