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The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Available on: Audio Download ($7.99)
When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids.
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Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
Available on: Audio Download ($17.22) | Audio CD ($23.96) | Audio Cassette
An adventure tale in its purest form. A thrilling and elegantly told account of a group of British schoolboys marooned on a tropical island.
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The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
Available on: Audio Download ($4.95) | Audio CD ($20.76)
In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town.
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Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
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Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury's classic novel of censorship and defiance, as resonant today as it was when it was first published more than 50 years ago.
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Plato's Ion and Meno
by Plato
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Socrates questions Ion, an actor, about his ability to interpret the poetry of Homer. In the Meno, the topic is whether goodness can be taught. Both dialogues provide more questions than answers.
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The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
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Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, "The Kite Runner" is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul.
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Animal Farm
by George Orwell
Available on: Audio Download ($11.95) | Audio CD ($13.46) | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD
George Orwell’s classic satire of the Russian Revolution is an intimate part of our contemporary culture.
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A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
Available on: Audio Download ($23.95) | Audio CD ($31.96)
The best American novel to emerge from World War I," A Farewell to Arms" is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse.
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Tartuffe
by Moliere
Available on: Audio Download ($4.95)
Initially banned in France by King Louis, Molière's celebrated social satire Tartuffe exposes false piety and hypocrisy in the Catholic Church. When a pious fraud worms his way into a wealthy family
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The Go-Getter
by Peter B. Kyne
Available on: Audio Download ($9.95)
Originally published by William Randolph Hearst in 1921, Peter Kyne's The Go Getter has become a continual source of inspiration for salesman, entrepreneurs and employers.
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