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Deborah Parker

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http://www.worldofdante.org/

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Deborah Parker is Professor of Italian at the University of Virginia. She is the General Editor of The World of Dante (www.worldofdante.org) and editor of the blog, A Hymn to Intellectual Beauty: Creative Minds and Fashion (http://creativemindsandfashion.com/). She and Mark Parker have a blog on Sucking Up: Sycophancy in life and workplace on Psychology Today (https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/...) ...more

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	Inferno Revealed: From Dante to Dan Brown by Deborah Parker (Goodreads Author), Mark Parker 4.28 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Becoming Belle da Costa Greene: A Visionary Librarian Through Her Letters 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sucking Up: A Brief Consideration of Sycophancy by Deborah Parker (Goodreads Author), Mark Parker 3.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Interpreting Dan Brown's Inferno: Reading Between the Lines by Deborah Parker (Goodreads Author), Mark Parker 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Michelangelo and the Art of Letter Writing 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Delilah: A Novel 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bronzino: Renaissance Painter as Poet it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Commentary and Ideology: Dante in the Renaissance 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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OEUVRES D'ALEXANDRE DUMAS: LE CONTE DE MONTE CRISTO LES FRERES CORSE LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES (French Edition)

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The Count of Monte Cristo: The most famous novel in the world written by the great Alexander Dumas

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Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas

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Anyone who enjoys going to museums and art galleries will find much to savor in Hall's book which furnishes observations on a wide range of paintings that will enhance one's engagement with art. ...more
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Deborah Parker rated a book it was ok Seiobo There Below by László Krasznahorkai	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Krasznahorkai employs a repetitive, stream-of-consciousness, conversational style which I found alienating. Sentences are long; the repetition flattens the prose. Being a re-reader of Henry James’s novels, I have a high tolerance for long sentences a ...more
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Author is highly self-regarding and his infantalization of his future wife, Sachiko, will give many readers pause. Throughout the book, Sachiko speaks in pidgin English, a little of which goes a long way. Iyer's Brief Introduction to Japan is better ...more
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