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Gerald’s 2025 Year in Books
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Beowulf
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Don Quixote
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The Canterbury Tales
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The Divine Comedy
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Gilgamesh: The New Translation
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A Murder Too Personal
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2000
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Beowulf: The New Translation
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Left No Forwarding Address
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Jungle of Glass
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2002
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3 editions
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Le Morte d’Arthur: The New Retelling by Gerald J. Davis
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GILGAMESH
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Outstanding! Brilliant analysis of the bombing campaigns over Germany and Japan in World War 2. Fascinating profiles of the personalities involved. |
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Excellent! Brilliant review of the life of Caravaggio. Captures the times and the intrigues in a fascinating manner. Well worth the reading. |
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"This was a book that I won in a goodreads giveaway a while back and I must say I was very impressed with it. It goes back to the roman empire in anicent tines and provides a lot of excellent information. I will say I was very impressed."
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Breathtaking! I’ve seldom enjoyed a book this much. I have read several books by Michael Korda, (HERO is the best) but this was the most entertaining. Korda gives a history of the publishing industry from a first-hand viewpoint and he has a front-row ...more |
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Excellent! Beautiful and heartfelt retelling of the life and times of H. L. Mencken. I wish I had known him and William Manchester. |
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Excellent! Well-written and authoritative. A nuanced view of a complicated founder of our country. Congratulations to Nancy Isenberg for bringing Aaron Burr out of the shadows of an (mostly) unfavorable historical view of him. |
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“There are no footnotes or endnotes in this translation. If any explanations or clarifications are required, they are embedded in the body of the text, so as not to interrupt the flow of the words. After all, as Noel Coward once famously remarked, “Having to read a footnote resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.”
― The Canterbury Tales: The New Translation
― The Canterbury Tales: The New Translation
“The life of a man is as easily broken as a reed in a thicket of cane.”
― Gilgamesh: The New Translation
― Gilgamesh: The New Translation
“Have you ever, O Gilgamesh, compared your lot with that of a fool?”
― Gilgamesh: The New Translation
― Gilgamesh: The New Translation
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“could the shepherds lie down in peace. They could slumber undisturbed, for Enkidu was their watchman, he who remained awake in the night.”
― Gilgamesh: The New Translation
― Gilgamesh: The New Translation
“the Great Gods suffered hunger and thirst, for mortals no longer offered up food and drink as sacrifice unto the Gods.”
― Gilgamesh: The New Translation
― Gilgamesh: The New Translation
“There are no footnotes or endnotes in this translation. If any explanations or clarifications are required, they are embedded in the body of the text, so as not to interrupt the flow of the words. After all, as Noel Coward once famously remarked, “Having to read a footnote resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.”
― The Canterbury Tales: The New Translation
― The Canterbury Tales: The New Translation
“Who shall give a lover any law?’ Love is a greater law, by my troth, than any law written by mortal man.”
― The Canterbury Tales
― The Canterbury Tales
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Audio & audiobooks are getting more and more popular for commuters & those wanting to squeeze in another book or two a month while doing other activit ...more
