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wiki:newsweeks_top_100_books_2009 [2014/06/06 15:08] mn1a [#32 - Confessions (397-398) by Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo] |
wiki:newsweeks_top_100_books_2009 [2014/06/06 15:09] (current) mn1a [#76 - Night (1958) by Elie Wiesel] |
===== #33 - Leviathan (1651) by Thomas Hobbes ===== | ===== #33 - Leviathan (1651) by Thomas Hobbes ===== |
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:** | **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** |
* [[RC 48622]] | * [[RC 48622]] - [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/48622|DB 48622]] - (last checked 6/6/2014) |
**ANNOTATION: ** | **ANNOTATION: ** |
''An English philosopher discusses the idea of absolute government that is embedded in a contract between the citizens and a sovereign authority. Examines human passion and its effect on reason and the need to restrain emotions.'' | ''An English philosopher discusses the idea of absolute government that is embedded in a contract between the citizens and a sovereign authority. Examines human passion and its effect on reason and the need to restrain emotions.'' |
===== #45 - Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) by Jean Rhys ===== | ===== #45 - Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) by Jean Rhys ===== |
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:** | **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** |
* [[RC 23148]] | * [[RC 23148]] - [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/23148|DB 23148]] - (last checked 6/6/2014) |
**ANNOTATION: ** | **ANNOTATION: ** |
''Fascinated with the character of Bertha, the madwoman in "Jane Eyre", Jean Rhys has imagined her as a carefree girl and an attractive young woman in the days before she came to England. Rhys creates a romantic, colorful, and thought-provoking past for this enigmatic woman.'' | ''Fascinated with the character of Bertha, the madwoman in "Jane Eyre", Jean Rhys has imagined her as a carefree girl and an attractive young woman in the days before she came to England. Rhys creates a romantic, colorful, and thought-provoking past for this enigmatic woman.'' |
===== #76 - Night (1958) by Elie Wiesel ===== | ===== #76 - Night (1958) by Elie Wiesel ===== |
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:** | **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** |
* [[RC 42074]] - [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/42074|DB 42074]] - **"IN PROCESS"** (last checked 6/6/2013) | * [[RC 42074]] - [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/42074|DB 42074]] - **"IN PROCESS"** (last checked 6/6/2014) |
* [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/11185|BR 11185]] - 2 volumes. (The night trilogy.) | * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/11185|BR 11185]] - 2 volumes. (The night trilogy.) |
**ANNOTATION: ** | **ANNOTATION: ** |
===== #82 - Tropic of Cancer (1934) by Henry Miller ===== | ===== #82 - Tropic of Cancer (1934) by Henry Miller ===== |
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:** | **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** |
* [[RC 17191]] | * [[RC 17191]] - [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/17191|DB 17191]] - (last checked 6/6/2014) |
* [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/18702|BR 18702]] - 3 volumes. | * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/18702|BR 18702]] - 3 volumes. |
**ANNOTATION: ** | **ANNOTATION: ** |