Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald’s finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the ‘roaring twenties’ and a devastating exposé of the ‘Jazz Age’. Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore of the American seaboard ( Read more... )

Title: The Unwritten Volume 5: On to Genesis
Author/Illustrator: Mike Carey/Peter Gross & Vince Locke
Genre: Comic/Graphic Novel
Publisher: Vertigo Comics

This book collects issues 25-30 of the Eisner-nominated, New York Times Bestselling series The Unwritten.

From the blurb:
In the beginning…

Ontogenesis. It means coming into being. The ( Read more... )

Title: Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Deluxe Edition
Author/Illustrator: Neil Gaiman/Andy Kubert
Genre: Comic/Graphic Novel
Publisher:: DC Comics

This is a collection of several Batman-related comics.

From the blurb:
He is Gotham City’s protector, its avenging spirit, its Dark Knight. For years he has waged a one-man war to ( Read more... )

Title: Seven Soldiers of Victory Volume One
Author/Illustrator: Grant Morrison/J.H. Williams III/Simone Bianchi/Cameron Stewart/Ryan Sook/Frazer Irving/Mick Gray
Genre: Comic/Graphic Novel
Publisher: DC Comics

Seven Soldiers is an epic tale of life, death, triumph, and redemption that explores the nature of heroism and sacrifice. This first ( Read more... )

Title: Gethsemane
Author: David Hare
Genre: Play

From the blurb:
Once it was possible to do good by being good.
Now the only way to do good is by being clever.

Nothing is more important to a modern political party than fund-raising. But the values of the donors can’t always coincide with the professed beliefs of the party. And family scandal ( Read more... )

Title: The Hothouse
Author: Harold Pinter
Genre: Play

From the blurb:
A black comedy set in a government-run mental institution, The Hothouse revolves around a sinister murder plot hatched against a backdrop of corruption, sexual favors, and hopeless bureaucratic ineptitude ( Read more... )

Title: Faker
Author/Illustrator: Mike Carey/Jock
Genre: Comic/Graphic Novel
Publisher: Vertigo Comics

This book collects issues 1-6 of a Vertigo Comics mini-series.

Freshman year of college is the ultimate time for reinvention -- except when you can't physically justify why you even exist. This is the case for Nick Philo. The only thing that ( Read more... )

Title: Useful Work vs. Useless Toil
Author/Illustrator: William Morris
Genre: Political Philosophy
Publisher: Penguin (Great Ideas imprint)

Visionary English Socialist and pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement, William Morris argued that all work should be a source of pride and satisfaction, and that everyone should be entitled to ( Read more... )

Title: The Little Prince
Authors: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Katherine Woods
Genre: French lit, translation, fable

From the blurb:
This strange and lovely parable, written as much for adults as for children, and beautifully illustrated by the author, has become a classic of our time ( Read more... )

Title: Transmetropolitan Volume One: Back on the Street
Authors: Warren Ellis/Darrick Robertson
Genre: Graphic novel, dystopia, political, journalism

Well, it’s been a while since I read this, but here we go.

Summary (from Amazon):
After years of self-imposed exile from a civilization rife with degradation and indecency, cynical journalist ( Read more... )