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Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary by

Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary

2230 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

5.0srm's review
nonfiction reference informative medium-paced
The Oxford English Dictionary: 20 Volume Set and CD-ROM With CDROM by John Andrew Simpson
The Oxford English Dictionary: 20 Volume Set and CD-ROM With CDROM
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John Andrew Simpson

The Oxford English Dictionary: 20 Volume Set and CD-ROM With CDROM

John Andrew Simpson

22000 pages • first pub 1933 (editions)

5.0srm's review
nonfiction reference informative medium-paced
Elements of Fiction Writing - Characters & Viewpoint: Proven Advice and Timeless Techniques for Creating Compelling Characters by an Award-Winning Author by Orson Scott Card

Elements of Fiction Writing - Characters & Viewpoint: Proven Advice and Timeless Techniques for Creating Compelling Characters by an Award-Winning Author

Elements of Fiction Writing

Orson Scott Card

240 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0srm's review
nonfiction reference informative reflective medium-paced
A Dictionary Of The English Language: In Which The Words Are Deduced From Their Originals, And Illustrated In Their Different Significations By Examples by Samuel Johnson

A Dictionary Of The English Language: In Which The Words Are Deduced From Their Originals, And Illustrated In Their Different Significations By Examples

Samuel Johnson

704 pages • first pub 1755 (editions)

5.0srm's review
nonfiction reference informative medium-paced
The Age of Louis XIV: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza, 1648-1715 by Will Durant, Ariel Durant

The Age of Louis XIV: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza, 1648-1715

The Story of Civilization #8

Will Durant, Ariel Durant

1 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0srm's review
nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Barefoot Barmaid by Caylen McQueen

The Barefoot Barmaid

Belles & Bullets #1

Caylen McQueen

296 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0srm's review
fiction fantasy romance adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann

Tyll

Daniel Kehlmann

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0srm's review
fiction historical adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night by Harold Bloom, Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night
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Harold Bloom, Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night

Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations

Harold Bloom, Eugene O'Neill

150 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

5.0srm's review
fiction classics play reflective medium-paced
Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

276 pages • first pub 1601 (editions)

5.0srm's review
fiction classics play dark tense medium-paced
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde

76 pages • first pub 1895 (editions)

5.0srm's review
fiction classics play funny lighthearted fast-paced