false 153492 122 <i>"He told me some queer things that explained a lot that had puzzled me - things that happened in the Balkan War, how one state suddenly came out on top, why alliances were made and broken, why certain men disappeared, and where the sinews of war came from."</i> 2422487 book 1915 The 39 Steps total:850|5:146|4:304|3:308|2:75|1:17| 850 3037 1318 121 4 4 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 19:43:07 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 19:44:03 -0700 2008
Well well, so once again it's time for another edition of "Book Versus Movie," ...more...]]> 4 4 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 11:59:39 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 07:39:24 -0700 2007
Of course,...more...]]> 0 3 false false Mon Apr 13 19:20:33 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 19:40:40 -0700 2009 (Apparently considered among the first "spy" novels, and the basis for the movie of the same name by Alfred Hitchcock. I was led to John Buchan by a footnote in Christopher Booker's The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories (p. 317) in which he claims "Buchan was one of the few moder...more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon May 05 12:54:14 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 12:54:50 -0700 2008
A young man in search of adventure and excitement is approached by a neighbor and told of this secret plot to kill the Greek head-of-state. He is basically so bored with his life that he agrees to get i...more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 18:24:10 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 10 18:34:40 -0700 2007
I really enjoyed this short little read. It packs a punch. It tells the story of ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 09:59:34 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 07:57:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 13:07:31 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 13:15:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 20:35:53 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 17:21:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 12 04:42:39 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 04:43:44 -0700 2009
Avec le meurtre de Scudder, Richard Hannay se trouve, du jour au lendemain, mêlé à une extraordinaire aventure.

Au centre de l'histoire: une organisation secrète, mais terriblement puissante, un complot international et... un mot de code incompréhensib...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 00:33:55 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 21:12:37 -0800 2009 once, so far!! ...and why NOT!!??
It is proclaimed as "one of the finest and most highly admired thrillers ever written." And also cited as 'significant' for being
"one of the first true espionage adventures."

Thoug...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 23:18:31 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 23:25:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 05 13:19:21 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 13:23:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 02:25:04 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 04:37:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 31 14:26:45 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 27 18:36:31 -0700 2009
I think considering the book was written in 1915 - it was very good, but as a modern girl I much preferred the 2008 dram...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Oct 06 13:36:53 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 13:36:53 -0700 2008 Thirty-Nine Steps - John Buchan
Think of it as a hard boiled British spy novel written in 1915. (That's long before Chandler and Carver and Hammett.) An interesting author, John Buchan was a Scottish Baron, the Governor General of Canada, and prolific author of many works, including spy mystery...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 19 20:31:05 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 30 16:50:55 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Aug 02 08:54:18 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 09:04:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 07:47:19 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 07:49:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 09:27:02 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 14:39:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 06:22:58 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 06:31:13 -0800 2008 more...]]>