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Henry Adams : Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams (Library of America)
Published in Hardcover by Library of America (1983)
Authors: Henry Adams, Jayne N. Samuels, and Ernest Samuels
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Greatest hits
The Library of America is one of the best organizations. Here at last are both novels, his interesting autobiography, and Mont St Michel all under one roof.

"Democracy" is one of the best political novels of all time and speaking as a denizen of the nation's capital, very little has changed. Esther is attempt deal with the "woman question." Clearly the inspiration of both books is Mrs. Henry Adams. Known as "Voltaire in petticoats" (Henry James), she later tragically took her own life following a period of depression. The death of his wife led to Henry Adams' retirement from public life. This subject is covered in Ernest Samuels' wonderful biography (which I also recommend).

I suggest a look at his biography since the subject of Marion Clover Adams is avoided entirely in "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams may not discuss his wife, but he does touch on nearly everything else of importance in his autobiography. "Growing up Adams," life in Europe with Garibaldi's forces, life at the British legation in London during the Civil War are all addressed. The best and probably the most key chapter in the book is the one entitled "The Virgin and Dynamo." Adams uses the 1876 cenntenial fair as a departure to meditate of the impact of the industrial revolution. Adams believed with the growth of technology that man would somehow outgrow the simple humanity of the Middle Ages (it would have been interesting if Adams had lived long enough to meet someone like Carl Jung to see what he would have to say on this subject!). One of the foremost historians (the Library of America has also issued the history of Jefferson and Madison's Administrations, which is a classic), Adams became interested in the Middle Ages and his survey of the two great cathedrals of France Chartes and Mont St. Michel is the final book in the volume. I cannot recommend this book too highly, it is a must for all fans of Henry Adams and those who would like to experience him for the first time.

one of the most brilliant minds in American literature
While Adams novels (Democracy and Esther) may be lightweight, the other two works included in this volume are two of the best non-fiction American books ever. Adams has the kind of intellect that seems capable of encompassing everything. Like Joseph Campbell or Harold Bloom, Adams often leaves the reader in awe of how much he knows and how he is able to make the connections that so clearly illuminate everything he touches upon. This is one of my favorite volumes in the Library of America series, and I know that anyone who appreciates intelligence, wit, and charm in a writer will enjoy reading it.


Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds
Published in Hardcover by Wiley-Interscience (1994)
Authors: Ernest L. Eliel and Samuel H. Wilen
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A Classsic
This is a classic book by a world-renowned expert. I am a practicing organic chemist, and this book has never failed to answer even the most obscure questions I have had about stereochemistry. It is highly recommended as an indispensible reference on the subject.


The Heath Anthology of American Literature
Published in Paperback by Houghton Mifflin College (1998)
Authors: Paul Lauter and Ernest Samuels
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The Heath Anthology of American Literature
In purchasing this book, I was expecting to find something similar to the second volume of the Norton Anthology of American Literature. Unfortunately, I found this book to be far inferior. It has works by some of America's most highly commended authors, and has some great short stories. However, the excerpts from authors' longer works seem to be lacking; there should either be longer excerpts or more poingnat scenes should have been chosen. The anthology spends far too much time describing eras, and not enough in inserting major works. Some of the breakdowns/characterizations of the peices included are awkward, and tends to underrate the authors by putting them in sectionss that degrade their work.


Tales of Laguedoc from the South of France (Library of Folklore)
Published in Hardcover by Hippocrene Books (1998)
Authors: Samuel Jacques Brun and Ernest C. Peixotto
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A "frame story" gives shape to these tales.
Working from a wealth of family stories, Brun has shaped his book around a frame story: his frandfather's tour of France. Even before grandfather began his tour, his father told him a lengthy story of someone who had taken such a tour and had met with fabulous success in his life. On the actual tour, grandfather saw a cruel joke played on a hard-working potter, met a 95-year-old man who spun a story of adventure, heard a tale of three strong men, met a hautboy player who told a tale of wolves, walked a long road with a friend and heard a tale of the brother Batiste and Louiset--one good, one bad. The last story sprang from a wedding grandfather attended and the complete history leading up to the wedding. Grandfather ended his reminiscences with a smaile and a twinkle and the line "and the cock crew, and my journey ended."


Anatomy of the human orbit and accessory organs of vision
Published in Unknown Binding by Krieger ()
Author: Samuel Ernest Whitnall
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Basic Organic Stereochemistry
Published in Paperback by Wiley-Interscience (29 March, 2001)
Authors: Ernest L. Eliel, Samuel H. Wilen, and Michael P. Doyle
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Bernard Berenson
Published in Hardcover by Belknap Pr (1987)
Author: Ernest Samuels
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Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Connoisseur
Published in Paperback by Harvard Univ Pr (1981)
Authors: Ernest Samuels and Berenson Samuels
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Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Legend
Published in Hardcover by Belknap Pr (1987)
Author: Ernest Samuels
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Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Including Poems and Versions of Poems Now Published for the First Time: Including Poems and Versions of Poems Now Published for the First Time (Oxford Scholarly Classics)
Published in Hardcover by Oxford University Press (1901)
Authors: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, and Ernest Hartley Coleridge
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