George Plimpton

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1.		The Best American Short Stories of the Century (The Best American Series (TM).) from Houghton Mifflin Customer Review: I selected this audio book because I liked the idea of listening to a selection of well read stories and I thought the variety of stories looked interesting. The stories themselves are fine, but the audio book is marred by a selection of readers who lack expression and whose voice qualities are not... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.	[no image]	Roughing It (1872) (Oxford Mark Twain) from Oxford University Press, USA Customer Review: No need to beat around the sage brush: this book is fantastic. The funny passages are falling-down funny (the story of the coyote, the cat that fell asleep in a mine shaft, getting "lost" in a snow storm, the mad minister in Hawaii -- on and on it goes). But the bulk of the pleasure this book... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.		Edie: American Girl from Grove Press Price: $11.20 Customer Review: I believe this is a great book about Edie Sedgwick, it's very well documented and original, you can read a lot of opinions, versions, from her brothers and sisters, to her friends and companions. I enjoyed it very much! The beginning of the book talks about the ancestors of Edie's family (the... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		The Best American Essays of the Century (The Best American Series (TM)) from Houghton Mifflin Price: $25.00 Customer Review: This is a fantastic sampling of American memoir and reflections on race, gender, nature, literature, and other topics of broad interest. It features the century's greatest, starting with Twain, ending with Bellow. The volume is beautifully introduced by Atwan and Oates, both of whom help chip away... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.		Paper Lion from The Lyons Press Customer Review: During the summer of 1963, Plimpton became a rookie for the Detroit Lions, after joining their preseason camp as a 36-year-old rookie quarterback wannabe. He ended up sticking with the club through an intra-squad game before the paying public a month later. He traveled from the east coast to... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.	[no image]	D V by Diana Vreeland from Random House Value Publishing Customer Review: I saw Mary Louise Wilson play Vreeland in the one-woman show "Full Gallop" in New York in 1996. I knew nothing of Vreeland before "Full Gallop," and couldn't wait to learn more about her after. "D.V." reads just like the character Wilson played on stage--larger than life, perhaps a little shallow,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.		Titan : The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Cassette / Abridged) from Random House Audio Price: $19.72 Customer Review: John D. Rockefeller Sr. was probably the biggest, baddest robber baron in 19th century America, and also its leading philanthropist. Many writers scorned his ruthlessness, notably Ida Tarbell, who wrote two books on Rockefeller and his company, Standard Oil. Author Ron Chernow digs deeper, through... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.		Hearst Castle: The Biography of a Country House from Harry N. Abrams Price: $31.50 Customer Review: This book is a great combination of pictures and info. A picture book with beautiful photos and very informative stories on the Hearst Castle, Mr Hearst himself, and architect Julia Morgan. Replete with extensive footnotes and background facts. I read it once before a recent visit to the Hearst... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.		The Season: Inside Palm Beach and America's Richest Society from HarperAudio Customer Review: Kessler didn't have a friggin' clue what he was talking about -- and I'm IN the book! There's errors a-plenty: A real Palm Beacher wouldn't be caught dead at Ta-Boo; almost everybody in the book except for Donald Trump (and me) lives in West Palm Beach, NOT Palm Beach; the "anti-Semitic" club of... more info	Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.		As Told at the Explorers Club: More Than Fifty Gripping Tales of Adventure from The Lyons Press Price: $24.95 Customer Review: This book contains amazing stories from the ends of the earth as told by those that actually participated. These first hand accounts are simply wonderful, giving the reader an eye into the harsh climates of Africa and the Arctic among other places. Luminaries include Mr. Amundson of South Pole fame.... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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