Books I've Reviewed

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Here is a list of books I've reviewed  

I've reviewed quite a mixed bag of things, either topics I find interesting, or, relate to my research or writings.

They are placed under a few categories: 

"Classic Literature", "Modern Fiction", "Faust and the Faust Legend", "Sci-Fi and Fantasy", "Phantom of the Opera Related", "Music or Music Related", "Religious and Religious Related (Catholic)", "Non-Fiction / History/ Biographical", "Really Cool or Useful Reference and Academic Books"

 

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Some books may get listed more than once if they fall under several categories.

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Classic Literature

* The Atlas of Literature - Malcolm Bradbury

* The Complete Novels of Jane Austen (Wordsworth Library Collection)

 * The Complete Sherlock Holmes Treasury Facsimile of original publications in Strand Magazine

 * Faust Part One (Oxford's World's Classics) - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, (trans David Luke)

* Faust, Part Two (Oxford World's Classics) - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, (trans. David Luke)

* The Harvard Classics. The Five-foot Shelf of Books. 52 Volume Set

 

Modern Fiction

 * In the Palace of the Great King - A Catholic Novel by Julie Ash, (Classification, Young Adult)

 

Faust and the Faust Legend

 *  The English Faustbook:  A Critical Edition Based on the Text of 1592 - John Henry Jones

* Faust Part One (Oxford's World's Classics) - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, (trans David Luke)

* Faust, Part Two (Oxford World's Classics) - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, (trans. David Luke)

* Faustus and the Censor: The English Faust-Book and Marlowe's Doctor Faustus ~ William Empson and John Henry Jones

 

Sci-Fi and Fantasy

 * Alchemical Abominations: The End of the Beginning - Earl Lanterm

* Destroy All Robots ~ Darrin Grimwood 

* In the Shadow of Swords (Tales of Ciris  Sarn) - Val Gunn

 * Maskerade: A Novel of Discworld - Terry Pratchett

 * "Star Trek" Movie Memoirs: Behind the Scenes of the Epic Movies - William Shatner

 

Phantom of the Opera Related

* Andrew Lloyd Webber: His Life and Works - Michael Walsh

  * Maskerade: A Novel of Discworld - Terry Pratchett

 * Phantom - Susan Kay

 

Music or Music Related

* Andrew Lloyd Webber: His Life and Works - Michael Walsh

* Charles Garnier's Paris Opera: Architectural Empathy and the Renaissance of French Classicism (Architectural History Foundation Book)  - Christopher Mead

* Handel - Christopher Hogwood

*  Music: An Illustrated History - An Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments And the Art of Music-Making - Max Wade-Matthews

 

Religious or Religious-Related (Catholic of Course! Fiction and Non-Fiction)

 * The Dogma of Hell: Illustrated by Facts Taken from Profane and Sacred History - Fr. F.X. Schouppe, S.J.

  * Fifty-Seven Saints: For Boys and Girls - By the Daughters of St. Paul 

* Flight of Faith: My Miracle on the Hudson - Frederick Berretta

* The Forty Dreams of St. John Bosco: From St. John Bosco's Biographical Memoirs

 

   * In the Palace of the Great King - A Catholic Novel by Julie Ash, (Classification, Young Adult)

 

* Introduction to the Devout Life - St. Francis de Sales

 * Purgatory: Explained by the Lives and Legends of the Saints - Fr. F.X. Schouppe, S.J.

 * Spiritual Diary: Selected Sayings and Examples of Saints - Daughters of St. Paul

 

Non-Fiction / History / Biographical 

 

* Andrew Lloyd Webber: His Life and Works - Michael Walsh

* Blood In, Blood Out: The Violent Empire of the Aryan Brotherhood - John Lee Brook

* The Cambridge Companion to Christopher Marlowe

 * Charles Garnier's Paris Opera: Architectural Empathy and the Renaissance of French Classicism (Architectural History Foundation Book)  - Christopher Mead

* Christopher Marlowe: A Renaissance Life -Constance Brown Kuriyama

*  Conversations of Goethe with Eckermann and Soret -  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Johann Peter Eckermann

* The Dogma of Hell: Illustrated by Facts Taken from Profane and Sacred History - Fr. F.X. Schouppe, S.J.

 * Europe in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries - Denys Hay 

  * Fifty-Seven Saints: For Boys and Girls - By the Daughters of St. Paul

* Flight of Faith: My Miracle on the Hudson - Frederick Berretta

* The Forty Dreams of St. John Bosco: From St. John Bosco's Biographical Memoirs

* Handel - Christopher Hogwood

*  Handel (Da Capo Press music reprint series) - (Document reprint)

 * A Priest in Hell: Gangs, Murderers, and Snitching in a California Jail - Randall Radic  (Note: in case you were wondering, this is about a former priest in the 'Old Catholic' break-away denomination, not a Roman Catholic priest.)

* Purgatory: Explained by the Lives and Legends of the Saints - Fr. F.X. Schouppe, S.J.

 * "Star Trek" Movie Memoirs: Behind the Scenes of the Epic Movies - William Shatner

 * The World of Christopher Marlowe - David Riggs

 

Really Cool or Useful Reference and Academic Books

 

* The Atlas of Literature - Malcolm Bradbury

 * The Cambridge Companion to Christopher Marlowe

 * Charles Garnier's Paris Opera: Architectural Empathy and the Renaissance of French Classicism (Architectural History Foundation Book)  - Christopher Mead

 * Christopher Marlowe: A Renaissance Life -Constance Brown Kuriyama

* Directory of Federal Prisons: The Unofficial Guide to Bureau of Prisons Institutions (Federal Prison Survival) - Christopher Zoukis.  

 * The English Faustbook:  A Critical Edition Based on the Text of 1592 - John Henry Jones

* Europe in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries - Denys Hay

 * Faustus and the Censor: The English Faust-Book and Marlowe's Doctor Faustus ~ William Empson and John Henry Jones

 *  Handel (Da Capo Press music reprint series) - (Document reprint)

 * The Harvard Classics. The Five-foot Shelf of Books. 52 Volume Set

*  Music: An Illustrated History - An Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments And the Art of Music-Making - Max Wade-Matthews

 * The Oxford Guide to Writing: A Rhetoric and Handbook for College Students

* The World of Christopher Marlowe - David Riggs

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