JB Emmons rated Sheltering Sky: 4 stars
Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
'The Sheltering Sky is a book about people on the edge of an alien space; somewhere where, curiously, they are …
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JB Emmons rated The Deptford trilogy: 4 stars
Robertson Davies: The Deptford trilogy (Penguin)
The Deptford trilogy by Robertson Davies
WHO KILLED BOY STAUNTON?
Around this central mystery is woven a glittering, fantastical, cunningly contrived trilogy of novels. Luring the …
JB Emmons rated The crucible: 4 stars
The crucible by Arthur Miller
The Crucible is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of …
JB Emmons rated All Over but the Shoutin': 3 stars
All Over but the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
This haunting, harrowing, gloriously moving recollection of a life on the American margin is the story of Rick Bragg, who …
JB Emmons rated Anne Frank : the diary of a young girl: 3 stars
Anne Frank : the diary of a young girl by Anne Frank
Het Achterhuis is de titel van het dagboek van Anne Frank (1929-1945) voor het eerst uitgegeven op 25 juni 1947. …
JB Emmons rated How Nonviolence Protects the State: 4 stars
How Nonviolence Protects the State by Peter Gelderloos
Since the civil rights era, the doctrine of nonviolence has enjoyed near-universal acceptance by the US Left. Today protest is …
JB Emmons rated A Choice of Enemies: 4 stars
A Choice of Enemies by Lawrence Freedman
It is in the Middle East that the US has had to confront its attitudes on the use of force, …
JB Emmons rated The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao: 3 stars
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a 2007 novel written by Dominican American author Junot Díaz. Although a …
JB Emmons rated Tomorrow's World: The Last Frontier: 3 stars
Tomorrow's World: The Last Frontier by Raymond Baxter, James Burke (Tomorrow's World #1)
JB Emmons rated Palace of desire: 3 stars
Najib Mahfuz: Palace of desire (1994, Black Swan)
Palace of desire by Najib Mahfuz (The Cairo trilogy -- 2)
JB Emmons rated Slaughterhouse-five, Or, The Children's Crusade: 4 stars
Slaughterhouse-five, Or, The Children's Crusade by Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five, also known as The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a science fiction infused anti-war novel by Kurt …
JB Emmons rated The Catcher in the Rye: 3 stars
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Story of Holden Caufield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism. Holden, knowing he is to be expelled …
JB Emmons rated Freakonomics: 4 stars
Freakonomics by Steven Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What …
JB Emmons rated Brave New World: 3 stars
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good …
JB Emmons rated Fahrenheit 451: 4 stars
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires...
The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books …