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Captain Cut-Throat
by Carr, John Dickson
Cutting Your Own Throat Would Be Better Than This
Captain Cut-Throat is a cheap knock-off of The Scarlett Pimpernel. |
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Lawrence of Arabia: A Film's Anthropology
by Caton, Steven
An Arabist Explores a Film Classic
What is shocking in a book by an expert on Arab/Yemeni culture is the failure to acknowledge that the dominant discourse about male-male love and sex in the Ottoman Empire (of which Yemen was a part from 1513 to 1916) was pederastic. |
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
by Chabon, Michael
An American Oddysey via Comic Books?
Chabon’s writing style reveals a keen eye for detail, which helps him recreate time and place vividly, like a film instead of a book. |
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The Sum of All Fears
by Clancy, Tom
Fear not! This Sum is more than you can arrive at!
Can Jack Ryan hold his own life together while trying to gather intelligence on the terrorists who are set on returning the world to the Cold War? Read and find out.... |
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Without Remorse
by Clancy, Tom
Unchanging Formula
If you like the Clancy formula, you'll love this. If you don't, you'll be bored, confused, or pissed off. |
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The Lords of Discipline
by Conroy, Pat
Thinly-Veiled Citadel
The Citadel disowned Conroy because his fictional academy is lifted from his alma mater, and his story about it isn't pretty. |
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God's Children
by Coyle, Harold
Guns of Serbia
If you're a combat veteran, give this one a shot, but if you're a civilian, skip it. |
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The Red Badge of Courage
by Crane, Stephen
The Worst Badge To Own
This is the greatest war novel of the 19th century. |
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