books by Henry Miller

books by Henry Miller

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Henry Miller

Walden: 150th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of the American Classic

Henry David Thoreau, Scot Miller

Houghton Mifflin, 2004

Revisiting Walden
On a family vacation many years ago, I visited Walden Pond and walked all around it. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Thoreau's Walden, the Walden Woods Project published, in 2004, this illustrated edition of the work with stunning color ...

Sexus: The Rosy Crucifixion I

Henry Miller

Grove Press, 1994

"...full of experience, full of mystery..."
This is one of the first books I really read. Perhaps the one that started me on the path of really reading and contemplating. Or as Henry put it - "It was there like a rusty nail in a log thrown up on a deserted beach during a wintry storm. I can't express it better. ...

Tropic of Capricorn

Henry Miller

Grove Press, 1994

MY SECOND FAVORITE BOOK
Like 'Tropic of Cancer,' this one will blow yer mind, man. Miller details his life working an office gig in Manhattan, shlepping papers back & forth over his desk while working up the nerve to give it all up & escape to Paris to become a full-time 'artiste' & writer. ...

Tropic of Cancer

Henry Miller

Grove Press, 1994

Know the background before you read this classic
Read as much about the story behind this book as possible before reading the book itself. In a sense, it is nothing more than a diary of a man in Paris during the "great" Depression who was passionate about writing, so passionate he simply walked away from a mundane ...

Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch (New Directions Paperbook, 161)

Henry Miller

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1957

One of 20 books I'd choose to take to a deserted isle
This book, and a couple of others by Miller and L. Durrell, was responsible for my husband and me quitting our jobs in LA and going to Greece for a year. And several times in the past decades, I've made pilgrimages to Partington Ridge/cove/trail/creek down the coast of ...

Walden and Civil Disobedience (150th Anniversary) (Signet Classics)

Henry David Thoreau

Signet Classics, 2004

He heard a different drummer- The sun is but a morning star
Thoreau is more than simply a writer who produced a great American classic. He exemplified the idea which perhaps as much as any other has come to be at the heart of the American creed. "If a man does not keep pace to his companion, perhaps it is because he hears a ...

Cape Cod: Illustrated Edition of the American Classic
Henry David Thoreau

Houghton Mifflin, 2008

Originally published in 1865, Henry David Thoreau's Cape Cod is a wonderfully written, surprisingly funny account of nineteenth-century life on the Cape well before it became a major tourist attraction. To this day, many people consider it the best book ever written about Cape Cod. This new illustrated volume features the complete text of ...

Henry Miller on Writing (New Directions Paperbook)

Henry Miller

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1964

Definitely Pick Up A Copy!
If you read Henry Miller, you are well aware that his use of language is both poetic and direct. He does little apologizing, and this book follows that philosophy. The book is a gathering of previously and not previously published works concerning the art of writing. ...

Colossus of Maroussi

Henry Miller

New Directions, 1975

New Directions called this a Travel Book, it's not, it's an EPIC...redeeming, uplifting and poetry in motion.
I don't think anyone, but Miller, could have painted the splendor of the poverty, beauty and surrealness during 1930's Greece; Miller's Greece and his alone. He saw things like no other person saw them; {"A Greek is alive to the finger-tips; he oozes vitality, he's ...

Plexus: The Rosy Crucifixion II

Henry Miller

Grove Press, 1994

not for everyone
This book (this whole trilogy) is not for everyone. Before anyone considers reading this, they should first check "Tropic of Cancer" - probably twice. Once done, consider picking this up. Only pick it up if you loved "Tropic." Personally, I found the trilogy a ...

Nexus: The Rosy Crucifixion III

Henry Miller

Grove Press, 1994

An absolutely fascinating and engrossing portrait
What strikes me about the Rosy Crucifixion (and Nexus in particular) is that, even at its worst, it is unbelievably striking and poignant. Perhaps it is how human every aspect of this book is (down even to the flaws), it writhes and rears its head like the humanity ...

The Obelisk Trilogy: Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Black Spring

Henry Miller

Olympia Press, 2008

What an EXCELLENT Idea - FINALLY!!!
Well, two of my favorite books, the 'Tropics' & then 'Black Spring' which is all right but not Miller's best work, not as fine as, say, 'Colossus of Marousi, but still, all 3 of these books in one makes it a lot easier to swipe from the bookshop instead of having to ...

Henry Lee's Crime Scene Handbook

Henry C. Lee, Timothy Palmbach, ...

Academic Press, 2001

Response to Review
Response by Marilyn T. Miller. I am compelled to respond to an earlier review. This book was a cooperative work of all three authors but was done under the direct guidance and care of Henry Lee. Crime scene investigation has been one of Dr. Lee's lifetime concerns. ...

Quiet Days in Clichy

Henry Miller

Grove Press, 1994

Another side of Henry Miller
I've been a huge Henry Miller fan since I was a teenager in the late 50s, but his infamous and banned books (the Cancer and Capricorn ones) are not my favorites. I far prefer this one, along with The Colossus of Maroussi and Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch. ...

The Story of World War II: Revised, expanded, and updated from the original text by Henry Steele Commanger

Donald L. Miller, Henry Steele Commager

Simon & Schuster, 2002

A thorough account of World War II
My high school education prior to the reading of this book had World War II as some semi abstract event consisting of Nazis, Kamikaze pilots, The Holocaust, the dropping of the nuclear bomb. After reading this book, I feel I have a much more thorough and detailed ...