Beowulf on the Beach: What to Love and What to Skip in Literature's 50 Greatest Hits, (Paperback)

from VirginiaGill

My copy of this book has become a well thumbed resource. I not only enjoyed reading it but loved rediscovering books I thought I hated, and plunging head first into ones I thought were just too difficult. Thank you Mr Murnighan!

from bnbooklady

I've always considered myself to be pretty well read, but in the years since I graduated from college, I've begun to realize exactly how many of the classics I missed out on, and I've been looking for a way to incorporate more of them into my reading. I want to re-read some of the ones that I did...

from VirginiaGill

My copy of this book has become a well thumbed resource. I not only enjoyed reading it but loved rediscovering books I thought I hated, and plunging head first into ones I thought were just too difficult. Thank you Mr Murnighan!

from debnance

I do not think there could be a person on earth (1) who obviously loves reading as much as I do, yet (2) who has completely and totally opposite reading tastes. Let me make one thing clear: Jack is a GUY. He is looking for action in books. Plot. Fighting. Killing. Plunder. You know. That sort of ...

from melrailey

Beowulf on the Beach is a fun, quick little read. Murnighan uses his background in medieval and renaissance literature to give readers his opinions of some of the best classic books or pieces of literature. He does quick little synopses of the stories, plot lines, best lines, and the things that ...